Defender Rally continued its strong start to the 2026 FIA World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC) with an impressive showing at the Desafío Ruta 40 in Argentina, where the British off-road brand not only ...

The 626-hp Defender Octa will serve as the basis for a new Defender rally raid vehicle being developed by a JLR works team for the 2026 World Rally-Raid Championship, the premier event for which is ...

Land Rover's Defender has been a familiar sight in the Dakar Rally for many years, but the British brand has never before lined up with a full factory team. That will change in 2026: the Defender will ...

A couple of months after Land Rover confirmed that the Defender would compete in the 2026 Dakar Rally, the automaker has revealed the racing model will be based on the flagship Defender Octa. It will ...

Defender Rally secured a debut Dakar victory in the Stock class, proving its production-based Defender Dakar D7X-R can win in the desert. Defender Rally won its debut Stock class at the 2026 Dakar ...

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 challenging terrains. As the fastest and most ...

It's not easy vying for the top spot when you're the new kid in town, debuting three teams in the newly revamped Dakar Rally Stock class in Saudi Arabia. Defender, part of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), is ...

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 ...

It's been almost a year since Land Rover confirmed that it is, in fact, headed to the Dakar Rally. Now, the iconic SUV builder has finally given us an official reveal of its Defender-based rally car, ...

Less than a year ago, Defender announced its unexpected plan to run a factory program at the 2026 Dakar rally. Now that the race is on, executives at Defender and its parent company, Jaguar Land Rover ...

Built on the OCTA platform, the Defender Dakar D7X-R is a production-derived off-road weapon, and we took a ride in it.