Mubyukuri, amateka ya Defender ya Land Rover ahujwe namateka ya Land Rover. Hagati y’Intambara ya Kabiri y'Isi Yose, itsinda riyobowe n’umuyobozi ushinzwe ibishushanyo mbonera Maurice Wilks ryatangiye gukora prototype ishobora gusimbuza Jeep yakoreshejwe n’igisirikare cy’Amerika kandi icyarimwe ikaba nk'imodoka ikora ku bahinzi b'Abongereza. Ikinyabiziga cyose, ibinyabiziga byo hagati hamwe na Jeep chassis nibyo bintu byingenzi byaranze iyi modoka itari mumuhanda, byiswe Centre Steer.
Nyuma yaho gato, moderi yambere yerekanwe muri Automobile ya Amsterdam mu 1948. Nguko uko havutse uwambere muri “Land Rover Series”, urutonde rwimodoka zose zashizweho na moderi zabanyamerika nka Willys MB.
Nyuma, mu 1983, ryiswe “Land Rover One Ten” (110), naho umwaka wakurikiyeho, “Land Rover Ninety” (90), byombi byerekana intera iri hagati y'imigozi. Nubwo igishushanyo cyari gisa cyane nizindi moderi, cyari gifite iterambere ryinshi mubikoresho - garebox nshya, guhagarika coil yamashanyarazi, disiki ya feri kumuziga wimbere hamwe na hydraulic bifashishije kuyobora.
Akazu kameze neza (gato… ariko biroroshye). Imbaraga za mbere ziboneka zari zimwe na Land Rover Series III - litiro 2,3 na moteri ya V8 litiro 3.5.
Usibye ubu buryo bubiri, Land Rover yashyizeho, mu 1983, verisiyo yakozwe cyane cyane mu bikorwa bya gisirikare n’inganda, ifite uruziga rwa santimetero 127. Ukurikije ikirango, Land Rover 127 (ku ifoto iri hepfo) yakoze intego yo gutwara abakozi benshi nibikoresho byabo icyarimwe - kugeza kg 1400.
Mu mpera z'imyaka icumi, ikirango cy'Ubwongereza cyashoboye kwikura mu bibazo byo kugurisha ku isi byari bimaze kuva mu 1980, ahanini biterwa no kuvugurura moteri. Nyuma yo kumenyekanisha Land Rover Discovery ku isoko mu 1989, ikirango cyabongereza cyari gikeneye kongera gutekereza ku cyitegererezo cyambere, kugirango turusheho kunoza imiterere igenda yiyongera.
Muri iki gihe niho havutse izina Defender, rigaragara ku isoko mu 1990. Ariko impinduka ntizari mu izina gusa, ahubwo no muri moteri. Muri iki gihe, Defender yari afite moteri ya 2.5 hp ya turbo ya mazutu ifite 85 hp na moteri ya 3.5 hp V8 hamwe na 134 hp.
Nubwo ubwihindurize busanzwe mu myaka ya za 90, mubyukuri, verisiyo zitandukanye za Land Rover Defender zari zisa cyane na Land Rover Series I, zumvira ubwoko bumwe bwubwubatsi, bushingiye kumyuma ya aluminium. Ariko, moteri yahindutse hamwe na 200Tdi, 300Tdi na TD5.
Muri 2007 hagaragara verisiyo itandukanye cyane: Defender ya Land Rover itangira gukoresha garebox nshya yihuta itandatu na moteri ya litiro 2,4 ya turbo-mazutu (nayo ikoreshwa muri Ford Transit), aho kugirango Td5 ihagarare. Ubutaha bukurikira, muri 2012, bwazanye ibintu byinshi bigengwa na moteri imwe, litiro 2,2 ZSD-422, kugirango hubahirizwe imipaka ihumanya ikirere.
Noneho, umurongo wa kera cyane wumusaruro wigeze urangira, ariko iyo ntampamvu yo gucika intege: birasa nkaho ikirango cyabongereza kizaba kirimo gushakisha umusimbura wa Land Rover Defender. Hafi yimyaka mirongo irindwi yumusaruro hamwe nibice birenga miriyoni ebyiri nyuma, twunamiye imwe mubintu byerekana cyane mumodoka.