Two weeks ago, Land Rover announced that two Defender SUVs ... “with a three-car entry in the championship’s halo event, the Dakar Rally.” Badass! Meanwhile, Defender would also be supplying ...

Defender completes first rally-raid test in Morocco with new D7X‑R prototype Dakar legend Stéphane Peterhansel and rising star Rokas Baciuška join the team The production-based D7X‑R will ...

Land Rover has already unveiled the Defender Octa, a rally-esque production variant of the boxy SUV; next up is a version designed for racing in rally raid championships, the Defender Dakar D7X-R.

Road & Track has reached out to Jaguar Land Rover North America for additional details about the Defender rally car and its Dakar partnership; we'll update this story if we gear back. A New York ...

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 ...

Land Rover is set to make its Dakar Rally debut in January 2026. Before the inaugural race, the brand had signed the fourteen-time Dakar Rally winner Stéphane Peterhansel, who will join the ...

Land Rover is going racing next year at the Dakar Rally, and now it has a prototype Defender in testing to prove it. The brand’s Defender Dakar D7X‑R prototype began testing recently in the ...

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.

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. The Defender brand will also ...

The legendary Defender brand is poised to make a significant impact in the world of motorsport by becoming the official car partner of the renowned Dakar Rally, starting in 2025. The Dakar Rally ...