Rover or cruiser?

The ultimate in off-road performance, Land Rover’s powerful Defender Octa turns everything its predecessor does well up to 11. Our writer took it for a test drive

FIRST DRIVE

THE new Toyota Land Cruiser is getting a mild-hybrid system that the firm says is designed to deliver “smoother, more comfortable performance both on and off road”. Every new Land Cruiser sold in the

FIVE YEARS. THAT’S how long the ‘new’ Land Rover Defender has been on sale. Usually by this point in a car’s life there would have been a facelift, with a whole new generation probably only a couple o

BUILDING on the Land Rover Defender’s recent suite of subtle updates, the British brand has revealed a new version of the 4x4 that celebrates the ‘epic adventures’ possible from behind the wheel. Form

1971 Holden Monaro GTS Alastair Watson AUSTRALIA WAS NEVER a major car exporter and, when it did venture into overseas markets, it was usually to other right-hand-drive countries such as New Zealand a