Land Rover Defender Octa Delivers On- and Off-Road

Driven: 2025 Land Rover Defender Octa Wants to Do It All
G o to YouTube and you'll find videos of Land Rover test drivers hooning prototype Defenders around the Nürburgring. It's wild to see a boxy SUV on knobby all-terrain tires squea
Why Land Rover Defender EV won't launch anytime soon
If you were hoping to see Land Rover 's iconic Defender in an electric avatar, we have bad news. The company has announced that the electric version of its popular model won't be launched until the end of this decade. The delay stems from design challenges of integrating an electric powertrain into the current SUV.
The Land Rover Defender Octa Delivers On- and Off-Road
With 626 hp, the Octa is the most powerful Defender ever, but it is also the most capable. To understand the auto industry, always follow the money. When the current Land Rover Defender launched for 2020 it was targeting those in search of rugged,
Land Rover Defender OCTA to Enter Dakar Rally!
The Land Rover Defender OCTA is transforming the world of off-road performance, setting a new standard for durability, power, and capability in the most
Land Rover Defender to get EV in next generation
An electric version of the Land Rover Defender is unlikely to appear until the end of the decade, when the model emerges in next-generation form using a new platform.
Land Rover Defender Octa review: the ultimate Defender?
What’s this? The Land Rover Defender Octa’s mission statement is simple: to be the world’s fastest off-roader. But how do you define that? A Nürburgring lap time is only going to tell part of the story,
Land Rover Defender Octa review and video: still want that G-wagen?
Five years on sale and the Land Rover Defender continues to re-write the (entirely figurative) rulebook. Demand, far from decaying, continues to increase, with global sales now fast approaching 400,000 units.
If you want to climb rock walls and evade leopards, the 626-horsepower Land Rover Defender Octa is for you
If a luxury ride with a hard-earned reputation as a genuine utility vehicle and unsurpassed off-road capability sounds like your cup of tea, then the Land Rover Defender OCTA should be high on your wi
Land Rover Defender Octa review
The Octa is a phenomenally capable 4x4, and for Land Rover to have executed it by extending the already fathoms-wide breadth of the Defender’s capability, rather than narrowing or focusing it, is a very rare and singular tribute to the talents and determination of its engineers.
'We Broke the Raptor'—Meet the Guys Who Made the Octa Fly
This stuff does not come easy. "We had a Ranger Raptor out here, but we broke it; it ended up with a bent chassis," says Rob ...
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Land Rover Defender to compete in Dakar and FIA World Rally-Raid Championship from 2026
Defender OCTA – the performance version of the Defender family – will form the basis of Defender’s Dakar and FIA World Rally ...
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2025 Land Rover Defender OCTA | PH Review
Land Rover had shown the Discovery SVX in Frankfurt exactly two years earlier: a 525hp V8-powered, hydraulically-restrained ...