Most of us are suckers for an old Defender. This has been true for years, and it’s likely to stay true forever now because the car is such a lively counterpoint to anything being produced this decade - and that absolutely includes its successor. Of course, what sort of old Defender you’re partial to is very much all about you. Some people regard battered, 20-year-old, TD5 Defenders with the affection normally lavished on household pets. Or children.
Then there are the modified cars, where the choice is absurdly plentiful - and highly variable in terms of quality and desirability. One tuner that needs no introduction is Bowler; partly because it was made famous by successfully racing Land Rover products all over the globe, and partly, of course, because it now counts itself as a member of the wider JLR family, having been acquired in 2019.
To mark its 100th full commission, Bowler has revealed a one-of-a-kind Fast Road Conversion dubbed, fittingly, the Bowler Defender 100th Edition. Plainly it’s a 90 - one from JLR’s own fleet, no less - and has undergone a ‘comprehensive refresh’. As you might expect, it’s been treated to Bowler’s Stage 2 power upgrade and the performance exhaust. That ought to give you around 195hp - exactly the sort of output the Bowler’s Fast Road suspension was designed to take full advantage of.
Throw in a set of lightweight 18-inch Bowler Motorsport wheels and BF Goodrich All-Terrain tyres , and you’ve already got yourself a first-class, go-anywhere, tow-anything Defender - but predictably the 100th Edition goes further. There’s a bespoke graphics package and badges for one thing; Bowler’s external protection pack in Corris Grey for another.
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Yet still fitted with a shitty Ford Transit diesel engine 😂
What's a 'faat' road?