After more than three years of testing in some of the world’s toughest conditions, the new Land Rover Defender OCTA will finally be unveiled on 3 July 2024. This “high-performance all-terrain hero” will be the halo variant of Britain’s iconic 4x4, powered by a new V8 engine. 

 

The Defender OCTA was put through an extreme, globe-trotting development programme that saw it tested on all types of terrain, from the famous Nürburgring Nordschleife race circuit in Germany to the rock crawls of Moab, Utah, along with a French rally stage and the deserts outside Dubai for good measure.