To be perfectly clear, we are talking about a classic car here, although the most recent examples are only six years old. But even a 2016 Land Rover Defender 1 is so technologically backward that it drives little better than a 1960s car. Those interested in this archetypal type have to answer a few questions before making a purchase: Do I really want to drive around in a car that is loud as hell, poorly heated and miserably lame? In which you are extremely cramped and glued to the door? That has a turning circle of 14 (!) meters and a braking distance of 44 meters from 100 km/h?
With its doughy roller finger steering, every evasive maneuver is an adventure with an uncertain outcome? Anyone who answers all these questions with a confident “I don’t care!” replies, he has the theory test for defense-Previous possession. But the practice? The first thing to do is to find the right model type within the widely ramified defensefind palette.
Land Rover Defender used: Defender 90 or Defender 110?
Still quite simple: Your own space requirements decide on the body variant. defense 90 is the name of the two-door car, which despite its shortness is not agile. The 110, on the other hand, is the right choice for someone who needs at least as much space and seating as in a conventional station wagon.
The Land Rover Defender was designed as a commercial vehicle, but it always looks charming, especially here in Europe, if it hasn’t been upgraded with too many accessories.
Much more difficult: choosing the right engine and year of construction. Of the defense started with a blatantly rough-running four-cylinder turbo diesel that hardly heated up at all, but which can be considered to be quite trouble-free due to its mechanical direct injection. Until 1999 he nailed and oiled the defense, so that these Tdi are now 23 to 31 years old – with the corresponding risk of serious corrosion damage. Under the dent-sensitive aluminum skin of the body lurks a steel profile skeleton that is hardly protected against rust. The chassis supports can already be rusted through, especially the rear ones.
What engine and year is a good choice?
So do you prefer something younger? Between 1999 and 2007, the British made the coup of a legendary five-cylinder turbo diesel with electronic pump-nozzle injection – always charmingly growling, but a really wild construction with many pitfalls in maintenance and repairs. Better one then defense after 2007 with the profane four-cylinder turbo diesel from the Ford Transit? Although it is actually simple, it reacts allergically to months of idle time (seasonal license plate number? Summer operation?) because it forms deposits on the injectors of the common rail injection system, which can lead to piston and bearing damage after the end of hibernation.
all wheel drive
Force distribution v:h
traction aids
terrain reduction
construction
L/W/H
ground clearance
tank capacity
trailer load used/unused
trunk volume
permanently via central diff. with manual lock
from 1999: el. slip reg. by braking v. + h.
Ladder frame, aluminium/steel body
3894(90) 4639(110) 5130(130)/1790/2035mm
90: 54-60L; 110: 75-80L
90: 200-1500L; 110: 700-2300L
And we haven’t even talked about general ones yet defense– Problems such as penetrating rainwater, oil-dripping aggregates and defective chassis bearings spoken. Well, infected?
