The New Defender Octa Launched In India: The Toughest, Most Successful, And Most Expensive Defender Ever Created.
Defender launches the hardest, most capable, and most costly SUV in the unstoppable 4x4 family of Defender in India, the new Defender OCTA. This high-overall performance adventure icon is engineered to conquer any terrain with remarkable self-belief and refinement.
Powered by a 4.4 L twin-turbo mild-hybrid V8 engine, the OCTA version is the most severe and maximum effective Defender ever, with 467 kW and up to 750 Nm of torque permitting zero to one hundred km/h in four seconds. Closely revised chassis components with progressive technology, such as 6D Dynamics suspension, ensure its dynamic abilities are taken to new heights.
The exterior is bolder and more difficult than ever, with a distinct man or woman. The journey top is raised, its stance widened, and wheel arches extended for extraordinary presence. Redesigned bumpers provide stepped forward approach and departure angles, while hard underbody safety offers drivers the self-belief to discover in addition to hard terrain. And it'll wade deeper than any production Defender earlier than it too—through up to one meter of water.
Rajan Amba, handling director, JLR India, said, "Defender has been a recreation-changer for us in India, rising as not only our high-quality-promoting model but also the very best-promoting version in its category, with stupendous increase in call for since its launch. This iconic automobile has constructed an unshakeable logo fairness inside the marketplace, resonating deeply with shoppers who value its unmatched functionality, luxury, and journey. Today, with the launch of Defender OCTA, we are introducing the toughest and the most durable model in the Defender family, which takes luxurious and high-performance capability to any other level. With the brand-new Defender OCTA, we're presenting a vehicle that is not only able to conquer the maximum tough terrains but additionally deliver a top-rate driving experience."
New Defender OCTA's call is derived from the hardest and most suitable mineral on the earth—a diamond—and the octahedral form that offers their distinct look and sturdiness. This shape also inspired the new signature photo, which denotes it because the flagship Defender is sturdy and resilient, yet placid, rare, and perfect.
Every Defender OCTA wears a brand new encircled diamond graphic, inclusive of a gloss black diamond inside a machined and sandblasted titanium disc on each Signature photo panel.
The tough luxury of Defender OCTA is epitomized by the Defender OCTA Edition One, which is to be had inside the first year of production. It functions as a curated specification, completed in a special new Faroe green paint coloration with a Khaki and Ebony Ultrafabrics™ PU and seamless knit indoors, new chopped carbon fiber detailing, and 20-inch cast alloy wheels.
Advanced 6D Dynamics suspension for extremely good capability and sturdiness
New Defender OCTA's dynamic capabilities pass beyond what any Defender has achieved earlier than, with the introduction of hydraulically interlinked 6D Dynamics suspension technology for the first time on a Defender, alongside big hardware and geometry modifications. Uniquely, it's designed to be as much a laugh to drive on-avenue as off-street, and not using any compromises.
Defender OCTA sits 28 mm higher and has a stance widened through sixty-eight mm for superior floor clearance and balance. To make certain unparalleled confidence and manipulation on any terrain, with each wheel articulation off-street and reduced roll on-road, revised suspension components include longer and harder wishbones and particular lively dampers with separate accumulators. It additionally functions with uprated four hundred mm front brake discs with Brembo calipers and the fastest steering ratio of any Defender up to now for instant, specific responses.
OCTA Mode—first overall performance-centered off-avenue placing
Defender OCTA debuts OCTA Mode, the first-ever high-performance mode for off-avenue driving on a Defender. It's miles a particularly evolved performance-centered off-road putting that complements traction, braking, and acceleration on loose surfaces. OCTA Mode functions with a unique indoor illumination, thrilling exhaust sound, and adjusted gear shifts and steering for extra engagement. The damping software program detects avenue surfaces and adjusts suspension firmness and damping, therefore. Moreover, OCTA Mode allows off-road launch for maximum acceleration and a unique off-street ABS calibration for stepped forward braking overall performance on loose surfaces. This mode permits drivers to hopefully navigate free gravel surfaces with dynamic manipulation.
Confident outdoors
Defender's enforcing presence and all-terrain cognizance are given a bold new mindset for Defender OCTA. It is capable of 33-inch diameter tires, the biggest ever fitted to a production Defender. This has required prolonged wheel arches, which complement off-street-optimized front bodywork with unique grille designs allowing greater under-bonnet airflow, a new rear bumper incorporating a four-go-out lively exhaust machine, hard underbody protection inclusive of an aluminum alloy front underneath defense with a graphite end, and exposed phosphor bronze-finished front and rear recovery factors.
Defender OCTA's color palette consists of two extraordinary new premium metal finishes: Petra copper and Faroe Green, alongside Carpathian Gray and Charente Grey, even as all Defender OCTA models feature a contrast roof and tailgate in gloss Narvik Black. customers can similarly personalize their car with optional matte protective film for broad frame protection in harsh environments, additionally including a sophisticated look that showcases its extraordinary silhouette and complex surfacing.
Faroe Green is completely available on Defender OCTA version One, as is Chopped Carbon Fiber detailing. This enormously unique end, which includes recycled raw materials, features on the Defender bonnet script, fender vent surrounds, and bonnet vent surrounds, plus the front seatbacks and center console trim interior.
Attractive, immersive interior
Interior, curated choices set New Defender OCTA aside. Two tremendously long-lasting Ultrafabrics™ PU alternatives—30 percent lighter than traditional leather—are to be had. This seat end is fashionable on the Defender OCTA version One, in a duo-tone Khaki and Ebony, with a knit fabric and reductive, seamless end.
For Defender OCTA, the same old interior is a new Burnt Sienna semi-aniline leather, with KvadratTM fabric trim in Ebony. Instead, any Defender OCTA can be particular with Ultrafabrics™ PU in light Cloud and Lunar, or semi-aniline leather-based in Ebony.
The front row of Defender OCTA features all-new overall performance seats with more supportive bolsters and included headrests. Defender's close affiliation with music is added to the fore with immersive body and Soul Seat audio generation—available for the first time in Defender.
The frame and Soul Seats function four transducers in the front seats, which might be aligned to the occupants' backs to supply high constancy tactile audio. The usage of the SUBPACTM AI-optimizing software program, the seats analyze indicators from the seven-hundred W, 15-speaker, MeridianTM surround sound gadget in real-time to create a synchronized, multi-dimensional sensory audio experience with vibrations as well as sound.
New Defender OCTA order books will formally open quickly. The brand new Defender OCTA is available at an attractive charge of ₹ 259 lakhs (ex-showroom). The brand-new Defender OCTA version One, available through the first year of production, is priced at ₹ 279 lakhs (ex-showroom) in India.
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