Land Rover returned to the Dakar Rally as a competitor for the first time in more than 40 years, and then won its class. Known as the Bivouac, a traveling support community meets with race teams ...

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, ...

The Land Rover Defender is getting serious about high-speed off-roading. Land Rover has already unveiled the Defender Octa, a rally-esque production variant of the boxy SUV; next up is a version ...

Land Rover has unveiled the toughest Defender yet, engineered to tackle the 2026 World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC), including the fabled Dakar Rally. The beefed-up Defender Octa will compete in the ...

Standing in the Sahara, you realize you have vastly underestimated the word “desolate.” I can spin 360 degrees, scanning the horizon, and see no signs of civilization other than the truck that brought ...

Land Rover has launched a special edition of the Defender for the 2026 Dakar Rally, the Defender Dakar D7X-R. The vehicle is based on the new Defender Octa with a 4.4-liter twin-turbo V-8 engine, ...