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زندگی با لندروور دیفندر 130: گزارش نهایی

آیا این 130 بلند اضافی، لوکس اضافی صاحب کلاسیک 90 ما را قانع کرد؟

دیفندر 130 از Autocar Towers رفته و به JLR بازگشته است. دومین Defender نسل جدید بود که رانده ایم، بعد از 90، اما اولین که از 2016 که خط تولید Defender کلاسیک پایان یافت، مراقبت کردم.

در آن زمان، صاحبان Defender به هم سلام می کردند وقتی از کنار هم می گذشتند (با داشتن 90 قدیمی، تایید می کنم که بسیاری هنوز می کنند)، و تعجب کردم آیا همین برای مدل جایگزین true خواهد بود.

فکر نمی کنم surprise بزرگی باشد که یاد بگیرند نمی کنند. Defender جدید نوع متفاوتی از خودرو است، در numbers بسیار بالاتر فروخته می شود از original در زمانی که یک کشاورز دیدن دیگری آنها را به give cheery wave و trend که decades lasted شروع کرد.

این خودرو مثل آن نیست – و به عنوان no criticism whatsoever می گویم. Defender جدید terrific car است. و recall نمی کنم کسی seriously complaining که نمی توانید interior آن را hose کنید.

اگر wanted به hose داخل new Defender، این Outbound trim level یکی که pick می کردید، چون deep-sided rubber mats می آید، making eminently suitable برای dirtying و washing، حتی though one ما upmarket تر از standard ساخته شده بود.

در 5358mm long (including spare wheel)، Defender 130 big car توسط any standard – longer از standard-wheelbase Range Rover و Land Rover Discovery 5، whose toes think آن treads on، feeling مثل car برای adventures و accommodating family wagon ساخته شده.

Outbound ما five seats داشت، اما Defender می تواند با optional third row بیشتر seat. و در حالی که می تواند به جاهایی برود که most drivers scarcely imagine، exceptionally smooth و refined وقتی covering long distances. next Discovery slant متفاوت برای differentiate بهتر، I hear.

Long-distance cruising، بیشتر از plunging به wilderness، how almost embarrassed به say used این car. Almost but not quite، چون green-laning گرفتم وقتی opportunity arose و enough horse feed around طی months گذشته حمل کردم برای create sizeable haystack. Snowy pony thinner اگر wasn't برای این Defender.

D300 3.0-litre straight-six mild-hybrid diesel 296bhp تولید می کند، driving through eight-speed automatic gearbox. هیچ shift paddles نیست، اما control via stick می توانید بگیرید. rarely did. low range never needed، occasionally suspension به high mode گذاشتم و rarely Terrain Response system touched.

That’s مثل getting supercar و just messing around روی track day، اما better از not using what can do at all، as fate lot 4x4s.

can take some comfort از fact که although large car، needn’t consumptive اگر driven well. aerodynamics biggest obstruction به good economy، و faster one goes، more drag creates.

پس اگر routinely cruise در fast motorway speeds، fuel در closer به 30mpg از nearer 40mpg که I got توسط deciding به chill out و maintain speed در 60s rather than 70s burn می کند. efficient تر در relaxed cruise از town too.

Trying really hard روی one journey، managed به push past 50mpg – although will confess که upon entering nearest town، stopped به snap pic trip computer قبل dipped back به 40s.

130 AdBlue طی time اینجا needed، پس consumption آن like نمی توانم بگویم، و nor service needed، پس dealer experience comment نمی کنم. اما security update received که necessitated very nice man coming round به plug laptop به آن، که told disables 'can bus' اگر car deadlocked.

اگر similar car دارید، expect call از JLR Assist برای arrange آن. و bar one low tyre pressure warning (accurate one) و occasional refusal به pair iPhone با infotainment برای activate Apple CarPlay، که nearly all cars do from time به time، nothing else troubled من.

گاهی wonder چه I’d buy برای drive day in, day out، اگر proper job داشتم. Defender makes آن روی shortest shortlists.

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all seen lot new Defenders، yet never one as well specced به عنوان 90 که few years ago ran (well done, Matt). memorable و still missed؛ bigger, more accessible boot تنها real weakness. 130 sledgehammer (یا shipping container؟) به that problem، پس intrigued به see اگر charm 90 retains.

Felix Page

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Set up for success Driving position commanding و forward visibility excellent، helping به make Defender exceptionally relaxing drive.

Easy to banish ADAS ADAS آن among more unobtrusive، اما push single steering wheel button برای enable یا disable great.

Space to spare rear accommodation 130 really generous. Unsurprising, of course, اما seats big و good view out می دهند.

Still looking good Defender ageing nicely. enough cues از old one می گیرد که know what is without veering به retro.

