Land Rover’s New Defender Race Car Has 145-Gallon Gas Tank and ‘Flight Mode’ for Jumps

The Defender Dakar D7X‑R will make its competitive debut at the Dakar Rally in January and go on to challenge more Rally Raid events.

Land Rover’s Wildest Defender Yet Packs “Flight Mode” For Desert Jumps

Defender Dakar D7X-R arrives with purposeful upgrades over the Octa. Adds new bodykit, 35-inch tires, Bilstein dampers, ...

The V-8-Powered Land Rover Defender Dakar D7X-R Is Ready to Race Across the Desert

It's the race-ready version of Land Rover's most extreme Defender, the 626-hp Octa, and three rigs will compete in the Dakar Rally.

Land Rover's Official Dakar-Spec Rally Defender Looks Like Octa-Based Perfection

It's been almost a year since Land Rover confirmed that it is, in fact, headed to the Dakar Rally. Now, the iconic SUV ...
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Land Rover’s New Competition Sounds Like ‘Survivor’ but With Cars

The new Land Rover Defender 110 Trophy Edition will come in Deep Sandglow Yellow or Keswick Green, which is reason enough to celebrate its existence. But the cooler news that the British brand dropped ...
Motor Trend

Want an Old Defender With a New V-8 Engine? Call Up Land Rover's Bespoke Division

Land Rover has been throwing burly V-8 engines into its classic Defender line of off-road trucks sporadically since the late 1970s, and the new Defender is regularly available with a V-8. But those ...