Video: Translogic drives Land Rover's Defender concept, samples its James Bondian tec
 

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We were thrilled to see that Land Rover unveiled a pair of concept vehicles in September at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The two models; a drop-top and a more business-like fixed roof off-roader, signal a pair of possible directions of the next generation Defender. Both models are very attractive and they at least look off-road-ready, but since they're concept vehicles they're likely all show and no go, right?

Not so fast. Our sister publication Translogic actually got behind the wheel of the DC100 concepts, and there were no paved roads in sight.

Hit the jump to watch on as Bradley Hasemeyer scores some time with the hot-looking DC100 convertible. We don't see any 40-degree grades or serious rocks to traverse, but we do learn about some amazing off-road technology like Automatic Train Response and incredible-sounding spiked-on-demand tires.Continue reading Translogic drives Land Rover's Defender concept, samples its James Bondian tech

Translogic drives Land Rover's Defender concept, samples its James Bondian tech originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.


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