Land Rover Defender Trophy Edition revealed

Land Rover has revealed a new special-edition based on its Defender 110 Station Wagon that draws inspiration from the Land Rover Camel Trophy that was held for almost 20 years.

Featuring a whole host of off-road upgrades that mimic the classic Land Rover and Range Rover models that competed from 1981 to 2000, the special 2021 Land Rover Defender Trophy Edition are all finished in the original Camel Trophy cars' yellow base coat.

What's missing is the original Camel cigarette logo that featured on the competition cars' front doors and roof racks.

Apparently, Jaguar Land Rover couldn't secure the US tobacco company's permission to re-use the logo so the British brand had to create a new one that pays homage to the original's design.

Mirroring the specification of the rugged Camel Landies, the latest Defender gets an expedition roof rack, a front bash plate, mud flaps and a deployable roof ladder.

Inside, there's rubber mats and an integrated air compressor to raise or lower tyre pressures off-road.

Based on the high-grade Land Rover Defender X-Dynamic SE spec, all of the Trophy Edition models come with the powerful P400 3.0-litre inline six-cylinder turbo mild-hybrid that produces 294kW and 550Nm of torque.

Combined with an eight-speed automatic, the Defender 110 is capable of a 6.1-second 0-100km/h sprint and a top speed of 208km/h.

Unfortunately for those who have fallen for the retro paint job and accessories combo, all 220 of the Land Rover Defender Trophy Edition vehicles are destined for the North American market, where each will be priced from $US90,000 ($A123,000).

As part of the purchase, each buyer will be invited to join the car-maker on an off-road adventure in the Defender 90 on a gruelling off-road assault course held at Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina.

The winner of the event will then be invited to the UK to compete in the Land Rover Trophy Competition at Eastnor Castle that's held in early 2022.

Back in February, Land Rover's classic division announced that it would produce 25 Camel Trophy-inspired versions of its 297kW Land Rover Defender Works V8.

Based on the previous-generation version of the iconic 4x4 off-roader, the new Camel Trophy-inspired run of Defenders will cost an incredible £195,000 ($A395,000) for the Defender 90 short-wheelbase version and more for the longer Defender 110.

Described by many off-road enthusiasts as the Olympics of 4x4, Land Rover first became associated with the Camel Trophy expeditions back in 1981 when it entered a Range Rover to tackle the Indonesian island of Sumatra's tough, unforgiving landscape.

Over the following two decades the competition toured around the world visiting Papua New Guinea, Brazil, Siberia, Mongolia and even Australia in 1986.

The event continued until the introduction of the then new Land Rover Freelander, when the extreme driving activities were downscaled. The Camel Trophy was dropped after the 2000 event and eventually replaced by the G4 Challenge in 2008.