Land Rover competed in the 2026 Dakar Rally with Defender Dakar D7X-R race vehicles based on its OCTA model variant.

We live in an era of ridiculously overpowered off-road vehicles (not that we’re complaining). The Ford F-150 Raptor and Bronco Raptor. The Ram 1500 TRX. The Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk (RIP). Now, ...

Land Rover’s Dakar Defender D7X-R is the wildest Defender ever built, and wealthy customers are already expressing their ...

Land Rover has recently split the brand into three distinct sub-brands. There’s the posh Range Rover line, the more family-orientated Discovery duo, and of course the off-road ready Defender. Although ...

Put aside your SUV cynicism. The Land Rover Defender Octa is a triumph, with 911 GT3 levels of engineering making it an ...

The Land Rover Defender is already a formidable off-road machine straight off the showroom floor — but like a lot of modern Land Rovers, off-roading isn’t really the vehicle’s main mission. These days ...

The Defender Octa represents the current pinnacle of everything that Land Rover stands for, past and present. It’s a heroic ...

Of course, the manufacturer, as befits its House of Brands strategy, would prefer you think of its victory purely in ...

The Defender D7X-R is tackling the world’s most gruelling off-road race, and unlike many competition cars, this one has ...