New hardcore Defender OCTA tested on road and way off it ► V8 power, clever suspension, from £145k ► Still want that G63? Five years on sale and the Land Rover Defender continues to re-write the ...

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

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

A couple of months after Land Rover confirmed that the Defender would compete in the 2026 Dakar Rally, the automaker has ...

Holding the Octa button for a couple of seconds swaps the Defender into the Octa drive mode, intended for the fastest off-road use, which both prepares the suspension for big impacts and also ...

The race-prepped version of the Defender Octa will retain the road model’s D7X architecture. Land Rover will also use the standard model’s 4.4-liter twin-turbocharged V8 from BMW. The Octa is ...

Holding the Octa button for a couple of seconds swaps the Defender into the Octa drive mode, intended for the fastest off-road use, which both prepares the suspension for big impacts and also ...

enabling competing vehicles to be more closely aligned with their road-going counterparts. In the case of the Defender rally raid vehicle, JLR stated that it will retain the Defender Octa's ...

If that is so, then the new Land Rover Defender Octa is made with a very exclusive clientele in mind. The 635hp Octa is the most powerful Defender produced, the first to have a 4.4-litre biturbo ...