Land Rover Defender now available as supercharged V8 The new model fuses off-road abilities with hot performance 04 March 2021 - 05:04 Phuti Mpyane The Defender V8 is scheduled to arrive in SA towards the end of 2021 as the top-of-the range model. Picture: SUPPLIED Land Rover’s new Defender will now also be offered in high-powered V8 Edition 90 and 110 derivatives. The potent new V8 supercharged engine is available in both 90 and 110 body designs, and also in an exclusive new Defender V8 Carpathian Edition. Continuing a legacy of eight-cylinder Landies, the Defender V8 is powered by a supercharged 5.0 l engine with outputs of 386kW and 625Nm fed to its 4x4 system through an eight-speed automatic transmission.