Land Rover has simply began deliveries of the Defender outfitted with a V-8 however there is a extra hardcore V-8 choice nonetheless within the works.

Sure, the newest Defender is anticipated to have a minimum of two V-8 grades, the common one already on sale, plus a extra succesful model presumably carrying an SVX badge and focusing on the likes of the Ford Bronco Raptor and Jeep Wrangler Rubicon 392.

A prototype for the potential Defender SVX could have simply been noticed. The prototype options the acquainted quad-exhaust suggestions of the common Defender outfitted with a V-8, together with widened wheel arches, raised suspension, and BFGoodrich all-terrain tires.

It is not clear what engine is below the hood. The Defender already affords Jaguar Land Rover’s 5.0-liter supercharged V-8, rated at 518 hp. Nonetheless, Land Rover has additionally began providing a BMW-sourced 4.4-liter twin-turbocharged V-8 within the Vary Rover, rated at 523 hp.

We must always know extra as improvement continues. We at the moment count on the Defender SVX to land subsequent 12 months as a 2024 mannequin.

For those who want reminding, Jaguar Land Rover’s Particular Car Operations got here near launching a Discovery SVX. It was to be powered by a V-8 and fitted with off-road upgrades, and would have established a brand new off-roading vary for SVO, just like the division’s SVR track-focused vary and SVAutobiography ultra-luxury vary. Whereas the Discovery SVX was in the end canceled, Jaguar Land Rover by no means dominated out a future SVX automobile being developed.