Drive has been invited to sample Land Rover’s most outrageous and expensive Defender yet. I thought Land Rover topped out its development of the Defender with the V8 model in terms of both performance ...

Five years on sale and the Land Rover Defender continues ... achievement on this pretty extreme tyre. Find yourself in a position to be able to push this Defender off-road and you’ll discover ...

Empowered by the Defender’s success and imbued with confidence that it’s best-seller can compete at the sharp end of the SUV market, Land Rover has given its all ... V8 engine and the chunkiest ...

But crucially, it also allows the Octa’s axles to match those of a normal Defender for ... It's also the first modern Land Rover to come on factory-fitted all-terrain tyres: triple-ply Goodyear ...

Short of it being a sales disaster, there was always going to be a V8 Defender ... terrain tyres. Given the use case implications, the choice of rubber is worth recapping. Land Rover has developed ...

The Land Rover Defender ... changes enhance the Defender’s fitness for purpose. The front and rear axles have been moved forwards (by 4mm and 3mm) to fit the bigger tyres and manage the extra ...

2026 is going to be a busy year for the Defender OCTA because Land Rover has just confirmed its ... s assault on the big stage are those 33in tyres - the largest ever fitted to a Defender ...

On a rutted, unsealed gravel road about 200 miles north of Cape Town, South Africa, a very special new Land Rover - the Defender Octa ... blowing a tyre or simply losing control and careering ...

Guides for basic car maintenance from the experts at Haynes. How to check and inflate your tyres Haynes How-To: change a car battery Haynes How-To: change an engine's air filter › More here ...

Land Rover charges £145,300 for the Defender Octa with that price climbing £160,800 for an Edition One (carbon fibre exterior trim and the 20-inch off-road wheels and tyres, upgraded interior ...

The new Defender is a great all-rounder, though a pricey one with our tester nearing $82k, but it delivers plenty of fun for ...