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, ...

What better way to for Land Rover to show off the capabilities of the Defender than by entering it in the world’s toughest off-road race? The British marque has announced that a Defender will compete ...

Land Rover has announced that a Defender rally car will tackle Dakar in 2026. Furthermore, the Defender brand will be the official Dakar car partner between 2025 and 2028, supporting the events with a ...

I knew that the new Land Rover Defender was pretty capable off-road, and now I have to recognize that it's also a lot more comfortable than most 4x4s. When I first got Land Rover’s press release about ...

The Land Rover Defender Dakar D7X-R is a new off-road racing vehicle entering next year’s World Rally‑Raid Championship (W2RC) and the quickly approaching Dakar Rally in January. Based on a Defender ...

Land Rover unveiled its purpose-built Dakar Rally Defender, marking the brand’s official return to the grueling off-road race The vehicle is built on a reinforced chassis with a long-travel suspension ...

Defender completes first rally-raid test in Morocco with new D7X‑R prototype Dakar legend Stéphane Peterhansel and rising star Rokas Baciuška join the team The production-based D7X‑R will debut at the ...

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. It will ...

Land Rover is going racing next year at the Dakar Rally, and now it has a prototype Defender in testing to prove it. The brand’s Defender Dakar D7X‑R prototype began testing recently in the Sahara ...