Loathe it:

Urban sprawl در 5358mm long، not easy به park و overhangs some bays. حداقل great all-round camera و huge wing mirrors.

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زندگی با لندروور دیفندر 130: ماه 3

حتی وقتی Defender سخت کار می کند، مطمئن می شود که شما نباید - 28 آگوست

منطقه محلی من برای byways خوب served نیست. اما one nearby، next به busy hobbyists' airfield و just off route که often drive، که quick و easy diversion برای get cup tea در حالی که buzzed توسط parachutists، و then به head برای chilled spot green-laning

byway all that long نیست و not overly challenging، حداقل در warmer months وقتی open. (closed از November به March چون easily damaged وقتی wet. حتی earlier this summer avoided آن برای that reason.)

پس going به trouble Land Rover Defender نیست اما good opportunity برای test some car’s systems.

'off-road' screen روی central display particularly good, I think - showing how compressed یا extended each suspension corner، angle front wheels، و whether centre یا rear differentials needed به lock.

'Not often' state در most Defender use cases خواهد بود. Very much useful در any kinds terrain, though, all-round cameras، که can show close-ups individual corners و even virtual look underneath car.

This not live camera angle اما one based روی what cameras saw روی approach به current position آن.

وقتی به placing Defender precisely where want، حتی روی modest green lanes که no more از wet boot اگر step out vehicle، camera view great برای steering around, rather than into, objects مثل rocks یا tree stumps. know از previous experience که در very serious off-road situations invaluable برای placing tyres where need به. Did need به raise ride height? No, اما probably kept underside car cleaner. Did need به engage low ratio? No, پس didn't bother.

اگر this sounds مثل taken Ferrari به track day و then pootled around آن در no more از 4000pm قبل sitting با coffee و looking beaming با pride, then, well, probably guilty as charged.

اما take what limited opportunities get. و comes out other end با some grime روی flanks, so least looks مثل tried.

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Bump proof

All-round cameras also great برای reversing به car park bays – this wide, long car

Loathe it

Black ops

Very personal, اما black wheels sufficiently not my thing که get و keep dirty.

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Gary و laptop او به جاهایی می روند که over-the-air update simply can’t - 14 آگوست

مرد خوب صبحی بعد few phone calls و "I'm half hour away" text برای carry out what variously described به عنوان 'update' و 'recall' به Land Rover Defender 130 می آید.

Most updates over air happen، اما not this one, که requires plugging diagnostic laptop به 16-pin socket در driver’s footwell، چون security update. disables 'can bus' وقتی car locked، برای make harder به steal.

Gary می گوید theft not Land Rover-specific problem اما issue برای all premium car makers، پس updates/recalls/whatever مثل this just part game cat و mouse با increasingly sophisticated criminals.

wondered اگر lot pinched cars end up در Russia, given sanctions mean can't officially sold there (though some unscrupulous neighbouring countries experiencing curiously unexpected sales volume boost)، اما told UAE more typical end point.

job reinforcing this Defender starts در 0825hr و all done توسط 0835hr, after couple checks که windows still work؛ update occasionally upsets few supplementary systems, necessitating second reboot, اما all well here.

While work's being done, advised not به use Land Rover Remote app - که had به download as part insurance requirements - برای lock car اگر inadvertently left keys inside (اگر, say, remember while standing در line در filling station).

app then unlock نمی کند, و keys داخل خواهد بود, که suboptimal. Duly noted. Anyway, 10 minutes after Gary arrives, on way again و Defender feels no different به من اما more secure. Happy days.

thought might have به wait longer پس been clearing و tidying car up while update happening.

colleague might need به use بدون much notice, و handing filthy car به somebody important seldom advisable. و yet Outbound spec rufty-tufty lifestyley variant پس been trying به use مثل one as much as possible و have boot sullied توسط hay و horse feed.

پس pull brushable, hoseable, rubber mat onto floor و set about آن. small flap too دارد, که can have dual purpose protecting bumper اگر loading potentially scratchy object به boot یا, more likely, protecting شما از grime روی bumper اگر sitting روی boot lip برای change wellies. front و rear footwells similarly utilitarian mats دارند.

Incidentally, داخل boot lip button که can lower یا raise cars ride height while stationary به boot floor, که good اگر boot full, و there's also storage cubby در door که handy برای hi-vis vests, یا cleaning kit, gloves, dog leads, whatever.

JLR may well think خودش luxury design house these days, اما credit به designers و engineers که still think utility things مثل this در car مثل this. expensive wagon, certainly, اما still exceptionally useful one.

yet به tow anything با this Defender - there's electrically deploying towbar و you have no idea at all که there وقتی stowed - اما having pulled stuff با them before, know terrific at آن. reason برای try آن باید think.

Meantime, back به tidied, و now apparently more secure, driver's seat یکی از most practical و easygoing cars روی market, و have آن melt به life من as easily as ever does.

