Drive has been invited to sample Land Rover’s most outrageous and expensive Defender yet. I thought Land Rover topped out its ...

There are diamond-tipped light clusters, an evocative two-tone ‘Gold Leaf’ colour scheme ... of 155mph and 0-60 in 3.8 seconds. The OCTA is also Defender's techiest car to date, designed ...

The highly anticipated Land Rover Defender Octa, piloted for us in South Africa by the 11th Duke of Roxburghe, did not ...

Tjo, this is a special specimen. It’s called the Defender Octa and it’s completely bonkers. It’s a Land Rover, of course, but as part of Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) strategy they have ...

The Land Rover Defender OCTA is new for 2025 and comes equipped with a BMW-sourced, twin-turbo 4.4-liter V-8 putting out 626 horsepower. It also features an enhanced 4x4 system, suspension ...

ushering in the Defender OCTA. Taking its name from the octahedral shape of a diamond – both hard-wearing and desirable – the OCTA is a mutant, rally-raid spec Defender powered by a BMW-derived ...

Its latest offering is Defender OCTA, the boldest, most powerful and most expensive version of its four-door sport utility vehicle (SUV). It's been certified for top performance on the road and on ...

Lugging all that (including the Defender’s weight of 2,268 kilos) means it requires a lot of power. The engine range also includes V8 models, the range-topping OCTA, and a diesel, but our test ...

This motivated the British brand to choose the Land Rover Defender Octa to be its entry in the international rally competitions. Defender will run a two-vehicle entry of competition-spec Defenders ...