We already thought the Land Rover Defender was pretty tough, and we also thought in V8 guise it was plenty quick enough. But apparently JLR had other plans, as it has just announced a new model — and yes, it’ll be tougher, more powerful and more luxurious too.
It’s called the Defender OCTA, with the name being short for the octahedron shape of a diamond (because diamonds are tough and luxurious, geddit?). Land Rover’s really leaning into this theme, since the new flagship Defender will carry a new encircled diamond graphic that features across the exterior and interior, including as a gloss black diamond within a machined and sandblasted titanium disc. So there’ll be no mistaking this top dog Defender for a lesser spec.
