The competition vehicles will utilise the same 4.4-litre twin-turbocharged V8 petrol engine as in the standard road car.

2026 is going to be a busy year for the Land Rover Defender OCTA because the British carmaker has just confirmed its entry ...

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 OCTA – the performance version of the Defender family – will form the basis of Defender’s Dakar and FIA World Rally Raid Championship competition challenger from 2026, showcasing its extreme ...

The Defender brand has announced plans to enter the Dakar Rally in 2026 as part of ... incredible Defender as a production car, if we come with a space frame car that looks like a Defender ...

Land Rover will field two Defender teams in the 2026 FIA World Rally Raid Championship (plus a third ... will compete in all five rounds, with the car's first appearance in January 2026 at the ...

Mini has revealed a buggy and rally car to contest the Dakar ... design effort between X-raid and Mini Design. It covers a bespoke, tubular steel frame engineered to withstand over 5000 miles ...

Prodrive itself is better known for its work with Aston Martin Racing and production car consulting ... chassis design. Suspension is double wishbone at all four corners, with rally raid ...