How a three-ton Land Rover was engineered to catch air
Kristin Shaw
created: Aug. 16, 2025, 7 p.m. | updated: Aug. 26, 2025, 6:42 p.m.
This time, he’s behind the wheel of a new Land Rover Defender Octa, teaching drivers how to catch air.
Loaded up with an intelligent suspension Land Rover describes as “6D,” the Defender’s chassis was reworked for the Octa.
On top of that, Land Rover collaborated with Canadian company Subpac to include its “Body and Soul” seats in the Defender Octa, which debuted in the Range Rover SV.
The Land Rover Defender Octa is equipped with a 626-hp mild-hybrid V8, the most power of any Defender.
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