It is not new that historic Land Rover models have been all too willingly converted for decades, and so the vehicle refiner ECD Automotive Design from Kissimmee / Florida has been implanting powerful engines in the rustic British since 2013 – primarily from General Motors. The original Land Rover engines, even those with eight cylinders and 3.5 liters displacement, are often too thin for the Americans, and so powerful Corvette engines with up to 500 hp are all too often installed in the front end of the boxy Brit. But the ECD team around the Land Rover enthusiasts Tom and Elliott Humble as well as Scott Wallace recognized the signs of the times years ago and not only offer powerful eight-cylinder or the indestructible 2.8-liter Cummins for the historic Defender models diesel, but also the drive module of a Tesla Model S. If desired, the ECD Defender with the 100 kWh battery pack of the Model S 100 becomes an electric off-roader in classic dress. That means a top speed of 160 km/h, Brembo sports brakes, acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in 5.6 seconds and an electric range of around 300 kilometers. It can be recharged at the home socket, at a three-phase charger or at the Tesla Supercharger.