https://automobilist.org/tags/v8/ Recent content in V8 on Automobilist.org Hugo en-us Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://automobilist.org/2026/02/09/2026-land-rover-defender-v8-the-off-roader-that-learned-performance-without-forgetting-its-purpose/ Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://automobilist.org/2026/02/09/2026-land-rover-defender-v8-the-off-roader-that-learned-performance-without-forgetting-its-purpose/ <p>The Land Rover Defender V8 answers a question that nobody strictly needed to ask: what happens when you put a supercharged 5.0-liter V8 producing 518 horsepower into a car that can also ford rivers, climb gradients that defeat other off-road vehicles, and carry a family of five across terrain that requires disconnecting the front anti-roll bar and deploying a low-range transfer case? The answer is that it works, and it works in a way that is not obviously coherent but is undeniably entertaining.</p>