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2022 Land Rover Defender 90 Gets a V8 Heart

Land Rover's two-door Defender gets supercharged V8 power for 2022.

Steven Ewing
Steven Ewing spent his childhood reading car magazines, making his career as an automotive journalist an absolute dream job. After getting his foot in the door at Automobile while he was still a teenager, Ewing found homes on the mastheads at Winding Road magazine, Autoblog and Motor1.com before joining the CNET team in 2018. He has also served on the World Car Awards jury. Ewing grew up ingrained in the car culture of Detroit -- the Motor City -- before eventually moving to Los Angeles. In his free time, Ewing loves to cook, binge trash TV and play the drums.
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This is the 2022 Land Rover Defender 90.

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But it's not just any Defender 90 -- this one has the V8 engine.

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The interior is nicely appointed.

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This supercharged V8 is used in other Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles.

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These 22-inch wheels are standard.

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This exhaust treatment is exclusive to V8 models.

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So is this matte-gray paint.

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You can get the V8 engine with either the two- or four-door Defender SUVs.

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Pricing for the V8 Defender starts around $105,000.

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