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UPDATE 4/25/24: This article has been updated to include new information released by Land Rover that the Defender OCTA will be revealed on July 3, 2024. The automaker confirmed that production ...
The Octa gets a quicker rack, with a 13.5:1 ratio instead of the regular Defender's 17:1, meaning it responds keenly to inputs, but it also took more effort to keep it online at higher speeds.
Starting at $153,475, this new exclusive version of the SUV features a 626-horsepower twin-turbo V-8 from BMW and numerous upgrades.
The Defender hard top version in Italy is also adopted by police forces Carabinieri (Defender 90), civil protection forces (Defender 90, 110 and 130), fire fighting squads (Defender 90, 110). With 300Tdi production stopping in 2006, Land Rover set up production of a military version of the four-cylinder Ford Duratorq engine that is also used as ...
The 2024 Land Rover Defender V8 is the final vehicle to use the AJ133S engine. For the 2025.5 model year, it was joined in Defender by BMW’s 4.4L N63 twin-turbo V8 in the Octa derivative, (NC11 had already been introduced in the 2022 Range Rover and 2023 Range Rover Sport).
Starting with the much more upmarket 1970 Range Rover, and subsequent introductions of the mid-range Discovery and entry-level Freelander line, in 1989 and 1997, as well as the 1990 Land Rover Defender refresh, the marque today includes two models of Discovery, four distinct models of Range Rover, and after a three-year hiatus, a second ...
Borrowing the N63 4.4-liter twin-turbo V-8 from BMW, Land Rover had already used the powerplant in its Range Rover Sport, but tuning it for the Defender Octa came with the challenge of balancing ...
The Defender OCTA is the high-performance variant of the Defender, poised above the Defender V8 as the most capable, most luxurious and fastest model. [27] Firstly, the 4.4L BMW V8 engine , producing 635 PS and up to 750 Nm of torque, is sourced from BMW and also available in the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport models. [ 28 ]