Built to conquer
The 2023 Land Rover Defender 130 is a big, bad, posse-hauling trail wagon CASEY WILLIAMS | Auto ReviewerAutoCasey@aol.com Land Rover makes an array of fancy and capable SUVs — from the entry-level Defender Sport to the billionaire class Range Rover.
But, the one that traces its DNA to 1948 and gained popularity after World War II is the classic Defender that first appeared as Britain’s take on the Jeep.
Aluminum bodied and built to pound sand, it could assault trails like a muscle queen in hiking boots. A couple of redesigns since brings us to the current generation and this giant posse-hauling, three-row 2023 Defender 130.
Like the original Land Rover, our Defender sports an aluminum body with strong shoulders, but this one flaunts flanks smoothly tapered rearward to politely part wind.
