India, June 30 -- New commercial variants of the Land Rover Defender 90 and 110 bring back the Hard Top moniker of the 1950s. They are likely to go on sale by the end of the year.
Land Rover is expanding the Defender model line-up with the addition of new commercial variants of the Defender 90 and 110 to the famed bloodline. Interestingly, the famous 'Hard Top' moniker that made its debut on Land Rover models during the 1950s is being revived. Though the original Hard Top Land Rovers featured demountable roofs, the new Defender will carry forward the same ethos with a fixed metal roof.
Though the new Defender Hard Top shares its architecture with its PV counterpart, it's still being developed by the Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations (...