According to Autocar, a Jaguar Land Rover executive, they told investors that a smaller, electric Land Rover Defender is in development. Autocar labels it the “baby” Defender. JLR’s Electric Modular Architecture (EMA) will underpin its 2027 release. Autocar reports it will be one of four EMA-platform automobiles. The other three are the modern Range Rover Evoque, Velar, and Discovery Sport. The Defender Sport, a 15-foot-long, 6.5-foot-wide Defender, will be smaller. A BMW X3 is larger. Based on the EMA design. The Defender and full-size Land Rover SUV would be sold. The company’s Modular Longitudinal Architecture (MLA) technology, which supports fully electric and hybrid ICE powertrains, predicts that the next Defender will launch in 2026. The first full-size Defender EV may debut then.
