Trademark Sketches Reveal More About Land Rover Defender 130
Trademark Sketches Reveal More About Land Rover Defender 130When Land Rover introduced its Defender model, available in 90 and 110 (short and long wheelbases), the grapevine was immediately replete with talk that an even more massive 130 version was in the plans.
We got a glimpse of it in July 2021 when a camouflaged model was spotted in testing in England. This week, we're getting more snippets of information about the model, thanks to images of a patent that has been filed with the U.S. Trademark Office for the Defender 130. The images were brought to light by the Dutch division of AutoWeek.
Obviously, we're talking about sketches, but that’s enough to reveal several different elements of the model. Perhaps most obvious is a modified fender vent. Those of the 90 and 110 versions are entirely in black mesh while a decorative element is present in the units of the 130 version shown on the patent document.
The Defender 130 will be based on the same 118.9-inch wheelbase of the 110 variant. In concrete terms, that means 14 inches are simply added to the body behind the rear wheels, for a total length of about 211.6 inches, including the spare tire grafted to the tailgate. As a point of comparison, the Chevrolet Tahoe is about an inch shorter than the future 130.
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