Land Rover competed in the 2026 Dakar Rally with Defender Dakar D7X-R race vehicles based on its OCTA model variant.

The Defender Octa-based D7X‑R managed to drive three Defender team to the 1st, 2nd, and 4th place at the end of this year's Dakar Rally.

Land Rover’s Dakar Defender D7X-R is the wildest Defender ever built, and wealthy customers are already expressing their ...

The dust has just about settled on the 48th Dakar Rally, and it’s not a Porsche, Audi, or another well-known motorsport name ...

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"It wouldn’t be a paint and sticker package ... it would need to be as close to the rally car as possible to be legit." ...

Halfway into its factory-led Dakar effort, Defender is contemplating building a production model based off its D7X-R racer.

Defender’s participation in the 2026 Dakar event is part of a broader plan to bolster the vehicle’s overall profile.

Mr. Travis wanted to surprise Mrs. Travis, but the customization shop that was to build a Defender for them told him to let ...

Put aside your SUV cynicism. The Land Rover Defender Octa is a triumph, with 911 GT3 levels of engineering making it an ...

The Chinese giant Geely will bring its alternative to the legendary Land Rover Defender and Toyota Land Cruiser to the UK in ...

Land Rover has toyed with special, limited-edition runs of what is now the Classic Defender since the truck was called just Defender and was yet to leave the market. The 2016 Defender Heritage Edition ...