{"id":9177,"date":"2020-10-27T13:14:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T09:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/?p=9177"},"modified":"2020-10-27T13:14:55","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T09:14:55","slug":"new-land-rover-defender-named-motortrend-2021-suv-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/2020\/10\/27\/new-land-rover-defender-named-motortrend-2021-suv-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"New Land Rover Defender Named Motortrend 2021 SUV Of The Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Land Rover announced that the New Land Rover Defender has been named the winner of MotorTrend\u2019s 2021 \u201cGolden Calipers\u201d for SUV of the Year.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a nod to the historic Land Rover Defender, the New Defender is the toughest and most capable Land Rover vehicle yet, combining a new body structure with all-new technologies and legendary engineering to create a Defender fit for the 21st century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great achievement, and an honor, for the New Defender to be selected as the SUV of the Year from MotorTrend,\u201d said Joe Eberhardt, President & CEO, Jaguar Land Rover North America. \u201cWe know enthusiasts have been waiting for the return of this icon back to the U.S for more than 20 years, and we especially want to thank our designers, engineers and everyone else at Land Rover for helping to create a 21st century Defender that can be personalized and enjoyed for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every year, the MotorTrend editorial staff meticulously selects a field of worthy contenders for its SUV of the Year\u00ae award. Contenders are put through MotorTrend\u2019s standard battery of instrumented testing, a rigorous series of tests that measure performance under controlled circumstances, which allow the editors to evaluate the real-world driving behavior of each of the vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are thrilled to honor the Land Rover Defender with our SUV of the Year award,\u201d said MotorTrend Editor-in-Chief Mark Rechtin. \u201cPart of the word \u2018transportation\u2019 is not just the driving but the feeling of being transported. The moment you get into a Land Rover Defender, you are transported. Every design element gives the aura of journey, safari, moving outward into the world with courage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s group of 28 new or redesigned SUVs and variants were evaluated and selected for excelling in MotorTrend\u2019s six key category criteria: safety, efficiency, value, advancement in design, engineering excellence, and performance of the intended function, to determine the one model that performs best for its intended purpose and to MotorTrend\u2019s highest standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In choosing the New Defender as its SUV of the Year, MotorTrend found that the reimagined icon delivered much more than just legendary off-roading capability. In redesigning the vehicle\u2019s platform and chassis, Land Rover created a vehicle with excellent on-road comfort and handling, a slew of active and passive safety features, and strong value compared to its direct competitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne SUV stood roof rack and rear views above the rest,\u201d said Senior Features Editor Jonny Lieberman. \u201cThere are certain vehicles you can feel are special after only 50 feet of driving. The Defender bowled us over with the wonderful synchronization of its stout engine and yeoman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

transmission; the exceptional ride quality; its ambient nature; the baked-in, go-anywhere capability; and its amazing value.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Configure your New Defender at www.landrover-me.com\/defender<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Land Rover announced that the New Land Rover Defender has been named the winner of MotorTrend\u2019s 2021 \u201cGolden Calipers\u201d for SUV of the Year. With a nod to the historic Land Rover Defender, the New Defender is the toughest and most capable Land Rover vehicle yet, combining a new body structure with all-new technologies and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9178,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9179,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9177\/revisions\/9179"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}