Daily Voice 2024-07-12

The Daily Voice is Cape Town's most read daily English newspaper. Independent Media SA's only tabloid title has a unique Cape Town cultural flavour and covers news in the local communities’ language.

In these pages, we’ve seen how guys in the Cape car scene can do wonders with older Land Rovers, creating those personalised and kitted-out weekend adventure vehicles. It takes plenty of planning and elbow grease. Today, however, we take a look at a cabbie that comes out of the box fully created, tough, reliable and durable. The new Defender OCTA is punted as the most extreme and powerful Defender yet. Powered by a 4.4-litre twin-turbo mild hybrid engine, the 467kW of torque available can power the Defender from zero to 100km/h in 3.8 seconds. That brings a performance mode to an off-roader. Push a button and OCTA mode is activated, bringing an off-road driving mode with a performance focus. Think optimum launch mode on loose surfaces. This is one capable…