seemed more like a ground clearance test than a AWD test

I owned a 2014 explorer. It’s certainly not geared to off roading but based on my extensive driving on the beach and in snow, I was very impressed with its capabilities and certainly didn’t expect it. I really wish they offered a airbag suspension upgrade on the newer explorers. The ground clearance was the only major factor that ever held me back on the Beach.

Thanks for the kind comments. We really appreciate the words of support. BTW: Tomorrow we'll post a true TFLcar Mashup. We're going back to our roots and comparing two very different cars just for the fun of it. We're Mashing up the new Fiat 500 Turbo against the Honda Crosstour in a 0-60 MPH battle of big vs tiny. Please stay tuned for that video tomorrow. Thanks for watching!

You know you need more footage when you show the same segment 3 times in the same sequence!

Hay I remember that guy in the Toyota Tacoma from when y'all were reviewing the Lexus GX460 in the snow. That little Toyota truck can take a good beating. Great video.

We had to reuse some of the video clips because honestly our hands were so frozen from shooting in the freezing rain we didn't get enough video of all three vehicles.

You guys always put on a show that I never miss. Good job

They'll all go anywhere you're man enough to take them. It's more about experience then vehicular compensation.

I like you guys, especially the TFL Truck channel. But this was not even close a test of AWD systems. This was a test of OEM tires and stock ride height. I didn't see any terrain that the Equinox couldn't handle but for its ride height. Ditto the Explorer. And clearly that was the case, since those two made it similar distances because similar paths were taken (although we have no idea how far you actually went, since there's no map and no indication of distance traveled from the trail head). The Jeep easily made it the farthest taking a more difficult line, but of course it would. But you didn't say anything about the Jeep's tech, only that the Ford's 3 modes give it a fighting chance. About the only thing useful I got out of this is that the Equinox will get pretty far so long at the rocks don't exceed 5-6 inches in height. That could have been assumed of the Explorer, as well. And the JGC might as well be a Wrangler in comparison to the other two. For a test of competing AWD/4WD systems, you need to take these things through significant muddy areas, snow, ice, some rocky trails, gravel, etc.

Jeep Grand Cherokee all the way.

There always so much bash on the Grand Cherokees...have had two and just got a 2018 Overland version, black on black...they are very sexy.

great trail. it gets really rough the higher up you go but amazing view of boulder and Denver up there!

Ford Explorer is the best in my book. Today I drove a Explorer, a Grand Cherokee with a V8 and a Pathfinder. The Jeep had the best power but overall I liked the Explorer the best. The Pathfinder is not even a option,

yea the jeep took that win for sure, i'm thinking of replacing my 2010 escape with a 16 grand cherokee limited.

10:53 For the Sync issues, the easiest way I found is to remove fuse allocated for the "Sync Head unit". Out and then In nothing else fancy, the unit reboot and should not freeze for a while.

Wild watching these old videos, they've come a long ways with production but the charm is still the same!

Ah yes, so proud of my Grand Cherokee Overland!!!

They dont go too far away from the road, they keep showing the same part from outside but change the inside(like their conversation and andre).

The plastic molding on the bottem front of the Chevy Equinox can be somewhat easily removed to add more ground clearence. Great video guys! keep 'em coming!

The Equinox does have a button on the lift-gate to open it, it is in between the rear licence plate lights under the chrome bit. at least it is there on the GMC Terrain.

Do a Grand Cherokee Trailhawk vs 4runner TRD Pro please!!!

The old Explorer would be a pretty awesome vehicle for this job. Problem is the newer Explorer is no longer a off-road SUV. The Jeep is by far the best vehicle in this category. The only thing I reckon that wi'll match the Grand Cherokee in this environment is the ML-class Mercedes or the Range Rovers, which both are CONSIDERABLY more expensive. (I didn't count the FJ Cruiser simply because it's more of a Wrangler than an actual day-to-day SUV)

I'm not even a car enthusiast but i watch these videos because you guys have such good chemistry ;)

hello from 2021. You guys have changed ALOT!!! you MEN!

