It seems that the company has changed its mind about building a Defender pickup truck.
The possibility of a pickup version the new Land Rover Defender is more probable, despite Jaguar Land Rover’s denials for many years. According to Autocar, Nick Collins, Jaguar Land Rover’s executive director for vehicle programs, “there is customer demand for the truck” and “there were not structural limitations” in building it.
Collins stated that the Defender was always a family vehicle and suggested to Autocar to “watch this space” for information about the truck’s future.
Although there were rumors about the pickup variant prior to the launch of the Defender, the company dropped those plans. A unnamed source stated previously that a dual-cabute was unnecessary because of the amount of cargo you could fit in it.
Land Rover stated that there was no structural problem with using Defender’s D7x platform for making a truck. Land Rover didn’t see enough business reasons to create the pickup.
Pickups have traditionally been ridden on a body-on frame chassis. But the Defender has unibody underpinnings. This layout is still capable of producing a truck like the Honda Ridgeline. Automakers are becoming more willing to produce monocoque pickups with the Ford Maverick, and Hyundai Santa Claus.
The Defender pickup can take any powertrain available from the crossover model. There are many options. Buyers can choose from a plug-in hybrid or mild-hybrid 3.0-liter Inline-six, 2.0 liter turbo four-cylinder, and inline 6-six diesel depending on their market. For those who want to optimize the vehicle’s performance, Land Rover offers a V8 option.