Land Rover's new Defender model is billed as a Dakar Rally capable off-roader—so we took it out for a rip in the desert to ...

Land Rover has confirmed the first Defender works team for the famous Dakar Rally. The company will compete at the 2026 event, but will share more information in 2025.

It’s easy to see why Land Rover would want to work with the Dakar Rally. Since it was first held in 1979, the rally has widely been regarded as the world’s most challenging off-road race.

With the Dakar Rally just weeks away from kicking off the 47th edition of the famed event, held for the sixth time in Saudi Arabia, Land Rover announces its intentions to compete head-to-head with ...

Sara Price is living the dream. Fresh from winning a trio of stages in the SSV (T4) class of the Dakar Rally last year and one the year before, she’s gearing up to graduate to the premier category – ...

The Land Rover Defender Dakar D7X‑R began testing in the Sahara Desert ahead of the 2026 Dakar Rally. The car has a 4.4-liter twin-turbo V-8 engine.

The Land Rover Defender OCTA is transforming the world of off-road performance, setting a new standard for durability, power, and capability in the most ...

What better way to for Land Rover to show off the capabilities of the Defender than by entering it in the world’s toughest off-road race? The British marque has announced that a Defender will ...

Through participation in several regional rally raid events in Europe and, for the first time in 2000, the world’s most grueling off-road event, the Dakar Rally, the plucky Bowler Motors outfit ...

Ensuring it rough-and-tumble Defender SUV is ready for the scorching heat and abusive terrain of the Sahara Desert, Land Rover has been evaluating the new Defender Dakar D7X-R, which the British ...

Dakar is all about the bike, the rider, and the support crew (if they're lucky). If you've been following the Dakar Rally in recent years, you might think of it as a dune-filled off-road event that ...

It may be a Land Rover, but Excite Rally Team's Evoque is sporting Beemer power. RaBe Race Cars put a 3.0L BMW Diesel six in there that develops a healthy 275 horse and 479 ft-lbs of torque.