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Utility belter

So many cubbies و pockets که none car cleaning gear rattles around cabin.

Loathe it

Knee-jerk questions

People asking من اگر broken (no) یا been nicked (obviously not).

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زندگی با لندروور دیفندر 130: ماه 2

اقتصاد بیشتر impressive از think ممکن - 31 جولای

کردم آن. Not برای long, و took motorway cruising در leisurely pace و treating throttle مثل hamster loose در footwell, اما still, did آن: averaging 52mpg برای more از 50 miles, بین Bracknell و Bicester. can't keep up once junctions arrive اما, still, impressed.

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خوانش دقیق فشار تایر مفید است - 17 جولای

tyre pressure monitor warning threw up و incredibly accurate readouts برای current pressure, plus recommended settings. All tyres slightly under recommended, presumably deliberately set that way, با rear right flagging lower still. pumped all به recommended setting و all stayed that way since.

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4x4 go-anywhere, do-anything ما finally taken out comfort zone. Or is آن؟ - 10 جولای

Matt Prior texts من couple hours after tried به call او. "I missed you. You’ll want something,” says. Offended توسط unwarranted(ish) cynicism او, reply که only wanted به offer week یا two در Abarth 500e من, چون know how much fan small cars.

“When do you need Defender?” blunt reply comes.

Ah, now thought. completely forgotten you were running van-backed 130, Matt, اما now mention آن, do have two sofas, some desks و chest drawers که need collecting. Oh, و couple long weekends روی road coming up where punchy yet frugal diesel straight six would most useful…

Funny how things work out.

و so آن, با luminescent electric city car و slightly miffed editor-at-large shrinking در 130’s colossal mirrors couple days later, که come به reacquaint myself با یکی از largest cars currently available در UK.

اول drove mega-Defender last year, روی mix wide, sweeping B-roads و tough اما spacious off-road trails – both environments where 130 can relax به some personal space و quite easy به forget about extra 340mm metal که carries over already colossal 110.

نمی live halfway up Ben Nevis, though, پس now able به try taking 130 well و truly out comfort zone با few long motorway schleps, fortnight Ikea runs, tip trips و commuting through tight, twisting, traffic-choked veins suburban London.

در fact, not sure haven’t found this car’s limit. expecting به achieve 16mpg و get stuck در every T-junction. Instead, consumes about as much as would expect Volkswagen Golf GTI over 400 miles و proves itself as manoeuvrable as average estate car (با bit practice و lot help از parking aids).

whisper-quiet در motorway speeds و hassle-free در city traffic؛ sneaks under every height restrictor و comfortably accommodates untold quantities flat-pack flotsam؛ reverses down tight cul-de-sac من و slots به tiny space outside house من (while blocking all natural light به living room من)؛ و saves من hundreds pounds در moving costs توسط doubling up به عنوان mid-sized van.

specification particularly sinister 130 ما nothing برای ease glares و tuts که such large و darkened vehicles attract در urban areas. و yet, حتی وقتی fire up grumbly diesel, حتی وقتی remind detractors که alternative screaming supercharged petrol V8.

اما اگر can stomach quite obvious dissent از some quarters و especially careful not به inadvertently run over any Smart cars (یا supermarkets) روی commute, really surprisingly docile و malleable beast.

Rear-wheel steering would make easier به parallel park و negotiate helter-skelter multi-storey ramps, و wouldn’t mind some meatier rubber برای protect 20in alloys از kerb rash, اما ultimately can’t help اما wonder در this 4x4 behemoth’s almost inconceivable duality.

Something so brash و brawny no right به be so easy به live with در town, اما then maybe that’s why every third car inside M25 seems به be Defender: they just work.

not politically correct choice runaround برای anyone, except perhaps اگر one hardy volunteers که look after small islands در Outer Hebrides, اما no denying fitness برای multiple purposes.

Felix Page

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Torque of the town

down به driving just handful big diesels year, و creamy brute force D300 reminds what shame that is.

Loathe it

Back in full swing

tailgate being side-hinged means need به leave big gap behind وقتی reverse parking, اما 130 already takes up every inch space.

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زندگی با لندروور دیفندر 130: ماه 1

XXL Defender ما surprisingly economical - 16 ژوئن

Having said در car’s introduction که 40mpg in offing و smarting از acquaintance saying که wouldn’t get in car as consumptive as Defender, thought I’d see what could do. This 44.8mpg let down توسط some roadworks, پس now wondering اگر can get 50mpg out آن. Probably not.

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Welcoming Defender 130 به fleet - 5 ژوئن 2024

No sooner had written که Ford Ranger Raptor left Autocar's long-term fleet (به join Steve Cropley's personal fleet, و fair play به او), similarly large vehicle arrived برای replace آن.

