A new version of the Land Rover Defender has been released and packed with a number of upgrades on its Land Rover Defender parts and some new features. The new Land Rover Defender now comes fitted with a bigger engine, the 2.4-liter four-cylinder common rail diesel engine. This engine has also been provided with a lubrication and sealing system upgrade. These improvements on the engine will help the Land Rover Defender with tackling the various off-road conditions.

This engine is capable of delivering 90kW of power and 360Nm of torque. This engine is obviously better than it predecessor, the five-cylinder turbo diesel, as it produces 20 percent more torque. An added bonus is that this engine complies with the strict EU4 standards for emissions. Another thing, for countries that have poor diesel fuel, this engine also has a specially tuned counterpart.

The Land Rover Defender’s engine is connected to a six speed manual transmission which has a high and low range four-wheel drive. It also has an anti-stall system. Plans for an automatic transmission Land Rover Defender is still not concrete but being talked about.

Roger Jory, the General Manager for Land Rover Australia, said, “An automatic gets talked about a fair bit, but nothing is planned.”

Other Land Rover parts that were improved were the springs and dampers. The Defender name ahs also been replaced on the hood by Land Rover badging. The interior cabin of the Land rover model has also been enhanced with redesigned fascia and instruments, tweeters joining the audio system’s two speakers, and there are now more comfortable seats.

The new Land Rover Defender is offered in tow versions – the 130 Crew Crab Chassis version and the 110 Station Wagon. The 130 Crew Crab Chassis is priced at $50,990 and the 110 Station Wagon is at $48,990.

Almost 1.9 million units of the new Land Rover Defender has already been sold all over the world. And Land Rover is saying that there are still 1.2 million of this model being used.