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Defender
Defender 50th Anniversary
Built to mark fifty years of Land Rover. Every example was an Atlantis Blue 90 hard top with a 4.0 litre V8 and automatic gearbox, the only time a factory Defender was sold this way in the UK.
- Released
- 1998
- Ended
- 1998
Based onDefender 90
Full technical specification
Figures are typical for the model range and vary by year, engine, body style and market.
Engine
- Type
- Rover V8 petrol
- Displacement
- 3,950 cc
- Power
- 182 bhp @ 4,750 rpm
- Torque
- 250 lb ft @ 3,000 rpm
Transmission & drive
- Gearbox
- ZF 4HP22 4-speed automatic
- Transfer box
- LT230 2-speed
- 4WD system
- Permanent 4WD, lockable centre differential
Chassis & running gear
- Frame
- Welded box-section steel ladder chassis
- Body
- Aluminium alloy panels on steel bulkhead
- Front suspension
- Coil springs, radius arms, Panhard rod
- Rear suspension
- Coil springs, trailing links, A-frame (self-levelling unit on some 110s)
- Axles
- Live beam axles, Salisbury rear on 110 and 130
- Brakes
- Front and rear discs, servo assisted
- Steering
- Power assisted recirculating ball (manual on early models)
Dimensions & capacities
- Wheelbase
- 92.9 in (2,360 mm)
- Wheels
- 18 in Boost alloys
- Fuel tank
- 54 L
Specification
- Paint
- Atlantis Blue metallic
- Features
- Air conditioning, chrome side runners, Freestyle seats, roll cage
Production
- Built at
- Solihull, England
- Units
- Approx. 1,071 worldwide
- Occasion
- 50 years of Land Rover (1948 - 1998)