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

Even in its standard guise the Defender is already extremely capable but the engineering and finishing on the Octa ...

The new 110 OCTA pushes the Defender model to limits it’s never seen before with more power, an all-new suspension, all while ...

That's because JLR now plans for each of its brands to have its own high-performance derivative, with Octa being Defender's. The name comes from the octahedral shape of an ultra-tough diamond ...

I've watched the video of my flight in a prototype version of the Land Rover Defender Octa on a testing stage in France several times. Having hit a substantial berm at 60 mph, I can see there is ...

You get the Defender OCTA, the most powerful and capable Defender ever. I traveled all the way to South Africa to put this beast to the test, and it did not disappoint.

That's because JLR now plans for each of its brands to have its own high-performance derivative, with Octa being Defender's. The name comes from the octahedral shape of an ultra-tough diamond ...

A multi-day South African adventure drive proved out Defender OCTA's mechanics and technology claims, providing a memorable experience.

Born of the very same motorsport-engineering father, the Land Rover Defender Octa brings full-toss Baja-bashing to the high-class scene — and that isn’t even its most impressive new trick.

Then again, the 2025 Land Rover Defender 110 Octa—with its 626-hp twin-turbo V-8 and sophisticated hydraulic suspension—is no mere mudder. Jamal Hameedi, Jaguar Land Rover's Special Vehicle ...

The Octa takes the Defender 110 body and, in a wholesale re-engineering job, upgrades almost everything bolted to the core, unchanged body-in-white. The big news concerns power and suspension.