Belgian racing legend Jacky Ickx took part this month in the 2025 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia behind the wheel of a one-off ...

JLR is working on a rally raid vehicle based on the Defender Octa, and it's set to enter the 2026 World Rally Raid ...

For a few years now, New Atlas has picked some of its favorite pictures from the grueling, multi-thousand-mile desert race ...

Land Rover has officially announced its entry in the Dakar Rally and FIA World Rally Raid Championship for the year 2026. Both the events are regarded as the toughest off-roading competitions on ...

Rookie driver Brock Heger and navigator Max Eddy Jr. dissected Dakar's 12 grueling stages en route to a dominant victory in ...

Genesis is no Land Rover. The Korean automaker is not known for blending off-road performance and luxury into a single, ...

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.

With 300 cars, trucks, buggies, and bikes racing almost 5,000 miles, the Dakar Rally is a legendary event and a massive ...

Defender OCTA – the performance version of the Defender family – will form the basis of Defender’s Dakar and FIA World Rally Raid Championship competition challenger from 2026, showcasing ...

After finishing the Dakar Rally as runner-up by the second smallest time margin in the cars category – three minutes 57 minutes – in its 45-year history, Henk Lategan is more determined than e ...

The Dakar Rally, one of the toughest and most respected off-road races in the world, covers a distance greater than the total combined mileage of an F1 season in just two weeks. Over some of the ...

When it comes to automotive events, it’s rare that I’m unsure of what to expect. World-class concours, 24-hour endurance races, local cars and coffee gatherings, cruise-ins, weekend drags—been there, ...