BLING OR BRAWN?
WHEN news of Land Rover’s all-new Defender dropped back in 2019, we were excited by the promise that the 110 wagon would start at around $75K. That would put it right in the middle of Toyota Prado territory and we figured we’d all be lining up to order one.
Since the L663 Defender arrived in Australia late in 2020, most of the ones we have driven have all been well past the $110,000 mark, and you can easily take that figure closer to $200K when you start ticking the option packages. For the record, the cheapest Defender 110 is the P300 petrol model which starts at $74,000, while the cheapest diesel is the D250 that we have here starting at $82,466. Even this car has crept up in price and it sits here at $99,596 as tested.
With the Prado getting a spec and price rise in the middle of 2021, we couldn’t resist the chance to line up this entry-level Defender with a top-of-the-range Prado which sells for $87,807+ORC, making them around the same money when you ignore the extras on the Landy.
LAND ROVER DEFENDER 110 D250
POWERTRAIN & PERFORMANCE
WE’VE reviewed the D250 before and, despite being the lower output version of the 3.0-litre inline diesel six, we found its 570Nm and 183kW to be everything you need in a powerful touring 4x4. The extra power and torque of the D300 would be just cream on top, but you can’t get that engine
