The Land Rover Defender OCTA, Range Rover Sport SV, and BMW X5 M Competition wear different badges, yet all share a singular beating heart in the form of the S68 twin-turbo V8. Developed by the M ...

The Land Rover Defender Dakar D7X-R is a new off-road racing vehicle entering next year’s World Rally‑Raid Championship (W2RC) and the quickly approaching Dakar Rally in January. Based on a Defender ...

Land Rovers have been entered in the Dakar Rally since 1971, but 2026 marks the first time the nascent Defender sub-brand is fielding a factory-backed entry. With this year’s Dakar race not even ...

It must be really something to be a member of a race team that takes part in a competition as grueling as the Dakar Rally and wins the thing in the debut year. Ok, not only wins it, but almost sweeps ...

If you see a Land Rover Defender 110 wearing a badge that features a black diamond within a circle: do not race it. This is the 2026 Land Rover Defender OCTA and it is unlike any Defender that came ...

Defender isn’t contesting the 2026 Dakar Rally just for fun. The brand is hoping to bolster its off-road credentials and pick up a few tricks which will help future road going Defender SUVs become ...

England's legendary Eastnor Castle Estate is where Land Rover proves its toughest vehicles. I spent a day discovering why the ...