DEFENDER DAKAR D7X‑R REVEALED IN ALL‑NEW COMPETITION LIVERY AHEAD OF JANUARY 2026 DAKAR RALLY DEBUT

A talented team of drivers and co‑drivers will take on the epic adventure in the Defender Dakar D7X‑R, where three crews will endure more than 80‑hours of competitive driving over two‑weeks and around 5,000km of timed stages. Dakar‑legend Stéphane Peterhansel and Mika Metge; Rokas Baciuška and Oriol Vidal; and Sara Price with Sean Berriman will be backed by an experienced team of mechanics and engineers, with newly appointed Team Principal, Ian James, at the helm.  

Each Defender Dakar D7X‑R originates from the assembly line at Defender’s state‑of‑the‑art production manufacturing facility in Nitra, Slovakia, adhering to regulations which mandate that the bodyshell of the competition car must not be modified from its production origins.