Land Rover Can, But Won’t Go After Jeep Gladiator With Defender Pickup

And the reason for that is pretty simple.
There were rumors that Land Rover could build a pickup based on the new Defender but back in November last year, those speculations were smashed by a high-level insider from the company. The unnamed source said back then that the new five-door Defender is already quite practical and is essentially “a ute with a roof.”

What a shame I was hoping LR would built it



https://www.motor1.com/news/408601/land-rover-no-defender-truck/amp/

https://www.motor1.com/reviews/405965/2020-land-rover-defender-suv-first-drive/

 

I would take that over a Gladiator in a second.

I would guess about equal reliability between the 2.