Ineos Automotive is digging out the Land Rover Defender in a new ad campaign, cheekily placed on Land Rover’s home turf. It’s well-known that Jim Radcliff’s Ineos Automotive came into being with the aim of delivering a ‘Real’ Land Rover Defender as JLR mulled the replacement for the original Defender. It all started with Jim […]
Land Rover going all-in on DAKAR for perfect on-brand marketing. Unlike Jaguar.
Land Rover will be Dakar’s official partner from 2025, with plans to run a works team for the 2026 Dakar Rally with the Defender. The Defender has been a huge success for Land Rover, with big sales and a big waiting list, and now it’s going to try and prove that despite its sales success […]
JLR has BURGEONING order books for the Range Rover Electric and Land Rover Defender Octa
As JLR reports its latest results it reveals that the order book for the Range Rover Electric has reached 48,000 and for the Defender Octa 2,900. JLR has been on a roll for a while, posting profitable results despite the ‘Jaguar’ bit of JLR delivering nothing. But by focussing on producing and delivering high-cost, high-margin […]
Classic Land Rover Defender V8 by Works Bespoke – Land Rover’s £228k Restomod Defender
The Classic Land Rover Defender V8 by Works Bespoke is Land Rover’s latest venture into Restomod Defenders. Costs from £228,000. The current Land Rover Defender may be a million miles away from its predecessor in terms of refinement and performance, but there’s still a lot of love for the old Defender so Land Rover is […]
Land Rover Defender Octa REVEALED – 626bhp and prices from £145,300
The Land Rover Defender Octa arrive as the ultimate Defender, on and off-road, with 626bhp and prices starting at £145,300. The arrival of a new range-topping Land Rover Defender – the Land Rover Defender Octa – has been trumpeted by JLR for the last few months, and now it’s here. Land Rover is claiming, with […]
You can now have a Land Rover Defender 130 PICK-UP – at a price
Dutch coachbuilder Heritage Customs has created a Land Rover Defender Pick-up based on the Land Rover Defender 130. But it’ll cost you from around £150k. Land Rover has managed to stretch the new Land Rover into an almost bewildering range of offerings, with three size options and powertrains ranging from frugal diesel (still the best […]
Range Rover, Defender, Discovery and Jaguar FREE security updates pass 160,000
JLR’s mission to update security on older models of Range Rover, Defender, Discovery and Jaguar cars passes 160,000 installs. Last November, JLR announced it was planning to update the security of its older models – free of charge – covering Range Rover, Defender, Discovery and Jaguar. The announcement came in the midst of a proper […]
Land Rover Defender UPDATED for 2024 with new diesel engine and more luxury
The Land Rover Defender gets a bit of an update for 2024 with a more powerful diesel engine, Sedona Limited Edition and added luxury. The Land Rover Defender continues to be a sales star for JLR, although we doubt many are used as the ‘Workhorse’ JLR imagines they are. And they are, but at a […]
New range-topping Land Rover Defender Octa to debut on 3 July
The new Land Rover Defender Octa – a range-topping model with BMW V8 – will debut on 3 July with limited numbers available in the UK. We had a tease for the new electric Range Rover earlier this week, and now JLR is back with a tease for the new range-topping Land Rover Defender Octa […]
New Land Rover Defender OCTA TEASED as a new range-topping Defender with BMW V8 power
The new Land Rover Defender OCTA is teased as a range-topping Defender complete with BMW V8 power for the Defender for the first time. The old Ford-sourced supercharged engine which was a mainstay of the JLR range for years is now out of production and used in just three of JLR’s cars – the Defender, […]