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1995 Land Rover Defender 90 Soft Top on 2040-cars

Year:1995 Mileage:53162 Color: Brush Guards to protect the vehicle front
Location:

Redwood City, California, United States

Redwood City, California, United States

Seize the rare opportunity to own a piece of automotive history before it disappears. Land Rover will cease production of this original design in 2015:  

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2449593/Land-Rover-Defender-cease-production-2015.html 

The Defender 90 is one of the most capable four-wheel drive vehicles ever produced. Its predecessors were the Series I, II and III built from 1948 to 1985. They were designed to serve as utility vehicles that could handle some of the world’s toughest terrain. From farmland to safari, and even for military engagement, these vehicles conquer water, snow, mud, sand, boulders and all sorts of unpaved trails.

Defender 90s were first produced in 1985 and finally imported into the United States from 1993 to 1997, with a break in 1996. Fewer than 6400 Defender 90s, in three configurations, made the trip across the pond.

In 1995, only 1,190 were soft-top convertible models with manual transmission.

This Defender 90 Soft Top has one original owner, regular maintenance with records, and features an incredibly low mileage of 53,000 miles. It has seen very little off-road use, has a clean vehicle report and has always been protected in a garage. A full diagnostic was conducted prior to auction and verified the vehicle is running well. A Defender 90 in this condition is a rare find and needs a new owner that will take full advantage of its capabilities.  

Vehicle Equipment:

EXTERIOR

  • Brush Guards to protect the vehicle front-end
  • Light Guards
  • Step Bars that help with access into the vehicle and protect the body when driving off-road
  • V8 badging
  • Rear Defender 90 Heritage Plaque
  • Flexible black wheel flares
  • Dual adjustable exterior side mirrors
  • Quartz halogen headlamps
  • Center high-mount rear ‘Stop’ light
  • 2-Speed front wipers w/variable intermittent feature
  • Side-hinged tailgate
  • Badger Coachworks Premium Soft top with removable windows

ACCESSORIES

  • Yakima Rack System
  • Hella Black Lightening Off-Road Lights
  • New Covercraft custom cover

INTERIOR

  • Front bucket seats w/adjustable recline & integral front head restraints
  • Unique weather-resistant twill-effect upholstery
  • Front/rear rubber floor mats
  • Pivoting and removable 2-passenger rear seat
  • Lockable center cubby box w/integral audio system
  • Full instrumentation w/tachometer
  • Premium high-pwr AM/FM stereo cassette audio system w/removable vinyl cover
  • 4-Weather-resistant speakers, 2 in the door, 2 in the rear
  • Retractable antenna
  • Front seatback/door map pockets

MECHANICAL

  • 3.9L MFI aluminum V8 engine
  • New Interstate battery (meets OEM specs)
  • R380 5-speed manual transmission
  • 2-Speed manual locking transfer gearbox
  • Permanent 4-wheel drive system
  • 14 Gauge boxed steel ladder frame w/aluminum body panels
  • Gross Vehicle Weight Rating - 6001 lbs/2723 kg
  • 4-Wheel long-travel coil spring suspension
  • New Bilstein steering stabilizer
  • Front/rear live axles
  • Front/rear anti-sway bars
  • New Bilstein shocks
  • B.F.Goodrich 235/75R16 all-terrain SBR tires
  • 16" LandRover alloy wheels
  • Swing-away rear mounted outside full size spare tire
  • 92.9" wheelbase
  • Integral class III trailer tow hitch receiver
  • Power-assisted worm & roller steering
  • Power-actuated 4-wheel disc brakes w/vented front rotors
  • Drum type handbrake
  • 15.6 Gallon fuel tank

SAFETY

  • Integral front passenger full “Safari Cage”
  • Front and rear 3-point lap/shoulder belts

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BMW and Jaguar Land Rover to jointly develop electric car tech

