Land Rover Defender 130: Megan Honan’s off-roading adventure

Ethel Walsh

Land Rover Defender 130 Type: Five-door luxury full-size SUV; all-wheel drive Engine: 3.0-litre, in-line six-cylinder; 296 horsepower; 347 lb-ft of torque Fuel economy (city, highway, combined): 13.8 litres/100 km; 11.2 l/100 km; 12.4 l/100 km Transmission: Eight-speed ZF 8HP45 automatic Cargo capacity: 76.1 cu. ft., all rows folded Towing capacity: […]

Life lessons with an intrepid Land Rover driver

Ethel Walsh

To mark International Women’s Day, Hagerty is giving a platform to women driving change. Catch the other interviews in this series and read the bias women face in the car hobby. Dorothea Smedley always reverses on to her driveway. That way, her Defender TD5 90 is always ready to go. […]

Trundle Anywhere in the 2023 Land Rover Defender V-8

Ethel Walsh

My mind reeled when a Santorini black Land Rover Defender 110 V8 rumbled into my driveway. “That’s a Defender?” This modern Defender would look unrecognizable to Land Rover oldheads. Save a few exterior styling elements like the rounded DRLs, tail light stacks, and the general toaster-oven shape of the thing, […]