There are, frankly, a lot of options that change how the Defender behaves — on-road and off — and they’re generally controlled via the central touchscreen running Land Rover’s Pivi Pro infotainment or the panel of physical buttons and knobs underneath it. Dedicated keys for ride height, hill descent, and traction control sit alongside the HVAC buttons.
Dual-zone climate control, along with heated and cooled front seats are standard; a $700 Cold Climate pack adds heating to the steering wheel, front windshield, and washer jets, plus headlamp washers. With wildfire smoke aplenty, I was grateful for the air purification system: the $2,600 Family Comfort pack adds a quality sensor and cabin air ionization, along with a third HVAC zone. You can track interior and exterior particulate levels through the touchscreen.
That screen does feel a little cramped on this model year 2023 Defender; for the 2024 version, it makes a welcome switch to the square-aspect 11.4-inch version also found in the 2024 Velar. Still, Pivi Pro is cleanly designed and easy to navigate, you get wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, and there’s an embedded modem for updates.
Land Rover is generous with its USB ports, too, including a mighty useful one tucked to the side of the front passenger’s dashboard storage, while $1,000 gets the driver a head-up display to go with the digital gauge cluster.
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