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pjm-84



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placement of the battery.


They are not at the back under the rear bumper. Both the BMW and Defender PHEV have slightly raised boots that contain the battery.

The previous Velar P400e had a towbar option. Out of the 279 used on the Landrover website only 22 have a towbar..... hmmmmm

On Autotrader there are 1251 for sale / 108 have towbars, 2 of which are PHEV



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pjm-84



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lightning wrote:
No way!
Good job l didn't buy one of those then.

I can get over 40mpg from my MHEV D250 Defender 90 on a run, but not if l am towing the caravan! Still managed 26mpg though.

My old Defender TD5 110 returned about 25mpg whatever you did with it. Towing, round town, motorway....the only time we managed more was touring Spain where we averaged 55mph and it did 32mpg


Not entirely correct....... Whistle

40mpg is not great if my petrol can do 36mpg carrying the dreaded "evil cant fit a towbar battery" (it can). My VW T5 will do 40mpg+ and again is heavier and the Volvo XC70 will do 50mpg+ but lighter, lower and can run in FWD, so expected
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lightning



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l guess it depends on the type of vehicle and use.

l could get 40mpg on a run from my BMW which was a 3.0 litre petrol engine. l guess it was lighter and more aerodynamic.

Even my wife's VW Up (1.0 litre petrol) struggled to better 35mpg in the type of use l put it to in my business.
That is, short journeys between customers. Never tried that with the BMW!
For that kind of use a hybrid would probably be perfect. But LR don't do a hybrid Defender Commercial.

The lneos Grenadier has effectively the same 3.0 petrol engine as my BMW and it manages around half the MPG.
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