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.

JLR has announced that the Land Rover Defender will race at the Dakar in 2026. Billed as a full works effort – the first of its kind for the brand – entrance into the race is intended to prove ...

Land Rover had revealed that it will be entering into the 2026 season of the famous Dakar rally with a Defender. The firm has ...

Moreover, Land Rover will be the official Dakar car partner from 2025, supplying a fleet of support vehicles for officials and VIP media This special Defender was built at the request of a ...

On the contrary, the Defender OCTA could be all the ... unique way as much as a blue-blood sports car does. Land Rover’s entry into the Dakar, with the Octa set to be the racer’s road-going ...

In 77 years, there has never been a Land Rover like it ... like the rugged Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato or Porsche 911 Dakar, this Defender’s broader spread of talents also make it more ...

Empowered by the Defender’s success and imbued with confidence that it’s best-seller can compete at the sharp end of the SUV market, Land Rover has given its all ... Porsche 911 Dakar and even the ...

Most Defender OCTAs will join a sizeable car collection ... the result being not only the quickest factory Land Rover yet – by a long shot – but the gnarliest too. Luckily one of the men ...