Ngokwenyani, imbali yeLand Rover Defender idibene nembali yeLand Rover. Phakathi kweMfazwe Yehlabathi yesiBini, iqela elikhokelwa ngumlawuli woyilo uMaurice Wilks laqala ukuveliswa kweprototype enokuthi ithathe indawo yeJeep esetyenziswa ngumkhosi waseMelika kwaye kwangaxeshanye isebenze njengesithuthi somsebenzi wamafama aseBritane. Ukuqhutywa kwamavili onke, ivili lokuqhuba kunye nejeep chassis zezona zinto zibalaseleyo kwesi sithuthi singekho endleleni, esiteketiswa ngokuba yiCentre Steer.
Kungekudala emva koko, imodeli yokuqala yavezwa kwi-Amsterdam Automobile ngo-1948. Ngaloo ndlela wazalwa owokuqala kwisithathu "i-Land Rover Series", isethi yezithuthi ezijikelezayo eziphefumlelwe yimizekelo yaseMelika efana neWillys MB.
Kamva, ngowe-1983, yathiywa igama elithi “Land Rover One Ten” (110), yaye kunyaka olandelayo, “Land Rover Ninety” (90), omabini emele umgama ophakathi kwee-asi. Nangona uyilo lwalufana kakhulu nezinye iimodeli, luphuculwe kakhulu koomatshini-i-gearbox entsha, i-coil spring suspension, ii-brake discs kumavili angaphambili kunye ne-hydraulically assisted steering.
Ikhabhinethi nayo yayikhululekile (incinci… kodwa ikhululekile ngakumbi). I-powertrains yokuqala ekhoyo yayifana ne-Land Rover Series III - ibhloko ye-2.3 yelitha kunye ne-injini ye-3.5 ye-V8.
Ukongeza kule mizekelo mibini, i-Land Rover yazisa, ngo-1983, inguqulelo eyenziwe ngokukodwa kumkhosi kunye nokusetyenziswa kwezoshishino, kunye ne-wheelbase ye-intshi ezingama-127. Ngokutsho kwe-brand, i-Land Rover 127 (echazwe ngezantsi) isebenze injongo yokuthutha abasebenzi abaninzi kunye nezixhobo zabo ngexesha elifanayo - ukuya kwi-1400 kg.
Ekupheleni kweshumi leminyaka, uphawu lwaseBhritane lukwazile ukuchacha kwingxaki yokuthengisa yehlabathi eyathi yahlala ukusukela ngo-1980, ikakhulu ngenxa yokuphuculwa kweenjini. Emva kokuqaliswa kwe-Land Rover Discovery kwimarike ngo-1989, uphawu lwaseBrithani lwalunesidingo sokuphinda sicinge ngemodeli yasekuqaleni, ukucwangcisa kakuhle uluhlu olukhulayo lweemodeli.
Kulo mzuzu igama elithi Defender lazalwa, libonakala kwimarike ngo-1990. Kodwa utshintsho alukho nje egameni, kodwa nakwiinjini. Ngeli xesha, i-Defender yayifumaneka nge-injini ye-diesel eyi-2.5 hp turbo ene-85 hp kunye ne-3.5 hp V8 injini ene-134 hp.
Nangona ukuguquka kwendalo kuyo yonke i-90s, eneneni, iinguqulelo ezahlukeneyo ze-Land Rover Defender zazisafana kakhulu ne-Land Rover Series I, ukuthobela uhlobo olufanayo lolwakhiwo, olusekelwe kwiipaneli zentsimbi kunye ne-aluminium yomzimba. Nangona kunjalo, ii-injini zavela kunye ne-200Tdi, 300Tdi kunye ne-TD5 esebenzayo.
Ngo-2007 kwavela uhlobo olwahluke kakhulu: iLand Rover Defender iqalisa ukusebenzisa i-gearbox enesantya ezithandathu kunye ne-2.4 litre turbo-diesel injini (ekwasetyenziswa kwi-Ford Transit), endaweni ye-Td5 block. Inguqulelo elandelayo, ngo-2012, yeza nokwahluka okulawulwa ngakumbi kwaloo njini inye, i-2.2 litre ZSD-422, ukuze ihambelane nemida yokukhupha izinto ezingcolisayo.
Ngoku, owona mgca wemveliso wakudala ufikelela esiphelweni, kodwa eso ayisosizathu sokudimazeka: kubonakala ngathi, uphawu lwaseBritane luya kube sele ludibanisa indawo efanelekileyo yeLand Rover Defender. Phantse amashumi asixhenxe eminyaka yemveliso kunye neeyunithi ezingaphezulu kwezigidi ezibini kamva, sinikela imbeko kwenye yezona modeli zibalaseleyo kushishino lweemoto.