Defender Dakar Racer Goes Road-Legal as 626bhp Limited Edition

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Land Rover's Defender Dakar is a road-legal version of its hardcore 2026 Dakar Rally racing Defender Octa complete...

The Defender Dakar Is the Most Extreme Land Rover Yet

This 'design preview' will be followed by a production model coming next year.

Defender Dakar racer goes road-legal as 626bhp limited edition

Rally-raid weapon hits the road as an extreme four-seater with wild chassis tech – and Flight mode The Defender Dakar racer is now available as a highly exclusive off-road supercar with a 626bhp V8, a desert-ready suspension package - and numberplates. The road-legal version of JLR's works Dakar Rally entry is an uprated version of the extreme Defender Octa, featuring a suite of upgrades used in the formidable D7X-R rally raider, which won the n…

Land Rover's New Defender Dakar Comes With a Flight Mode For Those Airborne Moments

Car brands continue to unveil cool models at the Monterey Car Week in California, including Land Rover, which revealed the new Defender ‘Dakar’ edition, celebrating the Defender D7X-R’s debut victory at the 2026 Dakar Rally. To give an idea of how serious Land Rover was about the Defender Dakar, the engineers gave it a flight mode that engages when the vehicle goes airborne over a desert dune, slipping the transfer case clutch and adjusting engi…

Land Rover’s wildest Defender yet is the Dakar racer you can actually drive on the road

The Defender Dakar gets a 626bhp twin-turbo V8.Its 35-inch all-terrain tyres are fitted to forged 20-inch wheels.Reservations are expected to open early next year.Land Rover is taking one of its most extreme off-road machines out of the desert and onto the road, with the Defender Dakar turning technology developed for the Dakar Rally into a limited-run road-legal model.Revealed at Monterey Car Week, the new Defender is based on the Defender Octa…

Land Rover Unveils Road-Legal Defender Dakar SUV With 626 Horsepower V8 Rally Pedigree

Land Rover introduces the Defender Dakar, a road-legal SUV inspired by its Dakar Rally-winning race car, featuring enhanced off-road capabilities and a powerful V8 engine, unveiled at Monterey Car Week.