LET’S CUT straight to the chase. While the Land Rover Defender 110 and 130 both run on the same 3022mm wheelbase, the latter packages eight useable seats inside thanks to an extra 340mm of rear overhang. Unlike most three-row 4x4s, the overhang is so long that the third row is behind the strut towers, which means that three rather than two abreast is the order of the day. Fold the rearmost row of seats down and you have a five-seater with 1232 litres of space, a healthy uptick on the 932 litres available in a Defender 110.
But what of the departure angle? Fortunately Land Rover has swept the rear of the 130 up a little and that angle now stands at 28.5 degrees. It’s way off the Defender 110’s freakish 40 degree angle, but it’s still better than the 25 degrees on