The jeep dominated. It offers alot for its class and as a brand it continuously improves.

Well as an Equinox owner (unfortunately) I must say...... If the cherokee is even remotely being compared to my heap of garbage, it has fallen a very long way. So sad America. So sad. Equinox has the turning radius of a school bus with all of the off road capability of a prius.

THANK YOU for clarifing the difference between a crossover and SUV, I'm so tired of explaining the difference to people and them telling me I'm wrong cause they don't understand. no one belives me when i say there are only a hand full of SUVs left and most are crossovers

Love that "Cherolet" Equinox! lol Always enjoy the vids and reviews!

An old xj with 300k miles will still tool these off road

I LOVE JEEP GRAND CHEROKEES

yesss; u guys do the most relavant test; i love it keep up the good work guys!!!

Awesome video as always Roman & Nate! When it comes to off roading , Jeep is always the way to go!!!

After looking some of your videos, I came to conclusion than the Grand Cherokee is probably the best SUV on market for the price. It seems to be built tougher than the ford. Good job Jeep! But.. I still love the Ford for urban driving and technology.

They showed the same out of car footage 4 times.

U GUYS ARE MY FAV AUTO CHANNEL..KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK GUYS !!!

Cool video. I like your reviews.

I like all of the fords

This is kinda sad, when I was in school in the 80s and 90s, the competing reviews were of the Ford Explorer vs Chevy S-10 Blazer vs Jeep Cherokee, and they were able to actually off-road with them, bury them in mud, negotiate rocks, and so on. Now with these wussified delicate street machines, my driveway is considered severe driving conditions. They are simply plastic station wagons, NOT sport utility vehicles. Case in point, where on any of those vehicles did you see anywhere to attach a log chain for vehicle recovery?

I see more and more of those 2013 ford explorers nowadays! They are so awesome looking! Keep up the good work ford!

I love your reviews guys. You make me laugh :D

grand Cherokee.... a crossover....... smdh.

Are you guys really call this a bit rocky highway - OFF-ROAD? :)

Excellent. Keep up the good work.

Keep up the Great Work...

11:50 taking the jeep up the trail with the suspension raised is not a fair comparison, that's like having the explorer and equinox play handicapped.

You seem to have made an error in how you described the Grand Cherokee as a crossover. The Jeep brand makes SUV based uni-body constructed vehicles. It is impossible for a 1993 Grand Cherokee to be a crossover, as Chrysler did not invent that term until 2003 with the invention of the Dodge Magnum and Chrysler Pacifica. Before that, there was no such thing as a crossover. The term SUV was invented, by Jeep, because people were calling their Toyota 4Runner, Ford Bronco, and Chevy Blazer a 'JEEP'. You guys are supposed to be car experts, I can't believe you called a Grand Cherokee a Crossover. I wish I could do what you do for a living. Maybe you could just hire me for fact checking, and to help edit out some comments.

So funny seeing Andre as a background character 10 years ago and now he's sort of the main host and face of TFL.

its good to know how the ford and chevy compare against the king. keep up the good work guys. enjoy every video

Well, let's see...the new POS Exploder is a sideways engined, wrong-wheel-drive Taurus station wagon. The Equinox is basically a wrong-wheel-drive Impala wagon. Because they are both based on wrong-wheel-drive car platforms, that makes them crossovers, or CUV's. The Jeep is the only real SUV on this list. It sits on a proper longitudinal-engine, REAR-WHEEL-DRIVE platform and has an optional V-8 engine and a real 4x4 system with a low-range. And it is NOT based on a car platform. I haven't seen the whole video, but I'll bet the Jeep beat the stuffin' out of those other two "cars". LOL!

5:23 Toyota guys cracking up.......

Oh, and great video guys!

