Range Rovers are the royalty in the luxury SUV world, still carrying status and panache to this day. Who makes the engines ...

While most modern engines are becoming smaller, the Lexus LC and Land Rover Defender are going against the grain.

The more basic engines are now available only in the four-door Defender 110 and 130, while the 90 is offered only with Jaguar Land Rover's throaty 518-hp supercharged 5.0-liter V8.

These begin with a new engine. The previous time the Defender boasted a V8, it utilized JLR’s former supercharged 5.0-liter powerplant, producing 575 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque.

The 2026 Land Rover Defender 90 will only be offered with the 518-hp V-8 engine. This raises the two-door Defender's base price from $58,750 last year to $116,250 for 2026.

Jaguar Land Rover has recently unveiled the Classic Defender V8 by Works Bespoke, which is based on the body-on-frame model that JLR discontinued in 2016. Since 2020, the Defender has been a ...

What happens when you cram a 518-hp supercharged V8 into a Defender? The wilderness gets a whole lot faster. Since its revival in 2019, the Land Rover Defender has effectively combined its rugged ...

But the venerable 5.0-liter supercharged AJ133 V-8, an engine that’s powered high-performance Jaguars and Range Rovers since 2009, will still shove the bricklike Defender V8 to 60 mph in 4.6 ...