Editing Land Rover Defender (section)

{{Short description|Off-road 4x4 and pickup truck series produced by Land Rover}}
{{About|the 1983–2016 Land Rover Defender (L315, L316)|the 2020 Land Rover Defender (L663)|Land Rover Defender (L663)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox automobile
| image = 2015 Land Rover Defender (L316 MY15) 90 3-door wagon (2015-10-24) 01.jpg
| caption = 2015 Land Rover Defender 90 (Australia)
| name = Land Rover Defender
| manufacturer = {{ubl
  | [[Land Rover]] (1983–2012)
  | {{Nowrap|[[Jaguar Land Rover]] (2013–2016, 2020–present)}}
}}
| class = [[Small offroader]] (90) <br /> [[Medium sized offroader]] (110 & 130)
| aka = Land Rover 90, Ninety, 110, One Ten, One Two Seven (1983–1990)
| production = {{ubl
  | 1983–2016<br />2020–present
  | Over 2 million Series/Defenders built since 1948<ref name=LRmedia1506/>
  }}
| predecessor = [[Land Rover Series III]]
| successor = [[Land Rover Defender (L663)]]
| assembly = [[United Kingdom]]: [[Solihull plant|Solihull]]<br />''CKD (Completely Knocked Down) kits:''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=James |title=Land Rover Defender, 90 and 110 Range |date=2013 |publisher=Crowood Press |isbn=978-1-84797-453-2 |pages=15-17}}</ref> <br />  [[Australia]]: [[Moorebank, New South Wales|Moorebank]]<br />[[Brazil]]: [[São Paulo]]<br />[[South Africa]]: Blackheath, [[Rosslyn, South Africa|Rosslyn]], [[Silverton, Pretoria|Silverton]]<br />[[Pakistan]]: [[Karachi]]<br />[[Turkey]]: [[Istanbul]], [[Arifiye]]<br />[[Malaysia]]: [[Shah Alam]], [[Kulim]]<br />[[Jordan]]: [[Ma'an]]<br />[[Kenya]]: [[Nairobi]]<br />[[Thailand]]<br />[[Zimbabwe]]
| layout = [[Front-engine, four-wheel-drive layout|Front engine]], [[four-wheel drive]]
}}

The '''Land Rover Defender''' (introduced as the '''Land Rover One Ten''', joined in 1984  by the '''Land Rover Ninety''', plus the extra-length '''Land Rover One Two Seven''' in 1985) is a series of British [[off-road car]]s and [[pick-up truck|pickup truck]]s. They have [[four-wheel drive]], and were developed in the 1980s from the [[Land Rover series]] which was launched at the [[AutoRAI|Amsterdam Motor Show]] in April 1948. Following the 1989 introduction of the [[Land Rover Discovery]], the term '[[Land Rover]]' became the name of a broader [[marque]], no longer the name of a specific model; thus in 1990 Land Rover renamed them as '''Defender 90''' and '''Defender 110''' and '''Defender 130''' respectively.

The vehicle, a British equivalent of the Second World War derived [[Jeep CJ|(Willys) Jeep]], gained a worldwide reputation for ruggedness and versatility. With a steel ladder [[vehicle frame|chassi]]s and an aluminium alloy bodywork, the Land Rover originally used detuned versions of [[Rover (marque)|Rover]] engines.

Though the Defender was not a new generation design, it incorporated significant changes compared to the Land Rover series, such as adopting coil springs front and rear. Coil springs offered both better ride quality and improved axle articulation. The addition of a centre differential to the transfer case gave the Defender permanent four-wheel-drive capability. Both changes were derived from the original Range Rover, and the interiors were also modernised. Whilst the engines were carried over from the Series III, a new series of modern and more powerful engines was progressively introduced. 

Even when ignoring the series Land Rovers and perhaps ongoing licence products, the 90/110 and Defender models' 33-year production run were ranked as the sixteenth longest single-generation car in history in 2020.<ref>[https://www.autocar.co.uk/slideshow/survivors-world%E2%80%99s-longest-living-cars#20 Survivors The world's longest-living cars] – ''[[Autocar (magazine)|Autocar]]''</ref>

In 2020, [[Jaguar Land Rover]] introduced an all new generation of Land Rover Defender [[Land Rover Defender (L663)]] switching from body on chassis to integrated bodywork and from live, rigid axles to all around independent suspension.