I owned a 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Eco Diesel Limited for 4 years and just changed over to a 2013 Ford Explorer Limited regular gas. I am super happy with the Ford Explorer! I do agree that auto air lift suspension is a nice fancy feature giving you an added 2", it comes with a hefty price. I am not just talking the initial purchase price of the vehicle, as it is a hefty service price $$$$. After 3 years of driving my Jeep on dirt roads and sanded snowy roads of only 21+/- days a year in the great Pacific Northwest the air lift suspension started failing due to tiny dirt particles destroying the porous air bags. On the Jeep Grand Cherokee, you will eventually receive a dash warning light and be riding on rock hard springs & must take into a dealer to be fixed @ cost of approximately $4000 + tax. The air suspension is not filled with air, as it is filled with Nitrogen and the only way to refill it is at the dealer who has the proprietary equipment to service this fancy air/nitrogen suspension and fix it. Try refilling it with air and it not work or ruin the air/nitrogen suspension (requires special dealer tool to fill up) + continue displaying service light on dash. This is one of the many reason why the Jeep Grand Cherokee is an extremely expensive vehicle to service and maintain coming from a previous owner. Summary, if you want these extra bells and whistles be ready to pay for them to be service, as they are expensive. This is just one of the many reasons why I switched to a Ford Explorer!

I use to like there reviews but this is bs. Not to mention in the video the chev drives over the same rock at 3:39 3:50 and again at 4:40 and the ford drives over the same rock twice and spines its front tire at 7:30 and 9:54. No more views by me.

Not to mention, the Explorer is built to last a lunchtime. So not only is it terrible on anything other than wet leaves, it will leave you stranded as well.

Thank you for the videos, I've seen a few of them now. Do you know of any good off road spots in MA?

88? Nice! I love old 4 runners. I would love to have an old one to take wheeling, I've seen some vids, those things can take a beating!

These cars don't really directly compete though... maybe Equinox with the Explorer... but the GRAND Cherokee is a different car, not in the same league with the other 2... I would like to see a Grand Cherokee vs Expedition vs Tahoe... that will be a much more fair match... This video is way too bias towards Jeep...

50K for a Jeep, no thanks

You guys have the best job in the world

I own a 2013 Overland.. and I can tell you it's been off road with Rovers, JKs. and every other SUV and Truck and it's had no issues keeping up. The new JGC's are awesome off road. I have videos on my channel showing just a few examples of what it's capable of.. search "Jeep" on my channel.

Other than Jeep, you cant buy anything off road capable now days.

If your looking to buy any of these cars, don't base it off this video these guys have no idea what they are doing

Good for u man I hope it never dies..

Hey Roman, grass doesn’t grow on a busy street 😁

... vs 4-Runner ...... OH WAIT, that would be unfair

Go equinox!

Would love to take my stock Liberty Renegade on this trail.

I have a 2015 Equinox. It is capable in snow and ice. My only complaint is the lower over hang of the front facia of the vehicle.

The Jeep might be the most off-road capable of the 3, but it's also probably the most unreliable.

I actually watched this hoping the Chevy would get stuck. Anyone silly enough to off road in a Exquinox deserves to get stuck!!! From a car enthusiasts stand point this is a pointless comparison anyone who knows a half wit about cars knows the Grand Cherokee wins this easily. A Grand Cherokee 4x4 is not a cross over not sure why they would downgrade A TRUE SUV and call it such a thing. GC competes with Range Rover and Land Rover not these throw away get stuck in snow mobile likes of Explorers and *lol* a Equinox.

Haha awesome and entertaining review like always guys. But I gotta ask, how did the people in charge of the media fleets react when you returned their battered up SUVs? hahaha

It really is a shame that no one is making actually SUVs anymore. The Jeep Wrangler and Ford Bronco are basically the only ones

The Toyota driving by made me laugh my ass off. I'll never own anything but Toyota or Nissan.

The Equinox is not an off road type of vehicle. It's for going to the grocery store or taking your dumb as kids to soccer!

