Car and Driver - USA (2020-05)

An expert look at the newest and most important vehicles this month.

THE RUNDOWN

Ask your doctor if Seltos is

right for you (see page 76 ).

Trailed by a mile-long wake of dust, the Land Rover

Defender cuts an unmistakable silhouette across

the African landscape. Land Rover brought us

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the Technicolor wanderings of a brand marketing

manager’s wildest dream—to put the new Defender

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passes, sand, gravel, mud, and muck. And so work

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optional front jump seat in two-row Defenders.

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will sticker for a couple grand less.

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on the new one. It shares its forebear’s char-

Iconography

The off-road legend returns as a refined and

practical—but still tough—SUV.

2020 LAND ROVER DEFENDER ~ BY DAVE VANDERWERP

Despite new unibody

construction and an

independent suspension at

each end, the Defender still

runs, bashes, and crawls

with confidence.

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