Land Rover Defender 130, longest variant yet JLR's most rugged 4x4, car که represented final peg "three-legged stool" وقتی launched در 2020, alongside Discovery و Range Rover. (و given multiples Discovery و Range Rover, still wonder اگر room برای more از one Defender type.)

130 lives روی same 3022mm wheelbase به عنوان Defender 110 اما had 340mm added behind back axle, با slight lower-body lift back there در same time برای reduce compromise به car's departure angle.

Defender pretty big car already, و now really big one, در 5099mm long without spare wheel و 5358mm long با آن, as here. Like 110 can be optioned با third row seats, although در that form can't also specified با jump seat در front, چون nine seats too many برای passenger car.

last time Defender joined Autocar's long-term fleet, very pleasant 90, pleasure working through configurator و picking choice options: steel wheels, blue paint, white root, chunky tyres.

one life's simple pleasures (can recommend Indian motorcycle configurator as current deadline dodging obsession). اما then somebody else ended up running that Defender.

This time around, different: looking after car, اما arrived pre-specced. 130 come به ما در Outbound trim, با 3.0-litre six-cylinder twin-turbo mild-hybrid diesel making 296bhp.

(This D300 registered few months ago؛ now this trim comes با minimum D350 diesel.) As expect, given name, Outbound one more lifestyley variants Defender.

اگر want deeply involved در model range, basic specification X-Dynamic SE اما added gloss black wheels, mats و extended rubber flooring inside, body-coloured exterior panel و powder-coated cross-car beam.

Crucially, Outbound avallable only با five seats, rather than eight, برای prioritise load bay capacity over passenger carrying.

130 با all eight seats raised 400 litres room behind third row دارد. volume روی this five-seater at least 1329 litres, rising به 2516 litres با back seats folded. haven't raised six-a-side football team, پس five seats suits من fine, as does Outbound's easily cleanable rubber flooring, برای when fill back با hay و front با mud. Which, با due apologies به colleagues who will borrow car از من, will.

some options, of course, روی top £80,390 base price وقتی registered. Defender در standard specification very well covered, اما this car few packs و standalone options as well, most notably upgraded leather seats (£920), upgrade برای interior (£2275), towing pack (£1415), electronic active rear differential (£1020) و more besides, including tracker با three-year subscription (£530).

grey paint adds £1800 و priciest option £4000 satin protective film over that, so look like extra از Guy Ritchie film. In all, £16,355's worth kit takes price به £96,745.

وقتی new Defender arrived, Commercial versions started در £35,000 اما just about possible برای spend £100,000 روی heavily optioned five-door. Now Defender Hard Top £57,420 و can get pretty close به £140,000. JLR isn't alone here, though. Everything quickly become more expensive.

Besides, Defender found feet as luxury car. و most expensive ones now get petrol V8. Goody gumdrops.

Anyway, back به this one: settling به routine من very easily. will take off road, یا at least onto green lanes, اما during initial miles, been using as daily wagon.

know big و tall و heavy, اما such good motorway car, با great visibility, big comfortable seats, relaxed driving position و exceptional stability و isolation, حتی در bad conditions.

و sure, 4x4, اما ease off و relax و can return 40mpg روی long cruise. Not many years ago, 1.4-litre petrol supermini wouldn't have done that.

Like Raptor که went before آن, not simplest thing به park, اما can be در Suzuki Swift و still head به quiet car park bay right در end row و then scooch up against wall یا kerb, so doesn't make much difference.

و really good reversing camera که shows how much room spare wheel requires, plus space needed اگر want به still open rear door. lots little niche features مثل that around Defender. More on them در weeks به come.

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We’ve all seen lot new Defenders, yet never one as well specced به عنوان 90 که few years ago ran (well done, Matt). memorable و still missed؛ bigger, more accessible boot تنها real weakness. 130 sledgehammer (یا shipping container؟) به that problem, پس intrigued به see اگر charm 90 retains.

Mark Tisshaw

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مشخصات لندروور دیفندر 130 D300 Outbound

مشخصات: Price New £80,390 Price as tested £96,745 Options Satin film £4000, Premium Interior Pack £2275, paint £1800, Towing Pack £1415, Driver Assist Pack £1175, head-up display £1080, rear e-diff £1020, leather upgrade £920, Comfort and Convenience Pack £800, matrix headlights £760, tracker £530, Cold Climate Pack £260, laminated UVproof windscreen £220, domestic plug socket £100

Test Data: Engine 3.0-litre twin-turbocharged mild-hybrid diesel Power 296bhp at xxxrpm Torque xxxlb ft at xxxrpm Kerb weight xxxkg Top speed xxxmph 0-62mph 6.4sec Fuel economy 32.4mpg CO2 229g/km Faults None Expenses None

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