Land Rover is proudly stating that the Defender Octa is “the fastest and most capable Defender ever made,” so it makes sense it will serve as the base for the racer. Not only ...

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

2026 is going to be a busy year for the Land Rover Defender OCTA because the British carmaker has just confirmed its entry ...

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

Land Rover will field two Defender teams in the 2026 FIA World Rally Raid Championship (plus a third in the fearsome Dakar Rally) as part of a three-year commitment to the racing series.

Land Rover has announced its intention to compete with a works team in the Dakar Rally in 2026, marking a significant return to top-level off-road racing. The three-year programme will see ...

With 300 cars, trucks, buggies, and bikes racing almost 5,000 miles, the Dakar Rally is a legendary event and a massive ...

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.

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 ...

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.

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).