We’re putting a brand-new Toyota Land Cruiser up against a 15-year-old Range Rover to see which is the best off-road. Explore new & used car deals with Carwow: https://bit.ly/Change-Your-Car-04-06 When it comes to off-roaders, few brands are doing it better than Toyota and Land Rover. The question is, does the all-new Land Cruiser have what it takes to beat a 15-year-old Range Rover over a series of off-road challenges? To find out, let’s take a closer look at the stats… First off, we have the Land Cruiser, which is powered by a 2.8-litre 4-cylinder turbo diesel. This creates 204hp and 500Nm, with this power sent to all four wheels. It weighs in at 2,415kg, and as new it costs around £80,000. Then we come to the Range Rover - which is Sam’s own car! There’s a 3.6-litre twin-turbo V8 diesel under the bonnet, and this sends 272hp and 640Nm to all four wheels. It’s a fair bit heavier than the Toyota, weighing in at 2,642kg, but it’s a whole lot cheaper - Sam only paid £5,000 for it! Both cars come with several off-road features, but will the amount of tech in the Land Cruiser be too much for the Range Rover to match? Stick with Mat and Sam to see for yourself! Thanks to https://www.instagram.com/racingdriver_sam/ for joining us for this video!
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The Range Rover l322 was developed with a special rear suspension arrangement. In standard mode the car operates with independent suspension. However, when low range mode is engaged the car's electronic system locks the suspension in place to give the rear of the car the characteristics of a live axle. This means it can excel in off road situations that require advanced wheel articulation. Love that Rangie. Pls make more content with it.☻
Push it Samson Push the pedal
Considering the L322 Range Rover is a design over 25yrs old now, I'd say that was a win frankly.
Really educating
Maybe an idea, no personal cars again for offroading?
Land Rovers Terrain response is on another level, I think it's the best 4WD system around, even though his isn't the most up to date iteration, you could see on the front axel at 3:40 the way it clamped onto the wheel in the air instantly so it sent power to the wheels with grip was so good. I've seen it on the newer cars and it's even quicker to react. To me the Range Rover won that, I always think those speed tests when it's someone's own car are pointless as they will hold back. We need more genuine off-road tests that aren't about speed but more where the vehicle can go and also how it got there as both can make it but one could struggle a lot more.
You forgot the theft challenge, the Toyota is basically free to steal.
That Range Rover is awesome. So much luxury, capability and oozes class.
Love my L322 2010. v8 paid £6,000 3years ago 132,000 m and still putting a smile on my face.
Toyota deleting height control from the Prado/LC250 hasn’t helped with being able to increase clearance. Does having height control impact how much articulation the wheels can have? They should bring height control back
Make the second part : 15 years old land cruiser vs 2026 range rover and how the result
Great off road videos
Thanks for putting this range rover against newer one's. Im loving it.
Love the video! You should do an off-road comparison between the Land Cruiser Prado and the Land Cruiser ZX.
11:05 looks like the pope😂
Considering that RR is 25 years old, it didn't do too bad. Even fairly basic 2wd crossovers have things like downhill descent control these days, so there's been a huge jump in what has become standard tech on SUVs and crossovers in that time.
That Range Rover is incredible, that particular L322 is from 2013 🤯
this land cruiser 250 is the best design of it's history. looks like inspired from military tank. love it
I've been off-roading a Discovery 4 with a 5" lift in NZ for 6 years now. Like Sam's L322 it too has no rear locker, but it goes everywhere using its traction control suite [another LR invention]. What I have learned is that the D4 likes momentum to let the computer read the terrain and modify the torque vectoring, throttle modulation etc accordingly. It can't read the situation standing still. So Sam, where on the cross-axle hill you buttoned off and stopped a couple of times, you defeated the tech. If you turned off DSC and kept the beast moving at a steady walking pace, it would have breezed up in one continuous motion. Seat time and a little experimentation and you'll find the total answer to the headline is - No you don't need to spend 80K to do a 5K job.
Never knew you could diff your central locker