The competition vehicles will utilise the same 4.4-litre twin-turbocharged V8 petrol engine as in the standard road car.

Defender Octa is now the official entry in worlds two most toughest rally sports and Land Rover has huge expectation to ...

Defender OCTA – the performance version of the Defender family – will form the basis of Defender’s Dakar and FIA World Rally ...

It'll compete in all five rounds of the World Rally Championship's 'Stock' class to see just how tough the standard car is ...

This stuff does not come easy. "We had a Ranger Raptor out here, but we broke it; it ended up with a bent chassis," says Rob ...

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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 ...

Land Rover is taking its legendary Defender to new heights with the introduction of the Defender OCTA, a rally-prepped ...

Land Rover had shown the Discovery SVX in Frankfurt exactly two years earlier: a 525hp V8-powered, hydraulically-restrained ...

Land Rover is set to take on the challenging Dakar rally from 2026 using its Defender off-roader, the company has announced. The “rally raid” event takes in several thousand kilometres of car-breaking ...

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