India, March 27 -- Land Rover will take the wraps off the 'most powerful Defender ever' later this year - the Defender Octa. While the technical specifications are unknown, the new, high-performance Defender Octa will get a twin-turbocharged, mild-hybrid V8 engine, likely to be the 4.4-litre unit sourced from BMW. For reference, the 4.4-litre twin-turbocharged V8 petrol engine used in the Range Rover lineup - including the Sport SV - belts out 626bhp and 750Nm of torque. The torque figure is rated at 800Nm when Dynamic Launch Mode is engaged. According to Land Rover, 0 to 100km/h takes a claimed time of 3.8 seconds.

Like the Range Rover Sport SV, the Defender Octa will come with Land Rover's 6D Dynamics suspension system, which is said t...