The 626-hp Defender Octa will serve as the basis for a new Defender rally raid vehicle being developed by a JLR works team for the 2026 World Rally-Raid Championship, the premier event for which ...

The multi-million dollar Audi RS Q etron hybrid was found abandoned in a Roth International-owned rubbish dump in Jirikov, Czechia, alongside piles of other ...

The evolution of rally-raid vehicles, from early pioneers to modern-day marvels, offers a fascinating glimpse into the history and development of these purpose-built machines. The engineering ...

With its 4.4-litre V8 and a 0-60mph time of 3.8 seconds, the Land Rover Defender OCTA is faster than it needs to be for the ...

By comparison, current cars in the Rally Raid championship, like the Dacia Sandrider and Ford Raptor T1+, are purpose-built prototypes with few (if any) links to street-legal models. Read ...

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 ...

Back then, the truck ran seven days through a 1200-mile off-road route in California and Nevada as part of the all-women navigational rally raid event. Now, the car is being used to support and ...

Defender will run a two-vehicle entry of competition-spec Defenders across the full five rounds of the FIA World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC) under the 'Stock' category for production-based ...

(Land Rover) The firm will enter two vehicles into the five rounds of the World Rally-Raid championships and a further three-vehicle entry into the Dakar rally from 2026. The cars will be competin ...