Jaguar Land Rover's Chief Commercial Officer, Lennard Hoornik, says that the Land Rover Defender isn't likely to see an electrified variant within this current generation. Rather, packaging concerns have forced Land Rover to push back the electric Defender while design teams work on a new model that will better accommodate an electric drivetrain,

The Defender is the best-selling member of the JLR family, and the one that has been steadily gaining in popularity for the past five years—a rare occurrence in the auto industry, where models normally lose ground as they age.

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This remains largely familiar from the core Defender, and that’s a very good thing. This is still a fantastic SUV interior; chunky and industrial in its design but rendered luxurious by the hushed refinement, strong fit and finish and high-quality materials.