"Jaguar Land Rover has not applied for patents associated with a rally version of the Range Rover Evoque and can therefore not comment any further on the origin of the reports being circulated in ...

Land Rover set to compete in Dakar rally with Defender Octa The competition vehicles will utilise the same 4.4-litre twin-turbocharged V8 petrol engine as in the standard road car. Land Rover has ...

Same goes for NASCAR, Indy, the World Rally Championship... just about every form of motorsport has its ladder to ascend. But Land Rover and its racing partner Bowler noticed a lack of a clear ...

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.

2026 is going to be a busy year for the Defender OCTA because Land Rover has just confirmed its entry into the World Rally Raid Championship (W2RC), beginning with the Dakar in January.

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 ...

Land Rover has announced its intention to compete with a works team in the Dakar Rally in 2026, marking a significant return to top-level off-road racing. The three-year programme will see ...

the OCTA is poised to dominate the rally-raid scene, cementing its status as the ultimate off-road performance machine. The Land Rover Defender OCTA is a masterpiece of automotive engineering ...

Land Rover has announced that it will be competing in the 2026 season of the famous Dakar rally with its new Defender Octa. The vehicles that the brand intends to use are referred to as ...