JLR has revealed particular editions of its flagship Defender OCTA, Vary Rover Sport SVandVary Rover SV luxury-performance SUVs, and you may get them in any color you need – as long as it’s Narvik Black.
All three special-edition SUVs – primarily based on the flagship variants of their respective mannequin ranges – characteristic interiors and exteriors which are virtually utterly black. Nicely, Land Rover couldn’t very nicely paint the tail-lights…
The 2 Rangies make their in-person debut at this weekend’s Goodwood Pageant of Velocity and might be accessible to order in Australia later this 12 months, forward of first native buyer deliveries in early 2026, whereas the Defender OCTA Black is on the market to order now earlier than deliveries later this 12 months.
Defender OCTA
Priced from $318,800 earlier than on-road prices, the Defender OCTA Black is completed in deep, shiny Narvik Black like the opposite special-edition SUVs, however with satin black powder-coated entrance undershield and rear scuff plates, Satin Black uncovered restoration eyes, a gloss black tow eye cowl on the entrance, and gloss black quad exhaust shops.
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Even the place you’re unlikely to look, Land Rover has gone and painted issues black – the duvet for the exhaust silencer and centre field, for instance, characteristic a particular black end.
Land Rover is providing the OCTA Black with both 20-inch solid wheels or 22-inch gloss black wheels, with black centre caps and ‘Shadow Atlas’ Defender script.
Behind these sit gloss black brake calipers with contrasting black script. No, simply kidding, the script is completed in Sentient Silver, one of many few reprieves from black on the particular version’s exterior.
Land Rover can also be providing the OCTA Black with an accessible matte protecting movie.
Inside, there’s semi-aniline leather-based with Kvadrat (textile) upholstery – a primary for the Defender.
The Efficiency Seats up entrance characteristic distinctive perforation patterns and new stitching particulars on the backrests, whereas the seat backs and armrest hinges are completed in Carpathian Gray.
These seats characteristic new Physique and Soul Seats (BASS) expertise, which Land Rover says permits these within the entrance row to really feel the music by the seats in addition to merely listening to it.
The dashboard includes a satin black powder-coated beam, with chopped carbon-fibre trim elective.
Land Rover says it gave the Defender OCTA the Black remedy as a result of so a lot of its prospects love to present their autos the blackout remedy anyway, so it allowed its designers to “(apply) this precept to each potential floor inside and outside”.
If the Black version isn’t to your liking, you may get the usual Defender OCTA in a handful of colors together with new Sargasso Blue and Borasco Gray finishes. A Patagonia White matte wrap might be accessible from late 2025.
The particular version advantages from modifications made to the Defender lineup for mannequin 12 months 2026 (MY26), together with a brand new 13.1-inch infotainment touchscreen and revised headlights and tail-lights.
The OCTA sits atop the Defender lineup, that includes a twin-turbocharged 4.4-litre mild-hybrid petrol V8 powertrain sourced from BMW, producing 467kW of energy and 750Nm of torque.
Vary Rover Sport SV Black
The Vary Rover Sport SV options the identical 4.4-litre V8 because the Defender OCTA, and its special-edition Black remedy is equally intensive.
Accessible to order from later this 12 months, forward of first arrivals anticipated in early 2026, it’s priced from $335,395 earlier than on-road prices.
Completed in Narvik Black and sporting a Narvik Gloss Black exterior pack, the SV Black additionally includes a black-painted carbon-fibre bonnet.
The cast 23-inch alloy wheels have a gloss black end, and behind them sit brake calipers with a gloss black end. The quad exhaust shops are additionally completed in, you guessed it, gloss black.
You step on illuminated black tread plates as you enter a cabin that includes Ebony Windsor leather-based and splashes of Gloss Grand Black trim.
Vary Rover SV Black
The flagship of the JLR lineup has additionally acquired the Black remedy, and is on the market to order from late this 12 months and priced from $430,000 earlier than on-road prices.
JLR is providing it with both the standard-length wheelbase and a five-seat configuration, or in long-wheelbase four- or five-seat variants.
All characteristic the twin-turbocharged 4.4-litre mild-hybrid petrol V8 of the opposite Black editions, however within the Vary Rover this produces 452kW and 750Nm.
The Black version is completed in Narvik Gloss Black, and wears a gloss black mesh grille with a “delicate darkish gloss” badge, above which sits gloss black bonnet lettering.
The 23-inch alloy wheels are completed in gloss black, and behind them sit gloss black brake calipers.
Different exterior particulars embody a black ceramic SV roundel on the rear.
Inside, the ‘Close to-Aniline’ leather-based – claimed to be “silky” to the contact – has an Ebony end, and there are black birch veneers, a satin black ceramic gear shifter, and Moonlight Chrome detailing for a “darkish, moody, jewel-like end to all the cabin”.
JLR can also be introducing Rear Physique and Soul Seat and Sensory Ground expertise on its flagship long-wheelbase SV fashions – together with the special-edition Black.
The latter sees haptic suggestions delivered by the ground mats by way of 4 transducers constructed into the entrance and rear footwells, creating an “expansive and immersive listening expertise, permitting occupants to bodily really feel the music”.
JLR even encourages you to kick off your footwear to really feel the “true full-body audio expertise” by the deep-pile carpets, and guarantees the system provides “exactly synchronised pulsations” harmonised with the RR Meridian Signature Encompass System.
The entrance and rear BASS seats observe the identical precept, however involving the seats as an alternative of the ground.
The Black will get entrance Physique and Soul Seats in regular-length guise, with long-wheelbase variants additionally getting the rear Physique and Soul Seats plus the Sensory Ground.
Pricing
| Mannequin | Base worth earlier than on-road prices | Drive-away worth (NSW) |
|---|---|---|
| Land Rover Defender OCTA Black | $318,800 | $337,233 |
| Vary Rover Sport SV Black | $335,395 | $361,943 |
| Vary Rover SV Black | $430,000 | $464,000 |
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