Land Rover set to compete in Dakar rally with Defender Octa The competition vehicles will utilise the same 4.4-litre twin-turbocharged V8 petrol engine as in the standard road car. Land Rover has ...

With its 4.4-litre V8 and a 0-60mph time of 3.8 seconds, the Land Rover Defender OCTA is faster than it needs to be for the ...

A couple of months after Land Rover confirmed that the Defender would compete in the 2026 Dakar Rally, the automaker has revealed the racing model will be based on the flagship Defender Octa.

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 ...

this estate combines carefully manicured vineyards with several rally raid–style special stages. Normally these are used for motorsport testing, but this is also where Land Rover engineers have ...

Two Land Rover Defender Octas will compete in the 2026 World Rally-Raid Championship, which includes the legendary Dakar Rally, and Hoornik says his team will learn a lot from simply taking part.

Wallpaper* takes a South African sojourn in the flagship Land Rover Defender OCTA, a steely machine that upgrades every facet ...

the OCTA is poised to dominate the rally-raid scene, cementing its status as the ultimate off-road performance machine. The Land Rover Defender OCTA is a masterpiece of automotive engineering ...

Land Rover has announced that it will be competing in the 2026 season of the famous Dakar rally with its new Defender Octa. The vehicles that the brand intends to use are referred to as ...