Reborn Defender

The 2019 Land Rover Defender Pick-Up Is Set To Challenge The Popular Toyota Hilux And Ford Ranger.

- Matt Raudnonikis

LAND Rover’s 2019 Defender pick-up is likely to ditch a larger platform for a mid-sized, one-tonne design for the new model.

This will put it smack bang in the hot-selling 4x4 ute segment, along with the volume-selling Toyota Hilux and Ford Ranger, as well as the new-to-the-scene Mercedes-Benz X-Class and Jeep Wrangler pick-up.

The launch of the new Land Rover Discovery heralds the first time in the brand’s 69 year history that all of its vehicles will ride on a aluminium monocoque chassis, and last year the brand confirmed the next Defender will follow suit.

This got us wondering about how a new Defender could be as versatile as it was on a separate chassis and how, for example, would you develop one or two different ute variants off the new platform.