When Land Rover's most powerful Defender meets sky-high gas prices, existential crisis ensues.

A BMW-sourced V-8 gives the venerable Defender a whole lot of hustle.

There is absolutely no reason for the 2025 Land Rover Defender Octa to exist in this world. Of the few folks who actually have the $150,000 or so needed to purchase one, 0.0001% of them will actually ...

A comparison of the Land Rover Defender OCTA and Mercedes-AMG ONE, highlighting off-road capability, Formula One technology, ...

The Land Rover Defender Octa in South Africa. Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC I’ve had a long relationship with Land Rover. I learned to drive in old ones. I used lightweight, desert-specification, ...

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, stylish performance—virtues that the brand ...

Michael Frank has been writing and editing car and motorcycle coverage for the past two decades. His outlets have included Forbes, Coolhunting, The Wall Street Journal, Car & Driver, Road & Track, The ...

The barren African landscape, darted far more frequently by sharp rocks marking cliff edges on a one-and-a-half-lane-wide road than people or animals, may, on the surface, be a weird place to see the ...

Since its launch in 2019, the Defender has been a huge hit, said Top Gear Magazine, and Land Rover has a simple aim for its new Defender Octa: "to be the world's fastest off-roader" yet. Three years ...

It takes a certain mindset and view of life to be able to properly enjoy a Land Rover Defender. Technically born in the early 1980s, but tracing its roots all the way back to the late 1940s, the ...

Inside, the Defender OCTA Black introduces Ebony Semi-Aniline Leather with Kvadrat™ for the first time, offering a soft yet durable finish that combines luxury with practicality. The Performance Seats ...