Legend Cars Land Rover Defender

If talk of a 4x4 SUV, it is impossible to forget it if Land Rover Defender. He is known as 4-wheel drive car of all time. The phrase appeared for toughness in off-road terrain that has been proven for 67 years more.

Land Rover Defender was first slide 30 April 1948 and eventually stop production in January 2016 the Chief Engineer Maurice Wilks initially wanted a tough car like a tractor. Land Rover Defender Series 1 initially using the middle wheel configurations for flexibility of use.

The use of aluminum material at first because of the scarcity of iron stocks at the end of World War II. The use of aluminum material has an edge on its light weight and anti-rust. 1595 cc petrol engine Rover alerts only produce power 50 hp, nothing special. But the achievement of 108 Nm of torque which makes Defender reap admiration. Thanks to the toughness, the British Army then bought 1,878 units to be used in the Korean War.

4-wheel drive system that is simple and diesel engines are notoriously tough to invite more people to travel by car this extreme. One of them is the couple from Erdington, Birmingham, England. David Turner and Jayne Wilkinson traveled as far as 209 214 km were conducted over 5 years using a Land Rover Defender.