They spent nearly $400,000 on a classic Defender, and didn’t even swap the engine

Helderburg’s Defender restomod keeps its diesel heart, but adds wild upgrades inside and out, including CarPlay and custom ...
The Drive

Vintage Land Rover Defender Gets Turbodiesel Backhoe Engine Swap

Leave the LS swaps to the Americans because the British would rather do engine swaps using heavy-duty construction vehicles. Too prim and classy to fuss with horsepower, they just want something ...
autoweek

Finally, an Affordable Defender EV Conversion Kit?

Electrogenic announces an electric conversion kit for classic Land Rover Defender vehicles for £24,000, or about $29,500. The kit is designed to bolt in easily, along with a 52-kWh battery, which will ...
autoevolution

V8-Engined Land Rover Defender SVR Expected With BMW Twin-Turbo Power

You’ve heard this one before, and the rumor keeps coming back. This time around, Jaguar Land Rover is understood to borrow the 4.4-liter engine from the M5 and M8 for the all-new Defender SVR. Auto ...
autoweek

EV Swaps for Defenders Are Coming to the US

UK-based Electrogenic partners with two US specialists to offer EV conversions for the Land Rover Defender, Jaguar E-Type, Triumph Stag, and Porsche 911. Electrogenic's conversion kit for the Land ...