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The Land Rover Defender Octa is tested in the South African wilderness to see whether its extreme capability can justify a ...

The Land Rover Defender Octa in South Africa. Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC I’ve had a long relationship with Land Rover. I learned to drive in old ones. I used lightweight, desert-specification, ...

JLR's latest SUV taps some of the Ford Raptor's expertise Its 626 hp is the most in any Defender, ever Price: More than $150,000 The Defender is already one of the most credible vehicles over rough ...

This feels wrong to say this, but it’s so refreshing not to be driving an electric vehicle. There I said it. After testing so ...

The most capable, most extreme Defender to ever come from the factory is here, and it’s called the 2025 Land Rover Defender Octa. Based on the 110 (that’s the four-door, medium-sized one), the ...

Since its launch in 2019, the Defender has been a huge hit, said Top Gear Magazine, and Land Rover has a simple aim for its new Defender Octa: "to be the world's fastest off-roader" yet. Three years ...

Many people, but especially Defender enthusiasts, bashed the L663 series for being a unibody rather than a body-on-frame sport utility vehicle. Certain voices also expressed worry in regard to the ...

Here it is, in all its glory: the Octa, Land Rover’s fastest, most powerful Defender ever. But if you ask its creator, Jamal Hameedi, as I did recently at the vehicle’s LA reveal, the impressive ...

A Defender prototype just turned up at the Nurburgring with twin snorkels, bigger tires, and a higher stance than the Octa ...

The 90 and regular 110 body styles are offered with coil springs in the lower-spec X-Dynamic HSE and X trims with air suspension as an optional fitment, while the top-end V8 versions get air ...

JLR is no stranger to SUVs with beefy engines, and its next will be a hardcore Defender that will introduce the new Octa designation. Prototypes have been testing for more than a year and this week ...