With its innovative D7x body architecture and a potent 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8 engine, the Defender OCTA is a testament to Land Rover’s unwavering commitment to engineering excellence and off ...

But the venerable 5.0-liter supercharged AJ133 V-8, an engine that’s powered high-performance Jaguars and Range Rovers since 2009, will still shove the bricklike Defender V8 to 60 mph in 4.6 ...

Defender Dakar D7X-R will be similar to the production-spec model using a twin-turbo V8 engine. ... Land Rover is set to make its Dakar Rally debut in January 2026.

Land Rover set to compete in Dakar rally with Defender Octa The competition vehicles will utilise the same 4.4-litre twin-turbocharged V8 petrol engine as in the standard road car.

The KSR process starts with the engine, a 4.6-litre version of the venerable Rover-Buick V8 engine, as used from the 1960s right the way through to the 1990s. Kingsley strips this classic engine back ...