{"id":43553,"date":"2023-02-24T00:02:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T05:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=43553"},"modified":"2023-02-24T00:02:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T05:02:26","slug":"land-rover-defender-svx-spy-photos-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=43553","title":{"rendered":"Land Rover Defender V8 SVX spied with huge fenders, chunky off-road tires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2022\/05\/31\/2023-land-rover-defender-130-unveiled-as-eight-seater-flagship\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:0;\">versions of the Land Rover Defender<\/a> keep hitting the block, but this one spied testing at the Arctic Circle may be the coolest of the bunch. We don&#8217;t have an official name from <a class=\"injectedLinkmain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/land+rover\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:1;\">Land Rover<\/a> yet \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autocar.co.uk\/car-news\/new-cars\/2023-land-rover-defender-svx-primed-amg-g500-4x4-rival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:2;\">rumors<\/a> have suggested SVX \u2014 but from these photos, the idea looks similar to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2022\/06\/20\/2022-ford-bronco-raptor-first-drive-review\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:3;\">Bronco Raptor<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2021\/05\/04\/jeep-wrangler-rubicon-392-v8-first-drive-road\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:4;\">Wrangler 392<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The formula on display here should lead to big grins off-road. This camouflaged <a class=\"injectedLinkmain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/land+rover\/defender\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:5;\">Defender<\/a> is clearly rocking a V8 engine with its quad exhaust pipes out back, but it\u2019s the massive fender flares, lifted ride height and chunky tires that have our attention. Unlike the more staid-looking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/article\/2023-land-rover-defender-review-90-110-130\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:6;\">Defender 110<\/a>, this Defender looks designed for gnarlier off-road duty. A wider track and upgraded off-road suspension push those wheels out and fill the big fender flares \u2014 it\u2019s not quite <a class=\"injectedLinkmain\" href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/ford\/bronco\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:7;\">Bronco<\/a> Raptor levels of obnoxiousness, but this Defender is way wider than typical.<\/p>\n<p>The tires filling those slots are impressively beefy BF Goodrich all-terrain tires. Land Rover didn\u2019t go so far as to fit uniquely small wheels to this more extreme model \u2014 they\u2019re still 20-inch wheels \u2014 but the rubber protecting those off-road style wheels looks much more suited to the trail than any stock option today.<\/p>\n<p>When Land Rover launches this mega-Defender, expect it to be the most expensive of the bunch due to it being powered by a V8. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2021\/02\/24\/2022-land-rover-defender-v8\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:8;\">2023 Land Rover Defender V8<\/a> will run you $112,775 today, and that\u2019s before options. In that case, maybe think of this Defender as more of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2023\/02\/03\/2023-mercedes-benz-g550-road-test-review\/\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link;itc:0;pos:1;sec:donut-hole;cpos:9;\">Mercedes-Benz G 550<\/a> alternative than Bronco Raptor rival. We\u2019ll be eagerly awaiting its reveal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related video:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><style><![CDATA[.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }]]><\/style>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\">\n <lite-youtube videoid=\"x8krNC_3MNE\" data-thumbnail=\"\"\/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More versions of the Land Rover Defender keep hitting the block, but this one spied testing at the Arctic Circle may be the coolest of the bunch. We don&#8217;t have an official name from Land Rover yet \u2014 rumors have suggested SVX \u2014 but from these photos, the idea looks similar to a Bronco Raptor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43554,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}