---
title: "Meet Red Bull’s “Armored Moon Vehicle” Land Rover Defender"
description: "Rebodied 4x4 party rig bring the silly."
date: "2015-11-23"
modified: "2015-11-23"
authors:
  - name: "Max Prince"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/max-prince"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/984/meet-red-bulls-armored-moon-vehicle-land-rover-defender"
categories:
  - "Land Rover News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Defender"
  - "land rover"
  - "luxury"
  - "Off-Road"
  - "suv/crossover"
---

# Meet Red Bull’s “Armored Moon Vehicle” Land Rover Defender

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/archive-images/redbulltruck_hero.jpg>)
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Maybe you’ve noticed a distinct lack of crazy lately? An absence of automotive absurdity? That’s because Red Bull has been hoarding all the *loco* to create its new event truck. The company calls this an “armored moon vehicle.” Yeah, that seems about right.

The chassis is a Land Rover Defender 130, a Brit 4x4 originally developed for heavy-duty utility and military use. So the thing’s a beast. Red Bull promises a detailed breakdown of the build, plus final specs, are coming soon. For now, the company is only allowing that this rig has enough AV kit to “run a warehouse party.”

![redbulltruck\_art.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/redbulltruck_art.jpg>)
**Desmond Louw / Mobile Media Mob**

Given the absurdity of Red Bull’s [last Defender event truck](<https://www.landyonline.co.za/locals/redbull_defender.htm>), we’ve got big expectations for this iteration. In the meantime, just revel in the new truck’s design, this matte black [Aventador](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/477/calling-mom-from-a-lamborghini-aventador-sv>)-cum-Dakar war machine. We dig it.

![redbulltruck\_gal\_1.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/redbulltruck_gal_1.jpg>)
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![redbulltruck\_gal\_2.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/redbulltruck_gal_2.jpg>)
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![redbulltruck\_gal\_3.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/redbulltruck_gal_3.jpg>)
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![redbulltruck\_gal\_4.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/redbulltruck_gal_4.jpg>)
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![redbulltruck\_gal\_5.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/redbulltruck_gal_5.jpg>)
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![redbulltruck\_gal\_6.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/redbulltruck_gal_6.jpg>)
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![redbulltruck\_gal\_7.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/redbulltruck_gal_7.jpg>)
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![redbulltruck\_gal\_8.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/redbulltruck_gal_8.jpg>)
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