With a range of mechanical upgrades over a standard Defender, the Octa is as extreme as this off-roader gets. Jack Evans tries it in the UK.

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 ...

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 ...

It’s hard to argue the Land Rover Defender is anything short of a living legend. Its continent-crossing bona fides date to when such feats were still reserved for the most capable explorers and ...

The Land Rover Defender OCTA raises the bar on Land Rover's already impressive off-road capability, and adds a strong dose of on-road performance from a 626 hp V8 engine ...

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 ...

The Defender Octa is not for the weak of heart. Revealed a little more than a year ago, it now occupies a spot at the very top of the Defender lineup, being by far the most powerful, extreme, and ...

The old Defender never really goes out of style, and Land Rover Classic is more than happy to cash in on that fact. Its latest move? A restoration and customization program that lets you dress up a ...