Yahoo Autos Land Rover Defender 130 Seats Eight, Priced under $70,000
The newly revealed eight-seat, three-row Defender is 13.4 inches longer than the next smallest member of the Defender family, the 110.
Power will come from a choice of two 3.0-liter turbocharged six-cylinder engines.
The longer Defender will start at about $68,000.
We've known that a three-row version of the Land Rover Defender was coming for some time; the British SUV brand confirmed the project's existence last year. Now we’re looking at the reality of this substantially extended version, one that will offer three rows of seats and space for eight occupants.
The existing Defender 110 came with the option of a part-time third row, but the Defender 130 is much more spacious, offering eight seats in a two-three-three configuration. At 211.0 inches in overall length, the 130 is a massive 13.4 inches longer than the Defender 110 and 15.9 inches longer than Land Rover's other three-row SUV, the Discovery. Despite that it sits on the same 119-inch wheelbase as the Defender 110—the link between the 130 name and the gap between the axles no longer applies—with the increase in length all being in the increased rear overhang. That means usable luggage space even with all seats in use. Land Rover claims there is 13.7 cubic feet of trunk volume with the third row upright; that rises to 43.5 cubic feet with the third row folded and a panel-van-rivaling 80.9 cubic feet when the second row gets collapsed as well.
Land Rover says that the range will start at $68,000, a $14,600 supplement over the entry-level Defender 110. But while the model lineup will offer most of the same trim levels as the existing Defender, it will lack a base version. Instead, the lineup progresses through S, SE, X-Dynamic SE, and X specifications, together with a fully loaded First Edition at the top of the tree.
