2026 Land Rover Defender 110 Trophy Edition Brings Back Camel Trophy Feels, Iconic Paint Color
If you’re somehow not a fan of the Camel Trophy Defenders' classic yellow, you can also get Keswick Green, but don't be that person.
When you ask most people what version of the Land Rover Defender sticks out in their minds, it’s hard to find people—well, Land Rover fans—who don’t bring up the iconic imagery of the Camel Trophy Defenders. Tackling the Australian desert, wading through the deep waters in the South East Pacific Islands, and making new paths in the Amazon of Brazil—these are a few vignettes the Camel Defenders star in while defining a generation of off-roading. While the Camel Trophy is gone, the Defender remains on sale, and so Land Rover is celebrating that history with a new Defender Trophy Edition and a new Defender Trophy event inspired by the Camel versions.
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Born from the legend of the Camel Trophy and the more recent TReK events, Land Rover's Defender Trophy is a global competition of off-roading events that will culminate in Africa in 2026. To celebrate this new adventure series, Land Rover has created the 2025 Land Rover Defender 110 Trophy Edition based on the same Defender 110 models used in competition.
This streetable version will wear the Deep Sandglow Yellow that made the Camel Trophy Defender so recognizable. If yellow just doesn’t suit you, the Trophy Edition will also come in Keswick Green as an homage to the green fields of the U.K. To ensure these two colors will last even the harshest trail brush, a layer of Matte Protective Film can be applied to the bodywork for paint finish protection and durability.
These colors are then contrasted with a gloss black finish on the hood, lower bodysides, brake calipers, and the rear recovery hooks. There are also “Trophy” decals on the hood and C-pillars that join rear “Trophy” badging. These gloss black features are joined by a set of gloss black 20-inch wheels wrapped in all-terrain tires while a dark rear scuff plate, gloss black wheel arches, and black skid plate round out the color scheme of the Trophy Edition.
To help make the Defender 110 Trophy Edition more capable for overlanding than, well, a typical Defender, Land Rover has spec’ed it with the Expedition Roof Rack and a black-colored version of the Deployable Roof Ladder so you can get up there and stow extra gear, but you can keep critical off-roading gear inside the gloss black side-mounted Gear Carrier. Classic mud flaps will ensure that the trail dust and mud flinging are kept to a minimum while the raised air intake system prevents dust and water from being ingested by the engine.
Inside, you’re first greeted by illuminated “Trophy” sill plates before sitting in the Ebony Windsor leather seats. The cross-car beam is finished in your chosen exterior color and are book-ended by laser-etched “Trophy” branded endcaps. Pricing and availability of the 2026 Land Rover Defender Trophy Edition haven’t been announced.
Having experience in many forms of the automotive industry, Justin Banner has done more than just write about cars. For more than 15 years, he's had experience working as an automotive service technician—including a stint as a Virginia State Inspector—service advisor, parts sales, and aftermarket parts technical advisor (a fancy way of saying he helped you on the phone when you had trouble fitting your brakes over your aftermarket wheels and the like). Prior to his tenure as a full-time editor, Justin worked as a freelance writer and photographer for various publications and as an automotive content creator on YouTube. He’s also covered multiple forms of motorsports ranging from Formula Drift, drag racing, and time attack, to NASCAR, short course off-roading, and open desert racing. He's best known for breaking down complex technical concepts so a layperson can more easily understand why technologies, repairs, and parts should matter to them. At MotorTrend, Justin is part of the news team covering breaking news and topics while also working as a judge for MotorTrend Of the Year events and other major comparison tests.
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