Wed, Jun 5 2019

FRANKFURT – BMW and Jaguar Land Rover on Wednesday said they will jointly develop electric motors, transmissions and power electronics, unveiling yet another industry alliance designed to lower the costs of developing electric cars. Both carmakers are under pressure to roll out zero-emission vehicles to meet stringent anti-pollution rules, but have struggled to maintain profit margins faced with the rising costs of making electric, connected and autonomous cars. "Together, we have the opportunity to cater more effectively for customer needs by shortening development time and bringing vehicles and state-of-the-art technologies more rapidly to market," said BMW board member Klaus Froehlich. BMW and Jaguar Land Rover said they will save costs through shared development, production planning and joint purchasing of electric car components. Both companies will produce electric drivetrains in their own manufacturing facilities, BMW said. The BMW Jaguar Land Rover pact comes as rivals FiatChrysler and Renault explore a $35 billion tie-up of the Italian-American and French carmaking groups. Nick Rogers, Jaguar Land Rover's engineering director said, "We've proven we can build world beating electric cars but now we need to scale the technology to support the next generation of Jaguar and Land Rover products." BMW was in talks with rival Daimler about developing electric car components but was also in discussions with Jaguar Land Rover, a company it once owned, to explore an alliance on engines. BMW already has a deal to supply an 8 cylinder engine to Jaguar Land Rover. Carmakers are increasingly open to sharing electric car parts because the technology is expensive and because customers no longer buy a car based on what engine a vehicle has. "Carmakers are much less precious about sharing electric car technology because it is much harder to create product differentiation with electric car tech. They all accelerate fast, and everybody can do quality and ride and handling," according to Carl-Peter Forster a former chief executive of Tata Motors and a former BMW executive. Jaguar Land Rover is still run by former BMW managers, including Ralf Speth the company's chief executive who spent 20 years at BMW prior to joining JLR, and Wolfgang Ziebart, the engineer who oversaw Jaguar's I-Pace electric car program, who is a former head of research and development at BMW.

Jaguar Land Rover opens winter testing facility in Minnesota

Wed, 12 Dec 2012

As it begins the rollout of the all-wheel-drive Jaguar XJ and XF models, Jaguar Land Rover has just announced that it has opened a new facility in northern Minnesota for winter testing. Located in International Falls, MN (on the US and Canadian border), the British automaker says it is one of the coldest locations in the Continental US. Jaguar's new Instinctive All Wheel Drive system was developed primarily to help sell more cars in the northern US, so it only makes sense to open a testing area in the US as well.
With temperatures that can drop to minus 55 degrees Fahrenheit, International Falls was chosen to mimic some of the worst weather a Jaguar or Land Rover will ever see. The grounds house testing chambers, various road surfaces and even a frozen lake. This new facility complements the hot-weather testing grounds in Phoenix, AZ.
The official press release is posted below.

This Or That: 1987 VW Vanagon Syncro vs. 1987 Land Rover Defender [w/poll]

Thu, 13 Nov 2014

As I scoured auction sites and classified ads for the perfect vehicle to take into battle with Autoblog Associate Editor Brandon Turkus, I knew I needed to find something unique. You see, I'm currently 0-2 at winning a round of This or That, in which two of our editors agree on a category, choose a side, and argue it out over a (mostly) friendly chain of emails.
The first time we did this, my chosen Fiat 500 Abarth took about a third of the popular vote in our reader poll. The second time, my lovely 1980 Oldsmobile 442 did just a little bit better against a 1989 BMW 635 CSi. Despite holding the opinion that my automotive choices, though perhaps a little bit more... obscure than my fellow editors, are still better, an outright win would go a long way toward boosting my vehicular self worth a few notches upward.
With all of that out of the way, even if three isn't my lucky number after all, I go into battle against Brandon knowing full well that I've made the perfect choice: A 1987 Volkswagen Vanagon Syncro. My rough-and-tumble van/'ute has a formidable opponent in the form of a 1987 Land Rover Defender, which, truth be told, is exactly what I was expecting from Turkus, a self-proclaimed Rover aficionado.