- Land Rover has revealed a new off-road-themed Defender model, the Trophy Edition.
- The yellow or green Defender 110s pay tribute to classic Camel Trophy Land Rovers.
- Optional accessory pack includes roof rack, ladders, panniers, mud flaps and snorkel.
Land Rover is leveraging its adventure-motorsport history with a Defender inspired by the brand’s legendary Camel Trophy SUVs and due for a global reveal at this July’s Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Called the Defender 110 Trophy Edition, the new, clean-living model makes no reference to the Camel cigarette brand that sponsored the original competition between 1980 and 2000, but the influence is clear, particularly in examples finished in Deep Sandglow Yellow.
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Buyers can choose Keswick Green as an alternative, but both configurations get a gloss black finish on the hood, arches and lower body that would get ruined within five minutes of attempting to tackle an original Camel Trophy route. Even those just planning to explore the urban jungle might be wise to pay for the optional matte protective film.
Other Defender Trophy features include Gloss Black 20-inch wheels with all-terrain tires, dark front and rear scuff plates and Trophy decals on the hood and C-pillar. Inside, there are illuminated Trophy-branded sill kickplates, Ebony Windsor Leather seats and the exposed dashboard beam comes finished in whichever of the two paint options you’ve selected for the exterior.
And if you really want to channel the spirit of the original Land Rover Camel racers, there’s the Trophy Edition Accessory Pack, which adds £4,995 ($6,700) to the Trophy’s £89,810 ($120,000) base price. Ticking that box brings a roof rack, roof ladder, side-mounted panniers, mud flaps and a snorkel for the induction system. Chances are you’re never going to need any of that stuff, but who cares when it looks this good?
To see the Trophy Edition up close this summer, get yourself to the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July where the Defender will be on static display and making runs up Lord March’s famous driveway.
Land Rover – which created a run of Trophy-inspired original Defenders last year for almost £200k ($270k) apiece – has offered Trophy versions of the modern Defender before, but they were regional specials produced only for North America and restricted to a few hundred units. The latest Trophy is a full production model and available in multiple markets.
