What’s being touted because the “hardest and most sturdy mannequin within the Defender household,” the Defender OCTA, might be totally revealed to the general public on July 3, and a choose few a bit earlier. If the most recent promo video signifies something, the Defender OCTA will certainly be a powerful machine. To this point, we all know it would have a gasoline V8 twin-turbo mild-hybrid engine and can embody “6D Dynamics suspension know-how.”
Land Rover guarantees exclusivity with the OCTA, with “below 1,000 models coming to North America in Mannequin 12 months 2025.” Nevertheless, that assertion leaves the door open for a lot of extra sooner or later.
Robust Assessments
Aside from that, we all know it has been examined across the globe in a number of the world’s harshest environments over the previous 3 years.
Along with the usual Defender testing program, the corporate says it has put the OCTA by way of 13,960 further assessments. These assessments included high-performance dealing with and sturdiness on the Nürburgring Ring, moist asphalt at Ladoux, ice in Sweden, rally raid levels in France, sand deserts in Dubai, and Moab rock crawling. And, in fact, the Defender OCTA simply conquered each path at JLR’s Eastnor check facility within the U.Ok.

Defender Components Preview Occasions
If you would like certainly one of these machines, it’s good to act in a short time, and actually, you would possibly already be too late. If you would like one, it’s good to contact your native supplier and register for one of many world Defender Components preview occasions.
These occasions are early first-person seems on the Defender OCTA, the place patrons will even configure the autos to their tastes.


“Defender OCTA might be synonymous with mastering epic adventures in heightened luxurious. That journey begins with the Defender Components occasions. Every venue and expertise displays the enduring Defender DNA in an genuine and authentic method and I can’t wait to welcome the primary purchasers to start their Defender OCTA journeys with us,” stated Mark Cameron, Managing Director, Defender.
There are two Defender Components Preview occasions scheduled for the U.S. The primary is in NYC on Might 17-19. The second is in L.A. from June 21 to 23. Different occasions might be held across the globe, together with the U.Ok., Germany, Italy, Dubai, and Japan.