2019 Land Rover Defender: The Legend Has Returned
It's finally here, the next-generation 2020 Land Rover Defender. The vaunted little off-roader is back in both two-door 90 and four-door 110 variants. And it absolutely looks the part with its retro design. Underneath, though, the Defender is really a tiny Range Rover. From the outside, the Defender is a thoroughly modern take on its boxy predecessor. It's a simple two-box shape, but every corner and edge has been given a soft and slightly chunky curvature. Tributes to the original are everywhere including the front headlights that have round elements inside a squared-off shape, the slightly sloping contrasting roof, the small skylights at the back, and the sheer vertical tail. The rear tailgate still swings open on a vertical hinge and you can still have a full-size spare mounted to it. The grille is a slim piece with a single bar across the middle like many modern Land Rovers. The thick C-pillar is an interesting design feature, though it probably results in a nasty blind spot a la the Toyota FJ Cruiser.
A new high-pressure pre-charge pump charges the hydraulic system as soon as the engine is started, allowing for full-time 4x4 from rest. It also reduces the time taken to achieve full torque once wheel-slip has been detected - within 15 degrees of wheel-slip rotation (compared with over 60 degrees of wheel-slip rotation with more conventional units). The Freelander 2鈥檚 Haldex unit is designed to allow up to 1500 Nm of torque transmission. An accumulator also speeds up the unit鈥檚 response. Full torque transmission can be achieved in just 150 milliseconds. In effect, the new Haldex coupling gives the proactive engagement benefits of full-time 4x4 and the efficiency and fuel economy of an on-demand system. Terrain Response is one of the core Land Rover technologies that gives the Freelander 2 its outstanding breadth of capability. Standard on all but the entry model, it adapts the responses of the vehicle鈥檚 engine, gearbox, centre coupling and chassis systems to match the demands of the terrain.
Sometimes you just mess up. No human being is exempt from failure. The trouble is that leadership failures and human frailties can sometimes seriously damage your credibility. That's why it's important to understand what you can do to regain credibility if ever you should tarnish or lose it. Once that happens, you need to follow what we call the Six A's of Leadership Accountability: Accept, Admit, Apologize, Act, Amend, and Attend. This is the first true revision of Credibility since its initial publication in 1993. Why revise it now? Timing is everything. When the first edition of Credibility was published in 1993, we noted that nearly half of America's workforce was cynical. The late 1980s and early 1990s were also a period of recession鈥攖here were few jobs, we were also recovering from a market crash, and we had begun the Gulf War. Public faith in its leaders was low. In the late nineties and at the turn of the century, we saw increases in trust, confidence, and credibility among leaders of major institutions. But these shifts turned out to be very short-lived.
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It's also the first Range Rover to offer "Smart Settings" an AI assist system that learns and remembers each driver's seat, music and climate preferences, resetting them whenever you get into the vehicle. You'll find a host of new features under the hood as well, including a 48-volt (296HP) mild-hybrid powertrain working alongside the 246HP Ingenium four-cylinder gasoline engine. When braking at speeds under 11 mph, the engine is programmed to turn off and allow the regenerative system to harvest energy from the slowing vehicle which can then be used to assist in its subsequent acceleration. The new Evoque also boasts technologies that we first saw on Range Rovers Discovery Vision concept vehicle. ClearSight Ground View, for example, is based on the Vision's "transparent bonnet" idea. It uses cameras in the front grille and sideview mirrors to give the driver an 180-degree view of what's under the front end of the Evoque. Remember folks, always check your undercarriage for cats and other furry stowaways during the winter months. What's more, the rear facing camera above the back window doesn't push its video feed to the console-mounted 12.3-inch infotainment system. Instead it sends it directly to the rearview mirror, which is actually an HD video screen. We still don't have word on pricing or availability on the new Evoque. Those details are being revealed at the Chicago Auto Show in February.
