A rare South African-built Defender 2.8i, powered by a BMW straight-six, hit 0-62 mph in 9.3 seconds — the fastest production Defender Land Rover ever built.
Median 172 hp across 224 similar cars
Lead trim: Defender 200Tdi 2.5 turbo diesel (107 hp) · up to 122 hp
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FactA rare South African-built Defender 2.8i, powered by a BMW straight-six, hit 0-62 mph in 9.3 seconds — the fastest production Defender Land Rover ever built.
In 1990 the Ninety, One Ten and One Two Seven were renamed Defender 90, 110 and 130 (the 130 was a rounding up of the 127, and no longer built from "cut-and-shut" 110s but on a dedicated new chassis); the page designates the Defender as L315 from model year 1987 to 2006, a period in which Land Rover marketed the utility vehicle as a private recreational vehicle, with County 4x4s sold as multi-purpose family vehicles and limited editions such as the 1992 SV90 (roll-over cage, alloy wheels, metallic paint). The 200Tdi direct-injection turbodiesel, a reworking of the old turbodiesel, produced 107 hp and 195 lb·ft in the Defender (detuned slightly from the Discovery's 111 hp), finally allowing the Defender to cruise comfortably at speed and tow heavy loads. The 300Tdi of 1994, virtually a new engine, gave 111 bhp and 195 lb·ft in both the Defender and the Discovery. In 1998 an all-new 2.5-litre five-cylinder turbodiesel, the Td5, replaced the Tdi because the Tdi could not meet Euro III: it used electronic controls and produced 122 hp at 4,850 rpm, 11 hp more than the Tdi, with improved refinement, at 221 lb·ft; the Td5 was replaced in spring 2007 and was the last Land Rover engine built in-house at Solihull. A South African 2.8i with a BMW M52 six was also built. The catalogue already holds an EPA "L316 Defender 90 (1993–1997)" row that belongs to this period.
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VerifiedFIRST PRINTONLY ONE IN VANCOUVER×3Every Defender before this one was body-on-frame — this generation broke decades of tradition with an aluminium unibody structure instead.
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3 published trims in the catalogue. A blank is a figure not recorded, not zero.
| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defender 200Tdi 2.5 turbo diesel (107 hp) | 1990–1994 | 2.5 L Inline-4 | 107 hp | 195 lb-ft | — | 4WD | — | — |
| Defender 300Tdi 2.5 turbo diesel (111 bhp) | 1994–1998 | 2.5 L Inline-4 | 111 hp | 195 lb-ft | — | 4WD | — | — |
| Defender Td5 2.5 five-cylinder turbo diesel (122 hp) | 1998–2006 | 2.5 L Inline-5 | 122 hp | 221 lb-ft | — | 4WD | — | — |
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