I agree 100 % If you are going to test do it right same weight in the vehicle & go over the same rocks.

They have already done that video too.This is a mash-up video, if you watched other mash-up videos they don't make sense, they are just for fun.

The Ford Explorer is considered a midsize SUV, and even competes with full size Suv's and body on frame SUV's. The Equinox ia a compact crossover and competes with COMPACT cars. How is this comparison relevant these cars are DIFFERENT sizes... And don't even get me started with the JEEP. Like where is Emmy? These old fart car reviewers are not good people, they have stalked me and raped me. This video DOES NOT make me moist and i am positive my breast emplants, which i cut out of inside me are in the BACK SEAT of the Ford Explorer. He didnt even talk about the cargo capacity. I am DONE.

with these tires and rims all doing great......

Love the gunshots in the background.

You know it's funny that this is my 3rd time watching this and the disappearing Andre joke just never gets old.

Ive gone mudding in my 2012 awd Nox, and some muddy water got into the rear diff. covered under warranty for $6500!!!!!

Grand cheroke and explorer owner couldn't be more proud

I actually just bought a 15 equinox last week after my 04 ram started costing too much money. I knew it wasn't really for off roading but was a little more capable than a fwd. One thing I see from these old videos is that you dont say which engine or anything like you do now.

Thumbed the video up before watching. These kind of comparos are the most interesting. By the way, I'm gonna venture a guess the Grand Cherokee is going to be the best offroader of the group.

LOL that Toyota Tacoma was like yo, get out of my way!

Seems it would have been a little more comparative if you at least took a base Laredo rather than the overland.

these are great winter cars, for this kind of off road cross over test i think you should have switched to the same tires on all cars. maybe grabber hts or cooper at3.

Yay Jeep ;-) I wanna be a guest camera guy some day for TFL ;)

Молодцы ребята Андрей и Роман.

Any day is a good day to go shooting. That's why they make stainless steel guns. :-) Great video guys! It really highlights the range of capabilities available.

Here is my 2 cents about Jeep GC. 2003 Oct-Nov worst winter storm in NE of US, a normal 5 hrs trip DC-NYC turned 8+hrs. Many cars/trucks stuck on both sides NJ turnpike, I was having the fun of my life time and used the turnpike as play ground. Next day, most sedans were buried under snow/ice, few cars were on the road in Queens NY, 17F outside. Entire Grand Cherokee was buried under snow, it started on first crank and "hopped out" under snow mount. 2005 Hurricane Katrina hits Miami, I was the only car on I-95 at 1am. Wind might pushed the JGC a bit and steering was a bit loose, 65mph, and 45 mins later, I got home without any issue. Next day, I had plenty fun, again hopped through fallen tree trunks and others just u turned after followed me. South FL floods every time it rains, JGC never had an issue, I just swimed through, while other people looked on with shock. Because I look for deep floods to run through to wash bottom of the Jeep. When I traded in JGC, odometer was 173,000ish. Stunned the Honda mechanic how quiet and smooth the 6 cylinders in the Jeep GC. Yeah, it was an old 1998, 3rd owner Jeep GC. So why traded in? Too much gas. Miss it? You betja!

love these off-road videos! Do bring along any crossover or true off-roaders you can find to this course.

Love the video repeating!

for some reason i used to hate your reviews, now im subscribed! jeep is definitely the best

I love all fords, and my parents own a very nice Explorer, but I like the look of the Grand Cherokee too.

We never rent the cars we review. The manufacturers supply the cars.

Would love to see Durango Citadel vs Explorel!

ive got the 2013 ford explorer limited and I beat the crap out of the thing and it just takes it all. I took it mudding in northern michigan with no problems and it does great in the snow.

No Forester as a new one just got debuted and BTW we've already tested the Forester up this trail: watch?v=5KEWWNKt-9k

I loved that Toyota! You just cant beat the old Yotas... or even the new ones. I wonder how the Highlander would have done.