JLR (previously Jaguar Land Rover) is not any stranger to high-performance SUVs with beefy engines, and its subsequent will probably be a hardcore Defender that may introduce the brand new efficiency sub-brand OCTA.

Beforehand regarded as known as the Defender SVX, the Defender OCTA has already been noticed testing in prototype type and is due for a debut later this yr. The timing factors to the car reaching the U.S. as a 2025 mannequin, assuming it is supplied right here.

Teaser images launched by JLR on Tuesday trace at a number of the upgrades deliberate for the Defender OCTA, and in addition point out the origins of the OCTA identify. The teasers present the car will characteristic diamond graphics inside out, and sure diamond shapes in geometry are generally known as octahedrons. Presumably, JLR desires to suggest that the Defender OCTA is hard like a diamond, the toughest naturally forming materials on Earth.

JLR is brief on particulars for the Defender OCTA however stated the car will include a twin-turbocharged V-8 and its 6D Dynamics suspension. Each options are discovered within the associated Vary Rover SV, which generates 626 hp from a BMW-sourced twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter V-8.

2024 Vary Rover Sport SV

The 6D Dynamics suspension is a mix of hydraulic interlinked dampers, height-adjustable air springs, and pitch management, which in keeping with JLR can preserve the car’s physique at an virtually degree stance throughout onerous cornering, or when traversing tough terrain at velocity. That is spectacular contemplating the system additionally eliminates the necessity for typical anti-roll bars.

The teasers additionally present Brembo brake calipers will probably be used on the Defender OCTA.

Prototypes noticed within the wild had been seen with a titanium exhaust with quad suggestions, together with widened wheel arches, a raised suspension, mud flaps, and BFGoodrich all-terrain tires. The tires had been wrapped round 20-inch wheels and measured 275/60 entrance and rear.

JLR stated the Defender OCTA will function the flagship for the most recent Defender, and that the identical diamond graphics will seem on “all future flagship Defender fashions,” maybe hinting at an expanded Defender lineup.