Land Rover DC100 (United Kingdom, 2011)

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...