Using the performance of an extreme off-roader while navigating through a virtual blizzard wasn’t something I planned, but ...

The Defender Octa is essentially a supercar for off-road adventure.

The OCTA isn’t a baja jumper, but it’s our first pick for hardcore expeditions. It’s hard to argue the Land Rover Defender is anything short of a living legend. Its continent-crossing bona fides date ...

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 ...

Land Rover competed in the 2026 Dakar Rally with Defender Dakar D7X-R race vehicles based on its OCTA model variant and won.

They get the coolest vehicles as company cars, but always end up destroying them in futile attempts to beat the heroes in chases. One of their favorite models in recent years has been the Land Rover ...

These days, buyers in search of a luxury SUV well-suited to life in a posh area are spoiled for choice. Rugged, cool, luxurious and even performance-oriented can all be combined in a way that wasn’t ...

The Mahindra Thar features 226 mm ground clearance and 16-inch steel wheels. Several cars offer higher ground clearance, ...

The Defender Octa-based D7X‑R managed to drive three Defender team to the 1st, 2nd, and 4th place at the end of this year's ...

It's been almost a year since Land Rover confirmed that it is, in fact, headed to the Dakar Rally. Now, the iconic SUV builder has finally given us an official reveal of its Defender-based rally car, ...

Michael Frank has been writing and editing car and motorcycle coverage for the past two decades. His outlets have included Forbes, Coolhunting, The Wall Street Journal, Car & Driver, Road & Track, The ...

"It wouldn’t be a paint and sticker package ... it would need to be as close to the rally car as possible to be legit." ...