Land Rover has launched the Trophy Edition – a Defender 110 inspired by the great days of the Camel
Trophy. The vehicle comes with ‘a distinctive expedition-ready specification’ including 20” alloys, all-terrain tyres,
wheelarch protectors, a front undershield and a rear scuff plate. Next stop the Gobi Desert, right enough.
The theme for the above is black, or almost black. The alloys and arches are in gloss, the front guard is just black, the rear scuff plate is ‘dark’ and the tyres are, well, not whitewalls. If you feel tempted to say that they might as well be, for all the use a 20” fi tment is going to be on a proper expedition, then, well, boo. They launched the vehicle at the Festival of Speed, don’t you know. Talk like that is Not Goodwood.
The 110 is available in a choice of Deep Sandglow Yellow or Keswick Green. The former is ‘a modern interpretation of a
colour synonymous with Defenders used on international Trophy-style events’. Just man up and say Camel, for God’s sake. Keswick Green, meanwhile, ‘celebrates rural exploration in Defender’s UK homeland.’ Land Rover has always been outspoken in its support of green laning and stood shoulder to shoulder with owners of its vehicles against rights of
way closures, after all, so this is very much in keeping. In each case, you get yet more gloss black on the bonnet, lower body sides, brake calipers and rear recovery eyes, and there are Trophy graphics on the bonnet, rear and C-pillars.
Read the full article in the September issue of Overlander 4×4 –
