It’s a dry, 60-degree October day in Chicago and it’s now or never no matter how ill-advised my mission may be. A2020年土地罗孚后卫110第一版两天前在我的腿上掉了下来，我无法审查这款英国四轮车，而不需要四轮轮转。忙碌的朋友和一个有理由不想上班的同事让我勇敢地勇敢于伊利诺伊州马赛的悬崖地形越野公园。没有观点？没问题。如果我陷入困境，没有人帮助我推出它？我会机会它。重生后卫应该能够处理它。
The gods of mud and dirt smile upon me at check-in as a late-model Jeep Wrangler Rubicon four-door pulls up next to me, having just braved the trail. The four-door Wrangler is the Defender’s natural enemy and this gives me a great opportunity to compare them side-by-side.
2020年土地罗孚后卫110
The length and wheelbase are very similar, but the Defender is notably wider and taller by 4.8 and 3.8 inches, respectively. The Defender sits 2.2 inches lower off the ground at rest, but the Defender’s air suspension raises it 2.9 inches in the off-road modes, making it 0.7 inch taller. The Wrangler has a shorter front overhang, but the Defender is shorter in the back. The Defender’s extra width and height make it look like the Wrangler’s big, British brother.
两者都看起来是越野的一部分。吉普式的标志性的盒子外观已经用于代和防御者的所有，直立立场运动旋转轮胎，后挂式备用和黑色的敞篷和屋顶。该测试仪还有探索器包，它增加了越野感受，这些功能与A-Parkar安装的呼吸管，宽敞的屋顶架，泥翼和侧安装的储物箱等特色。人们似乎都喜欢它在路上和小径上，甚至是吉普牧羊人的司机。
2020年土地罗孚后卫110
2020年土地罗孚后卫110
2020年土地罗孚后卫110
Insane terrain
Trail 1 at The Cliffs Insane Terrain is bumpy and rutty, with occasional hills and descents. I throw the Defender’s Terrain Response system into Grass/Gravel/Snow mode and set out for some fun. It sets the powertrain, steering, traction control, and center and rear differentials to work best on slick terrain. Its unique advantage, however, is its 11.5 inches of off-road ground clearance, enabled by the air suspension.
Proceeding at a deliberate pace, the larger bumps and ruts are no challenge for the Defender. I even seek them out because when you have a billy goat you should use it like a billy goat. Roughly a third of the way through the trail I come to an off-road terrain park that looks like a small racetrack with two 180-degree banked turns separated by two small but steeply angled hills. It’s a low-speed challenge for off-road trucks and SUVs or a small, higher-speed motocross course.
At first, the hills look like they might be too steeply pitched for the Defender’s 28-degree breakover angle. This is the longer 110 model, after all, not the shorter,two-door 90 model that will arrive for 2021. I give it a shot anyway and the Defender’s underbelly still has several inches of daylight between it and terra firma at the top of either hill. If I were driving with the Defender set at its on-road height, the breakover angle would drop to 22-degrees and still likely clear these hills. So would a Wrangler Rubicon with its 22.6 degrees of clearance.
在这些山上上下行驶，也将方法和离境角度达到测试。在越野高度，接近角度为38度，争吵用鼻子较短5.4度害羞。然而，后卫的尾部具有较短的尾部，如其40度的出发角度与牧羊人Rubicon的37度。这里的车辆不会有问题。
The only challenge I face when driving around the steeply banked corners is getting out to take a picture and scrabbling to get back in.
当我遇到陡峭的超人山时，我转向中性，所以我可以切换到低档传动装置，然后接合山下控制并使用基本上下坡巡航控制。车辆几乎没有通知，我会增加速度，也许是10英里/小时，使这种简单的下降不太平凡。
2020年土地罗孚后卫110
2020年土地罗孚后卫110
2020年土地罗孚后卫110
My drive continues along through more bumps and ruts, water too shallow to approach the Defender’s 35.4 inches of water fording capability (too bad, I wanted to see the Defender breathe through it’s snorkel as water washed over the hood), and rocky terrain that also proves no match for the ground clearance.
I avoid some deep mud holes and tight squeezes between trees where I could get stuck. Without a winch or a spotter, I don’t want to damage this vehicle. The off-road camera view can help as it shows the view dead ahead at bumper level and split views of each front tire. Still, if one of those tires is stuck in the muck, nobody’s here to help me pull it out.
然而,我没有放弃所有的挑战。The toughest test comes near the end of the trail. It’s a steep, layered rock face that gets even steeper at the top. I’m not sure the Defender will make it, but I re-engage low gearing, switch over to the Rock Crawl mode, and charge up hill.
The knobby Goodyear Wrangler A/T Adventure tires bite into the dirt and find traction on the rock face, the powertrain sets a slow but steady pace, and the Defender scrambles up the hill with surprising ease. At the top, I turn around and repeat the run in reverse. Again, progress is slow but steady. Hill descent control limits the speed, the tires don’t slip, and the hill is soon in my rearview mirror. All the while, I can watch the 4x4 info screen, which shows altitude, center lock on or off, side-to-side angle, forward/backward pitch, and the action of each damper.
