SPIED! The Land Rover Defender's LEAKED Interior Shot Causes An Online Ruckus

I think the new Defender 4dr will be what the old Discovery then LR4 should have been. And they really have to stop cheapening the brand by naming smaller models by adding “Sport”. It’s bad enough you have 6-7 SUVs all priced around $50-100k and then you confuse people with similar names all across...

Looks like a minivan dash with that shifter.

Agreed.

#NotAGoodLook

man i was gonna say the same thing, i think i have driven that minivan in the 90's

Too many designers and not enough engineers involved and having final say when it comes to new models these days. How else to explain the highly questionable releases we have seen in the past year or 2.

James May of TopGear fame (before they all go themselves fired) once said of the baroque, Late 2000's Jaguar S-Type (then owned by Ford I think), that the S-Type "...was a German engineer's idea of what 'Ye Olde English' Jag should be..."

I feel like the current stable of Land Rover/Range Rover products are what a conglomerate's (Tata's) management committee thinks - that First World affluent people want their SUV's re-interpreted to be all leather-lined yet rugged at the same time, regardless of the price point.

Yes, the Range Rover is beautiful - no, I do not understand why people buy the Range Rover Sport, the Range Rover Evoque, and at this point the Land Rover Discovery.

I actually think that the most "honest" vehicle in Land Rover's corporate stable is the 6 year old Land Rover Discovery Sport. While not overtly luxurious its really quite true to the Land Rover brand values.

I'd postulate that the big Range Rover is true to "Range Rover" values (whatever those are).

The product in the middle - is just filler and IMO it dilutes the brand.

The biggest disappointment is the Land Rover Discovery. It is really one of the ugliest and worst-proportioned vehicles on the road (?trail?).

I think Tata has run out of steam (and capital) for the whole Jaguar/Land Rover endeavor and wouldn't be surprised if they put it up for sale. Toyota should buy it.

The RR Sport was initially supposed to be a smaller, sleeker, faster, yet similarly luxurious Range Rover. It was supposed to highlight on-road performance more-so than being off-road. The Range Rover is the over-engineered, global luxury off-roader - basically capable of going most anywhere, like the Land Cruiser/LX570.

Problem with Tata, they got greedy & wanted to use the RR name recognition across all those different brand models. And now their lineup is very confusing. Whats luxury, whats really capable, whats got speed/grunt? And everything is priced very close to each other, giving the impression that none of the different models are all that different.

So, if this spy shot has any merit, Tata has basically squandered a perfectly good chance at properly positioning the new Defender as a direct competitor to the M-B G-class - with instant industry & social cachet. The pic looks like a Wrangler competitor - meh.

James May of TopGear fame (before they all go themselves fired) once said of the baroque, Late 2000's Jaguar S-Type (then owned by Ford I think), that the S-Type "...was a German engineer's idea of what 'Ye Olde English' Jag should be..."

I feel like the current stable of Land Rover/Range Rover products are what a conglomerate's (Tata's) management committee thinks - that First World affluent people want their SUV's re-interpreted to be all leather-lined yet rugged at the same time, regardless of the price point.

Yes, the Range Rover is beautiful - no, I do not understand why people buy the Range Rover Sport, the Range Rover Evoque, and at this point the Land Rover Discovery.

I actually think that the most "honest" vehicle in Land Rover's corporate stable is the 6 year old Land Rover Discovery Sport. While not overtly luxurious its really quite true to the Land Rover brand values.

I'd postulate that the big Range Rover is true to "Range Rover" values (whatever those are).

The product in the middle - is just filler and IMO it dilutes the brand.

The biggest disappointment is the Land Rover Discovery. It is really one of the ugliest and worst-proportioned vehicles on the road (?trail?).

I think Tata has run out of steam (and capital) for the whole Jaguar/Land Rover endeavor and wouldn't be surprised if they put it up for sale. Toyota should buy it.

The Defender should probably just be cancelled or if not, should be positioned in conjunction with a 4-door Discovery/Defender = 2 door Jeep Wrangler type serious off-roader and Discovery = 4 door Rugged serious off-roader.

Else just kill the Defender - it never had the cachet of the MB G550 anyway and never will get there. Tata is just kidding itself.

That steering wheel does not look conducive to driving with work gloves on. Gentrifying the Defender is absolutely the wrong way to go...fans are looking for an English styled Wrangler, nothing more nothing less. The rumors I've been hearing in the UK press is that the price points will be ridiculously high shooting for Rodeo drive crowd not pig farmers and safari guides who built the brand.

The goal should have been something like the G-Wagon Professional that is sold in number of markets and based on the previous generation model. It is a stripped down 4x4 for being offroad and in the woods. Check it out online.

Let me get this straight:

An ugly looking interior shot gets posted on the internet ... and ...
Land Rover is lawyering up ...

Land Rover ... trust me ... no competitor wants that fugly dash in their vehicle

They should have made a retro interior with knobs and switches.

With JLR so desperate for sales volume, the Defender should have been aimed at the Jeep Wrangler to the penny and should have been as rustic/retro so as to turn a nothing of a seller into big volume.