You have not seen all the new Land Rover: shocking surprises promise as a new generation of Defender that, like the Mercedes GLB, reinterpret legendary icons of both brands.

He SUV it is civilized, perhaps too. Fortunately, brands like Land Rover and Mercedes-Benz are on the prowl looking for a new market niche, SUV authentic, more lighthearted and original proposal. insurance you heard Mercedes "Baby G"The concept Ener-G-Force with the star mark Class G anticipated future scoped most popular, cheaper, seated on new common architectures more flexible with its beaches more "little". For that project is taking shape and although the final product will be more "conventional" than expected, I bet it will be a breath of fresh air in the category. Land Rover, meanwhile, it has the difficult challenge of renew a model with nearly seven decades in the market, a legendary name but also too specialized. Defender and GLB are therefore cars with both Land Rover and Mercedes pretend to continue to project the shadow of two icons among all-terrain. How to adapt them to the XXI century?

Land Rover Defender: a mine to exploit

Land Rover is already in full industrial expansion. The group is currently raising a new factory in Slovakia to strengthen 150,000 units per year production capacity -in a second phase that will double capacity-, where the Defender will rise from the ashes. All indications are that this legendary model will have to leave Solihull (England) "his factory"Where the mark had to resort to aluminum due to the shortage of steel time. Curiosities of life, when Land Rover is today one of the most experienced manufacturers of lightweight materials, Defender future will respond to other needs.

On the other hand, future generation Land Rover Defender It will no longer be enclosed in mines and doors wide open to a new audience. It will no longer be a tough car and relatively simple, but witty, versatile and much more pragmatic. And no, it’s not about to change the face of a Range Rover Evoque, though Defender good use of its components. Defender without reducing one can not understand without a short model, one long, one pick-Up: An even more unique scalable range, and each version. Above him, the mark display a catalog of versions and accessories to customize, Land Rover but many surprises up his sleeve that slowly unravels slowly. There are already prototypes rolling, looking the best possible compromise between roads and fields, robustness and "usability", but until 2018 production will not start.

Mercedes GLB: up to seven seats and optional reductive

Something before the Land Rover Defender, Mercedes-Benz will come ready to "strike a chord" of its fans, because like the Land Rover model, Mercedes GLB also have a catalog of customizations to provide a high visual impact to the body, many of them looking for that continuity with the iconic class G. Technically It will be much more than a transformation Mercedes GLA or MPV Class B models that share numerous mechanical components, although the brand is evolving its front-drive architecture, base the GLB adapt to meet that percentage of people that if you use the SUV to go out and demand the most out of it in the field, in addition to their day to day everyday. So it seems more than likely to have a GLB off-road package with reducing -probably with Magna Powertrain as technical responsible, higher suspension, specific wheels and finished with a different bumper design. It will also be articulated bodies with different lengths and axle spacing resulting versions of five and seven seats.

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