// today's brief · no. 3 · may 7
// today on motoring obsession

Land Rover Defender

The Octa Lost Its Only Fair Fight

Three solo reviews celebrate £160,000 of consolidation. Carwow stages it against a tuned £100,000 Grenadier and a tuned £60,000 Ranger Raptor. The Octa places second.

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