The Land Rover Defender might not be a body-on-frame SUV, however it’s nonetheless an extremely succesful (and comfy) off-roader. And at a time when two-door SUVs are all however extinct, we love that Land Rover nonetheless presents the Defender 90. It’s a chunky field on wheels with extraordinarily brief entrance and rear overhangs that give it significantly spectacular method, departure and breakover angles. However in the event you’ve ever appeared on the Defender 90 and thought it had an excessive amount of cargo room and never sufficient of an open roof, then boy have we acquired the coachbuilder for you.
Venture Kahn’s coachbuilding division, Flying Huntsman, has introduced plans to construct what it’s calling the Spyder 90. At the moment, all we now have are the rendering you see above and a variety of design sketches, however it’s secure to say that if one in every of this stuff ever finally ends up on a public highway, it’s going to get loads of consideration. Perhaps not in a great way, however it should actually get consideration. Though, in the event you’re shopping for a coachbuilt open-air Defender 90 to drive round in, there’s an excellent likelihood you think about all consideration good consideration.
The proportions can in all probability finest be described as “stubby,” however “overgrown toy automotive” works too. However with plans to solely construct eight Spyder 90s a 12 months, we suspect Flying Huntsman will promote its manufacturing run fairly simply. Certainly, with greater than eight billion folks on the planet, there shall be at the very least eight of them who have a look at this creation and determine so as to add it to their assortment. Based on the discharge, the construct course of takes six months, and the primary ones received’t be accomplished till the second quarter of 2024.
At the moment, there aren’t many particulars out there, together with pricing or engine choices, however contemplating we’re speaking about an ultra-low-volume coachbuilt SUV, it in all probability all will depend on the client. At that degree, you possibly can in all probability decide just about any possibility you need when you’ve got the cash to afford it. Wheels? Leather-based? Customized woodwork? A unique shade material high? For those who’re keen to pay up, why would Flying Huntsman cease you?
Whether or not you ought to be stopped from shopping for this factor within the first place is a distinct query altogether. However at the very least you wouldn’t ever have to fret about shedding a Spyder 90 within the car parking zone?