British writer and explorer Wilfred Thesiger described the wastelands of Saudi Arabia as “a desert within a desert, so ...

Land Rover is proudly stating that the Defender Octa is “the fastest and most capable Defender ever made,” so it makes sense it will serve as the base for the racer. Not only ...

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, ...

Thierry Sabine, the man who invented the Paris Dakar rally raid, pictured here during the 1986 Paris-Alger-Dakar rally The compass that he relied on for navigation, however, did not survive.

Defender OCTA – the performance version of the Defender family – will form the basis of Defender’s Dakar and FIA World Rally ...

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

The success of Ford's Raptor-branded performance off-road vehicles, based on workhorses like the Ranger and F-150, has led ...

Land Rover will field two Defender teams in the 2026 FIA World Rally Raid Championship (plus a third in the fearsome Dakar Rally) as part of a three-year commitment to the racing series.

Covering 5,000km, the Dakar Rally 2024 is made up of 1 prologue, 12 challenging stages and 14 days of racing. After a taxing special stage, Toby Price is just three seconds off the lead ...

Discover the extreme performance of Defender OCTA, the unstoppable hero of the Defender family. Get to know the fastest and ...

How We Won Dakar 2025” documents KTM and Daniel Sanders’ epic victory in the Dakar Rally and how the Australian righted the ...

but was refurbished in 2021 and has since run the Dakar Classic and the World Cup of Raids. Ostensibly a continuation of Peugeot’s successful 405 Turbo 16 Rally Raid program of the 1980s ...