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 ...
The Land Rover Defender OCTA is transforming the world ... from remote wilderness trails to the grueling stages of the Dakar Rally and the FIA World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC).
2026 is going to be a busy year for the Defender OCTA because Land Rover has just confirmed its entry into the World Rally Raid Championship (W2RC), beginning with the Dakar in January.
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 ...
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.
Even in its standard guise the Defender is already extremely capable but the engineering and finishing on the Octa ...
Wallpaper* takes a South African sojourn in the flagship Land Rover Defender OCTA, a steely machine that upgrades every facet ...
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 ...