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Land Rover's DC100 and DC100 Sport that were shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show 2011 hint at the future Defender.
Both concepts have three abreast seating that harkens back to the earliest Land Rovers and are powered by 2.0 liter engines with an eight-speed automatic transmission. Land Rover says that the engine could be either petrol or diesel and could be hybrids with plug-in functionality.
Obviously these Land Rovers have four-wheel drive, but they also have a host of technologies to making driving off-road even easier. Terrain Response and Terrain-I both use cameras to scan the earth ahead and advise the driver of hazards and suggest better routes. Wade Aid is a sonar system that can scan water ahead and devise how deep it is and if the car can wade through it.
The design of the DC100 is meant to show that form follows functions and echo the design of the series 1 Land Rover and Defender. It has short overhangs and big wheels to aid driving over inclines; an upright windscreen to increase visibility; and solar panels that charge the vehicle's systems and reduce load on the engine.
The DC100 Sport is meant be to an all-out off-road vehicle. The windscreen can be folded down, and it has a fastback roofline and open cargo bed.
The production version of the next-gen Defender will likely not get all of the tech that is packed into the DC100, but expect it to take on these styling queues.
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The first Land Rover vehicle was built by the British automaker Rover in 1948 and was also the first all-terrain vehicle for civilian use. Only many years later would Land Rover become an independent brand and company of 4x4 vehicles. Until then, the all-terrain vehicle would be just another product on Rover Company’s line-up.
In 1967 another British car builder, Leyland Motors Ltd... more
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