Sunday 19 February 2012
Land Rover Defender Convertible
Frankfurt 2011: Land Rover Defender Convertible - The DC100 Sport, a convertible version of the Land Rover Defender, shown at the 2011 Frankfurt motor show. Land Rover now says it will definitely make an all-new Defender in 2015. And here are two concepts, called DC100, to prove its serious. Land Rover Defender successor visualized in pair of DC100 concept trucks.
Land Rover bosses admit they aren't quite sure what the new Defender has to be, under the skin. A truck with a separate chassis? Or more of a crossover-type contraption, albeit with the capacity to tow heavy trailers and get to the last places on earth a wheeled vehicle should be going?
But Land Rover design boss Gerry McGovern told us a vehicle with approximately this look can fit over pretty much any mechanical base. The idea of showing these different DC100 versions is to prove a next-gen Defender must be ‘configurable'. In other words, according to how the buyer specs the option boxes, it could be an emergency vehicle, a farmers' transport (though without the 21-inch wheels, obviously), or a weekend toy.
