Volkswagen To Meet Threat Of A New Land Rover Defender With EV SUV

Late last week Land Rover revealed that a reborn Defender SUV would be coming back to America in 2020. Pictures of the upcoming offroader covered in light camo showed that it will be quite similar to that of the original. And now Autobild reports that it’ll likely face a new competitor. Which automaker wants to directly challenge Land Rover and its next-generation icon?

That would be Volkswagen. No big surprise, right? No, not really. However, the report also claims VW wants its Defender fighter to be an EV. This SUV, said to be called T-Rug (rendered here courtesy of Autobild) will ride on the same MEB platform that’ll underpin all of VW’s new EVs.

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PUGPROUD - 12/31/2018 1:54:07 PM

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Can an EV really compete with a Defender in the outback, the desert or the African plains...think not.

zlives - 1/2/2019 7:31:42 PM

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vdub will compete in the only market that matters for rugged, off road vehicles like the defender... the soccermom demographic.

MDarringer - 1/2/2019 7:49:45 PM

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So essentially an electric Atlas.

MDarringer - 12/31/2018 2:05:37 PM

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So VW thinks it needs a $75K SUV?

Here we go again!

dumpsty - 12/31/2018 3:17:02 PM

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maybe for the casual camper or daytime adventurer. overnighters are out. unless you bring an external battery to charge the vehicle for maybe another 100 miles of range.

MDarringer - 12/31/2018 4:04:06 PM

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Then factor in doing rock climbing like a Defender can and watch the battery charge plummet.

CarCrazedinCali - 1/5/2019 2:20:06 PM

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I like the square design, bring it on!