Land Rover Defender 5.0 P525 V8 110 5dr Auto Review

Category: Family SUV

Section: Version review

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Land Rover Defender 110 front right driving
  • Land Rover Defender 110 front right driving
  • Land Rover Defender 110 interior dashboard
  • Land Rover Defender 130 boot
  • Land Rover Defender 90 infotainment
  • Land Rover Defender 90 right driving
  • Land Rover Defender 110 front right driving
  • Land Rover Defender 130 right driving
  • Land Rover Defender 110 front driving
  • Land Rover Defender 110 rear right driving
  • Land Rover Defender 110 front left static
  • Land Rover Defender 110 rear right static
  • Land Rover Defender 110 badge detail
  • Land Rover Defender 110 front detail
  • Land Rover Defender 110 side detail
  • Land Rover Defender 110 spare wheel detail
  • Land Rover Defender 90 interior front seats
  • Land Rover Defender 90 interior back seats
  • Land Rover Defender 110 front right driving
  • Land Rover Defender 110 interior dashboard
  • Land Rover Defender 130 boot
  • Land Rover Defender 90 infotainment
  • Land Rover Defender 90 right driving
  • Land Rover Defender 110 front right driving
  • Land Rover Defender 130 right driving
  • Land Rover Defender 110 front driving
  • Land Rover Defender 110 rear right driving
  • Land Rover Defender 110 front left static
  • Land Rover Defender 110 rear right static
  • Land Rover Defender 110 badge detail
  • Land Rover Defender 110 front detail
  • Land Rover Defender 110 side detail
  • Land Rover Defender 110 spare wheel detail
  • Land Rover Defender 90 interior front seats
  • Land Rover Defender 90 interior back seats
RRP £111,655What Car? Target Price£109,203
Fuel type:
petrol
Gearbox:
auto
Doors:
5 doors

The Land Rover Defender is a rugged SUV that fuses fantastic off-road ability with decent on-road manners. If that's the blend of abilities you're after, it's effectively in a class of one. There is also, handily, a version for everyone, with three body styles so you can have anything from five to eight seats.

This entry-level model comes well equipped, with LED headlights, heated power-folding door mirrors, 18in steel wheels, four-wheel drive with high and low range, air suspension (on 110 models only; the 90 gets conventional suspension), 8-way part-electric heated front seats, a 360-degree camera system, front and rear parking sensors and cruise control. Infotainment is taken care of with a 10.0in touchscreen with sat-nav, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, while safety is covered by automatic emergency braking, lane keeping assistance and traffic sign recognition. Trouble is, you can only have this trim with a thirsty P300 petrol engine. For more choice, you’ll need to go one trim level up.

This thundering 5.0-litre V8 petrol competes with the likes of the Mercedes-AMG G63. It has 518bhp and does 0-62mph in as little as 5.2sec. Just don't think about the official average fuel economy of less than 20mpg or the list price.


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Key information

Doors5
Seats5
0-62 MPH5.4 seconds
Fuel TypePetrol
GearboxAUTO

Available colours

MPGOfficial overall fuel economy figure

19.9

Boot CapacityHow much space is there?

786

litres

EmissionsOfficial emissions rating

320

g/km