Defender's dolled-up for 60th birthday

In the year of its 60th anniversary, Land Rover will relaunch the soft-top Defender with this limited edition 90, badged SVX. Also available as a 90 Station Wagon, the SVX gets metallic black paint, a new grille and LED rear lights. Soft top models get a metallic silver full roll cage which acts as a frame for the black fabric hood. The spare wheel is stowed behind the front seats, in the style of the original 1948 Land rover. Inside there are bespoke Recaro seats, sat-nav, and an upgraded audio system with an iPod dock.Under the bonnet is the same 120bhp, 265lb ft 2.4-litre, four-cylinder turbodiesel engine that the standard Defender gets, so there’ll be no burbling V8 for this blinging Landie, however Solihull still describes it as “the ultimate Defender.” And in the absence of a factory version of the 5.0-litre, 290bhp Bowler Wildcat, we’d probably agree with them.Just 200 SVXs will be available in the UK, from spring 2008. Prices will be announced next year, but expect to pay around £30,000.