Land Rover competed in the 2026 Dakar Rally with Defender Dakar D7X-R race vehicles based on its OCTA model variant and won.

Put aside your SUV cynicism. The Land Rover Defender Octa is a triumph, with 911 GT3 levels of engineering making it an ...

Land Rover has recently split the brand into three distinct sub-brands. There’s the posh Range Rover line, the more family-orientated Discovery duo, and of course the off-road ready Defender. Although ...

We live in an era of ridiculously overpowered off-road vehicles (not that we’re complaining). The Ford F-150 Raptor and Bronco Raptor. The Ram 1500 TRX. The Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk (RIP). Now, ...

Of course, the manufacturer, as befits its House of Brands strategy, would prefer you think of its victory purely in ...

The Defender Octa represents the current pinnacle of everything that Land Rover stands for, past and present. It’s a heroic ...

The Land Rover Defender is already a formidable off-road machine straight off the showroom floor — but like a lot of modern Land Rovers, off-roading isn’t really the vehicle’s main mission. These days ...

Land Rover is back at the Dakar Rally with a machine that doesn’t hold back: the Defender Dakar D7X-R. Built for the new ...

The Defender D7X-R is tackling the world’s most gruelling off-road race, and unlike many competition cars, this one has ...