Land Rover Defender 130 V8
5.0L V8 Petrol 500 PS · 8-speed torque-converter auto
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Vehicle images: JLR India official configurator renders, flipped to face left
Powertrain
JLR's P500: a 5.0-litre V8 supercharged petrol, 500 PS and 610 Nm, driving all four wheels; 0 to 100 km/h in 5.7 seconds by JLR's figure.
Features
Safety
- Airbags
- 6
- Electronic stability control
- ✓
- All-wheel disc brakes
- ✓
- ISOFIX child seat anchorages
- ✓
- Tyre pressure monitor
- ✓
- Hill descent control
- ✓
- Rear parking camera
- ✓
- 360° camera
- ✓
- Front parking sensors
- ✓
- Blind spot monitor
- -
- ADAS
- Level 1
- SOS call
- -
Exterior
- Headlamps
- Bi-LED + booster lamp
- Wheel size
- 20"
- Wheel type
- Alloy
- LED fog lamps
- ✓
- Roof rails
- -
- Sequential indicators
- -
- Rear fog lamp
- ✓
- Puddle lamps
- ✓
Infotainment
- Touchscreen
- 13.1"
- Wireless CarPlay / Android Auto
- ✓
- Wired CarPlay / Android Auto
- ✓
- Speakers
- 14
- Premium sound system
- Meridian
- Surround sound (Dolby Atmos)
- -
- Driver display
- 10.25" digital
- Connected car tech
- ✓
- Vehicle-to-load (V2L)
- -
- Tri-screen cabin layout
- -
Comfort & Convenience
- Cruise control
- ✓
- Electronic parking brake + auto hold
- ✓
- Auto climate (single zone)
- ✓
- Dual-zone climate control
- ✓
- Sunroof
- Panoramic
- Auto headlamps
- ✓
- Auto-folding wing mirrors
- ✓
- Rain-sensing wipers
- ✓
- Rear wiper & washer
- ✓
- Rear defogger
- ✓
- Rear window sunshades
- -
- Rear centre armrest with cupholders
- ✓
- Cooled glovebox
- -
- Ventilated front seats
- ✓
- Rear ventilated seats
- -
- Second-row captain seats
- -
- Third-row AC vents
- -
- Height-adjustable driver seat
- ✓
- Powered driver seat
- 14-way
- Driver seat memory
- ✓
- Wireless phone charger
- ✓
- Head-up display
- ✓
- Ambient lighting
- ✓
- Boss mode (front seat fold)
- -
- Drive modes
- ✓
- Regenerative braking
- -
- Terrain modes
- ✓
- Frequency-selective dampers
- ✓
- Air purifier
- ✓
- Auto-dimming mirror
- -
- 60:40 split rear seat
- ✓
- Rear USB-C ports
- -
- Leatherette upholstery
- ✓
Dimensions
Key specifications
- Ground clearance
- 218.5 mm
- Turning radius
- 6.42 m
- Seating
- 8 seats, 3 rows
What the V8 Turbo Petrol AT costs on the road
The price above is ex-showroom. With road tax, registration and the rest of the charges counted in, the V8 Turbo Petrol AT comes to ₹1,99,43,508 on the road in Aizawl and ₹2,29,21,308 in Kochi.
Road tax is set by the state rather than by the maker, so where you register decides ₹29,77,800 of what you pay for the identical car. Of the 25 states we can price this variant in, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram are level at the lowest, and Kerala comes out highest. You pay it where you live, so take this as a reason to check the quote you were given, not as a way to save money.
Comprehensive own-damage cover is on top of both figures: it has been market-priced since 2007 and moves with the insurer, the cover value and your no-claim bonus, so no honest single number exists for it. Budget for it from real quotes.
The full Aizawl breakdown →The Kochi one →Land Rover Defender 130 on-road price, state by state →
The full story
Worth checking before you spend it: it goes without no roof rails and no auto-dimming mirror that the base X-Dynamic HSE has.
At ₹1.86Cr ex-showroom Delhi this is the dearest of the Defender 130's 5 variants, ₹16.10L over the X Turbo Petrol AT beneath it. V8 is sold this one way, as the Turbo Petrol 8-speed torque-converter auto. There is no trim above V8: money spent past this point buys powertrain, not equipment.
More about the V8 trim
Rs 30.1 lakh more than the X buys JLR's P500 (500 PS), with the same named equipment otherwise.
Land Rover Defender 130 V8: the questions people ask
Price, on-road total, engine and what this trim goes without.
- What is the price of the Land Rover Defender 130 V8 Turbo Petrol AT?
- ₹1.86Cr, ex-showroom Delhi. That makes it the dearest of the 5, ₹16.10L above the X Turbo Petrol AT.
- What is the on-road price of the Land Rover Defender 130 V8 Turbo Petrol AT?
- Expect ₹1,99,43,508 in Aizawl and ₹2,29,21,308 in Kochi. Road tax is set by the state rather than by the maker, so the identical car costs ₹29,77,800 more at one end of the country than the other. That is the ex-showroom price plus road tax, registration and the rest of the charges, across the 25 states we have verified. It does not include comprehensive own-damage cover, which every insurer prices differently.
- Which engine and gearbox does the Land Rover Defender 130 V8 Turbo Petrol AT have?
- The Turbo Petrol, 500 PS, with the 8-speed torque-converter auto.
- What features does the Land Rover Defender 130 V8 Turbo Petrol AT get?
- The features worth naming on this trim: Head-up display, Airbags (6), Electronic stability control, All-wheel disc brakes, ISOFIX child seat anchorages and Tyre pressure monitor.
- Is there anything above the V8 on the Land Rover Defender 130?
- No. V8 is the top of the Defender 130 range, so money spent past this point buys a different engine or gearbox rather than more equipment.