A quick run over sharp rocks threatens a flat and I’m done here.
我已经在其他越野的其他场地完成了更多的技术地形，但这次运行向我展示了它作为牧马人的Rubicon，但略有不同的方式。它的宽度意味着它不会潜水到吉普将处理的一些紧密季度，但其较高的地间隙使其更好地破坏和出发角度。两者都是巨大的越野。
2020年土地罗孚后卫
2020年土地罗孚后卫
2020年土地罗孚后卫
Mannerly on-road
My drive home goes much like my drive to get there. The Explorer package roof rack causes unprecedented levels of wind noise and my infotainment system is a Wonderboom Bluetooth speaker because I haven’t been able to get the audio system to work at all. It’s a bold move for an automaker that has suffered much criticism for its infotainment systems to lend out a vehicle with infotainment that simply doesn’t work.
然而，在路上，后卫就像我希望它一样。防守者可能有争吵的越野能力的偏远能力，但它在下面的车如下，这使得它变得更好。The Defender has electric-assist rack-and-pinion power steering instead of the Jeep’s recirculating ball, so it doesn’t suffer the same kind of on-center wander and is instead stable and direct, with weighting that starts out slightly heavy and gets heavier depending on the drive mode. An independent front suspension isolates bumps from side to side, and the unibody structure helps the Defender absorb bumps and ruts instead of bouncing over them. The Wrangler drives like a small, short-wheelbase truck with the busy ride to prove it. The Defender drives like a tall mid-size crossover, with the control that implies.
涡轮增压3.0升内联6也是一种快乐。该发动机不仅采用双涡旋涡轮增压器，而且使用48伏电气系统实现的电增压器。皮带集成的起动电机有助于加速和再生制动捕获能量以改善燃料经济性。光滑强，发动机的395马力和406磅脚的扭矩提供愿意从停止拾取，但它可以获得高于3000 rpm的最佳工作。0-60英里/小时运行5.8秒，内联-6可达8,200磅。它比争吵者或即将到来的福特布朗科提供的任何发动机更强大supercharged V-8 is on the way也是。然而，即使具有重生能力，内联-6也不是非常有效，因为我只有13.7英里/英亩的驾驶214英里。
土地Rover’s on-road modes are Comfort and Eco. While the throttle isn’t too lazy in either, I still program a de facto Sport mode into the configurable Terrain Response system by setting the powertrain to “responsive,” the traction control to “more wheel spin,” the differentials to “automatic,” and the steering to “medium” (heavy feels artificially heavy). My custom mode adds that extra bit of throttle response that I sometimes prefer.
2020年土地罗孚后卫
2020年土地罗孚后卫
2020年土地罗孚后卫110
效用和空间
Inside, the Defender is also exactly what I expected. The materials aren’t luxurious like in a Range Rover, but they’re right for the mission. Meant to withstand abuse, they’re rubberized, sturdy, utilitarian, and appropriate for the price. The seats are upholstered in cloth around the outside with leather inserts. Land Rover provides lots of storage trays, cubbies and pockets, and this model even has a refrigerated center console bin.
The Defender is much more comfortable than the Wrangler in the first two rows. Its extra width gives it more shoulder room for three across in back (and, optionally, in front, just like your grandpa’s 1970s Cadillac), and the tall roof creates 10-gallon hat head room. The second row also has good leg room.
A search of the cargo area reveals I’m driving a 5+2 model with a two-seat third row buried under the cargo floor. The third row is almost comically small, with seats that sit close to the floor and have highly restricted leg room. I see no reason to opt for it, especially with its $1,200 upcharge. I do like the switches in the rear that allow me to lower the Defender’s rear end to make it easier to load cargo. I’m not so happy with the side-hinged tailgate that blocks access from the curb, though it does make it possible for the Defender to carry its spare back there, which contributes to better ground clearance.
2020年土地罗孚后卫110
2020年土地罗孚后卫
2020年土地罗孚后卫
The 2020 Land Rover Defender 110 starts at $51,250, including destination. That model comes with a 296-hp 2.0-liter turbo-4, steel wheels, rubber flooring, a 10.1-inch touchscreen infotainment system, wireless smartphone charging, LED headlights, and the air suspension.
My First Edition tester costs $70,000 and comes with the inline-6, a Meridian sound system, a rear camera mirror, a panoramic sunroof, a black contrast roof, heated front seats, satellite radio, 20-inch alloy wheels, and unique trim inside and out. The Explorer pack adds another $4,800, and a smattering of other options bring the total to $79,190.
At its base levels, the 2020 Land Rover Defender’s price overlaps with higher-line versions of the Wrangler. Its air suspension stands out as a killer app for off-roaders, it’s more controlled on-road, and it’s roomier and better appointed inside, though I’d prefer one with a working infotainment system. If you get one, be sure to treat it like the billy goat it is.
土地Rover provided a 2020 Defender 110 without a working radio for the author to be alone with his thoughts while driving over or through anything that came his way.
