It's not easy vying for the top spot when you're the new kid in town, debuting three teams in the newly revamped Dakar Rally Stock class in Saudi Arabia. Defender, part of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), is ...
EVERY armchair motoring enthusiast knows manufacturers enter rallies and endurance events partly for marketing exposure. But competition also serves a deeper purpose: testing engineering, durability ...
Land Rovers have been entered in the Dakar Rally since 1971, but 2026 marks the first time the nascent Defender sub-brand is fielding a factory-backed entry. With this year’s Dakar race not even ...