Electric ‘baby’ Land Rover Defender to launch by 2027 – report

The Land Rover Defender could get the brand’s ‘Sport’ treatment, with overseas reports suggesting a smaller, electric-only version of the 4×4 is on the cards.

Land Rover’s iconic Defender 4×4 could lend its rugged off-road styling to a ‘baby Defender’ within the next four years, reportedly joining the British brand’s line-up of smaller SUVs by 2027.

UK publication Autocar reports the model – understood to be called the Defender Sport – would be sold alongside Land Rover’s road-focused Discovery Sport and