The Land Rover Defender is already a formidable off-road machine straight off the showroom floor — but like a lot of modern Land Rovers, off-roading isn’t really the vehicle’s main mission. These days, the luxury brand is more of a status symbol and mall crawler than something owners will take into the bush, and given what the brand charges for its lineup of SUVs, that’s understandable. But the Defender, which got a total redesign for the 2020 model year that brought it into the modern age, has always been something a little different.
Less expensive than the Range Rover line that truly caters to the luxury set, the Defender banks instead on its off-road chic and legitimate credibility for going into tough places, much like high-end versions of the Jeep Wrangler do. That’s actually a good way of thinking about the Defender lineup: super-high-end Wranglers, from their abilities to their styling to their ethos. The new Outbound variant offers up something a little different for those actually interested in using their Defender as intended instead of as a ruggedized family wagon.
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