Scheduled to make its official debut on 3 July, 2024, Jaguar Land Rover South Africa has confirmed the native introduction of the ‘groundbreaking’ Defender Octa. Right here’s what you’ll be able to count on from the upcoming mannequin…
Looking for your next new or used Land Rover? Find it here with CARmag.
Billed as a high-performance, all-terrain hero, the Defender Octa “might be synonymous with mastering epic adventures in heightened luxurious”, says the British marque. Though technical specs and efficiency figures have but to be introduced, the Coventry-based model has confirmed the brand new addition to its Defender line-up might be powered by a twin-turbocharged, V8 petrol engine, which includes mild-hybrid expertise.
Associated: Twin-Turbocharged V8 Defender OCTA Debuting Later This Year
“[The] Defender Octa will supply an unparalleled breadth of functionality, consolation and composure, whether or not on-road or off-road … It lives as much as its billing because the hardest and most sturdy mannequin within the unstoppable Defender household,” mentioned the automaker.
To make sure this Land Rover Defender spinoff’s “unparalleled” functionality, consolation and composure, on high of the usual testing regimes carried out on the Defender, Jaguar Land Rover’s engineers have carried out “greater than” 13 960 further assessments, which included “high-performance” dealing with and sturdiness on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, ice driving in Sweden, desert driving in Dubai, Moab rock crawls within the USA, and rally-raid phases at Lastours, France. As well as, the corporate says the Defender Octa has “conquered” each “excessive” path at its Eastnor testing facility within the UK.
Associated: Review: Land Rover Defender 130 Outbound
To make sure exclusivity, solely a restricted variety of Defender Octa examples are destined for South African shores, with the native arm of the agency saying potential purchasers focused on placing pen to paper for one of many first models in SA ought to contact their Land Rover retailers now.
