Land Rover's "Defender Dakar" will be a thing

[crenca]

I wondered if LR was going to make a production version of their class winning Dakar effort. This looks like the real deal, as I suspect the Octa's air suspension is replaced (as on the racer) with a real metal long-ish arm suspension. Too bad the wheels are not 18 inches or < (racer used 17inch if memory serves).

Still based on the Octa however (motor is a turbo 4.4L) so it will be close to $200k out the door I suspect:

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a73396356/land-rover-defender-dakar-revealed/

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[zyglyrox]

If I had an unlimited budget for off road toys I’d be all over one.

 

[LVS]

I’d prefer a 90 over the 110.

Ford should do a Dakar version of the Bronco, I know they raced a Raptor in the last one.

 

[HBTFD 2.0]

Probably 150k. I bet it’s a monster on sand or mud.

 

[Desmolicious]

Probably 150k. I bet it’s a monster on sand or mud.

the regular Octa already is more than that.

i guess it is telling that they did not use the Octa suspension in the racer. So much for it being the ultimate suspension package.

 

[MRinaldi]

I’d prefer a 90 over the 110.

Ford should do a Dakar version of the Bronco, I know they raced a Raptor in the last one.

The kind of did already only made 50 of them https://www.multimatic.com/vehicles/competition-track-vehicles/ford-bronco-dr

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