路虎将于2018年发布下一代卫士,新车将至少有五种不同的车身风格,包括采用金属硬顶短轴距双门;软顶双门短轴距;金属硬顶长轴距四门;短轴距双门皮卡和长轴距四门皮卡。所有版本将配备捷豹路虎最新Ingenium汽油和柴油引擎并搭配六速手动或九速自动变速箱。这两种变速器都可搭配低速分动箱和两个差速锁。新车传动轴不会设置在铁质梯形车架内,路虎工程师将两个副车架与全新轻质单体车身连接从而提升车身刚性。新车还将配备升级后的地形反应系统和坡起/缓降系统,自适应延长照射范围前大灯和全景摄像头,不过新车不会配备自适应车身控制和空气悬挂。
Next generation Land Rover Defender reportedly set for 2018 launch; will be sold in US
A new report indicates the next generation Land Rover Defender will be introduced sometime in 2018.
There will be at least five body styles to choose from: short wheelbase two-door with metal roof, short wheelbase two-door with soft top, long wheelbase four-door with metal roof, short wheelbase two-door pickup and a long wheelbase four-door pickup. All these versions will be equipped with JLR's latest Ingenium gasoline and diesel engines which will work with either a six-speed manual transmission or a nine-speed automatic gearbox. Both will be available at an additional cost with a low-range transfer case and two differential locks.
The live axle won't be positioned in the iron ladder frame as Land Rover’s engineers plan to connect two subframes to an all-new lightweight unibody benefiting from increased rigidity. The report also says a special Terrain Response system tailored to the new Defender is in the works along with hill climb & descent systems, adaptive extended range headlights and surround-view cameras while active body control and air suspension are ruled out.