The Defender is the best-selling member of the JLR family, and the one that has been steadily gaining in popularity for the past five years—a rare occurrence in the auto industry, where models normally lose ground as they age.

If you were hoping to see Land Rover 's iconic Defender in an electric avatar, we have bad news. The company has announced that the electric version of its popular model won't be launched until the end of this decade. The delay stems from design challenges of integrating an electric powertrain into the current SUV.

G o to YouTube and you'll find videos of Land Rover test drivers hooning prototype Defenders around the Nürburgring. It's wild to see a boxy SUV on knobby all-terrain tires squea

With 626 hp, the Octa is the most powerful Defender ever, but it is also the most capable. To understand the auto industry, always follow the money. When the current Land Rover Defender launched for 2020 it was targeting those in search of rugged,

What’s this? The Land Rover Defender Octa’s mission statement is simple: to be the world’s fastest off-roader. But how do you define that? A Nürburgring lap time is only going to tell part of the story,

If a luxury ride with a hard-earned reputation as a genuine utility vehicle and unsurpassed off-road capability sounds like your cup of tea, then the Land Rover Defender OCTA should be high on your wi

Land Rover had shown the Discovery SVX in Frankfurt exactly two years earlier: a 525hp V8-powered, hydraulically-restrained vision of what the family-friendly SUV could be if you jettisoned some of the friendliness and fitted proper all-terrain tyres.

Five years on sale and the Land Rover Defender continues to re-write the (entirely figurative) rulebook. Demand, far from decaying, continues to increase, with global sales now fast approaching 400,000 units.

Defender OCTA – the performance version of the Defender family – will form the basis of Defender’s Dakar and FIA World Rally Raid Championship competition challenger from 2026, showcasing its extreme performance credentials in the world’s toughest off-road events.

The Land Rover Defender OCTA is transforming the world of off-road performance, setting a new standard for durability, power, and capability in the most

It’s the most extreme Defender yet and also the best, with a character that marks it out as both unique and unexpected thrill to drive.