august 02, 2019 - Land Rover

RED CROSS EXPERTS PUSH NEW LAND ROVER DEFENDER PROTOTYPE TO THE LIMIT IN DESERT TESTING TO CELEBRATE RENEWAL OF 65-YEAR PARTNERSHIP

Expert know-how: Land Rover visits the #4x4 experts at the International Federation of #redcross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) global fleet base in Dubai on the next step in the new Defender’s testing programme
Breadth of capability: New #defender tackles the region’s famous sand dunes and the hairpins of the renowned Jebel Jais highway, which winds its way up the tallest mountain in the UAE
Renewed relationship: Land Rover and the IFRC have agreed a new three-year global partnership to focus on disaster preparedness and response initiatives
Established partners: Land Rover has supported the IFRC since 1954 and is proud to work with the world’s largest humanitarian organisation in its centenary year
See the #defender testing: youtu.be/_9l0DbNgl2g

The new Land Rover #defender has been put through its paces under the watchful eye of all-terrain experts from the International Federation of #redcross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in the latest stage of its global testing programme. The prototype vehicle visited the IFRC global fleet base in Dubai, ahead of its public debut later this year.

Land Rover engineers demonstrated the vehicle’s breadth of capability to their IFRC counterparts both on and off road, before the IFRC fleet experts took to the wheel to test the vehicle for themselves on the region’s desert sand dunes and the twisty tarmac of Jebel Jais highway, experiencing the assured handling and comfort of the new #4x4 as they wound their way up the tallest mountain in the United Arab Emirates.