£100k Land Rover Discovery v £20k VW Touareg: OFF-ROAD RACE!

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Жыл бұрын

Thanks to the teams for lending us their cars:
VW Touareg: ‪@DarksideDevelopments‬
VW Touareg: www.darksidedevelopments.co.uk/
LR Discovery: timelessoverland.co.uk/
LR Discovery: / landroverdiscovery5
Here’s an off-road battle you weren’t expecting to see today! We’ve got our hands on a Land Rover Discovery, and it’s going up against a Volkswagen Touareg!
Both of these cars have been modded, although the types of mods they’ve had are vastly different. So let’s see what’s changed…
Starting with the Discovery, it’s powered by a 3-litre turbo V6 diesel engine which has been tuned slightly, and as a result, it produces 306hp and 600Nm of torque. It comes packed with a load of off-road tech, including low-range driving modes and central locking diffs. However, it’s had a whole load of extras added, from a tent box to the roof coupled with a fridge in the boot! As a result this tips the scales at an amazing 3,400kg!
Next up it’s the Touareg. It’s packing a tuned 5-litre V10 diesel under the bonnet which produces an almighty 352hp and 1000Nm! It’s also had a number of mods from a 50mm height lift through to the addition of huge off-road tyres, and it’s a whole lot lighter than the Disco, coming in at 2,500kg.
So will the weight difference prove decisive? Or will the Land Rover power to victory? Stick with Mat and see for yourself!
Mat’s top 10 SUVs: bit.ly/Mats-Top-10-SUVs
Cheap SUVs off-road: • Old BMW X5 v Range Rov...
Range Rover v Land Cruiser off-road: • Range Rover v Land Cru...

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@Reiberle Жыл бұрын

First gen Touareg was so cool. And probably no car had a wider range of engines to chose from. 5,6,8,10 and 12 cylinders.

@stoicapetruliviu8840 Жыл бұрын

probably? FOR SURE ever/never had/will

@mattiagalluccio3649 8 ай бұрын

and in both diesel and petrol

@spinnetti 4 ай бұрын

5? in what market? We had a MKI for 14 years... was a great car. I only sold it so I wouldn't spend 20k in mods to make it an overlander lol.

@Reiberle 4 ай бұрын

@@spinnetti 2.5TDI in Europe

@josema6694 3 ай бұрын

@@spinnetti Europe and Southamerica, a horrible 2.5 TDI, very underpowered.

@falconleon2627 Жыл бұрын

That exhaust pipe coming out right under the rear fender flare is an interesting customization 😂

@purwantiallan5089 Жыл бұрын

This one is downright epic.

@annahenrietta9517 Жыл бұрын

It's to aid with rear departure angle , if you took it all the way back you could crush it off road and if it didn't fully break you'd choke your engine and have to cut it off before continuing, or worse , if you didn't have the tools you'd be stuck.

@falconleon2627 Жыл бұрын

@@purwantiallan5089 yep, 37 degrees 💪

@EvaCampbell Жыл бұрын

Christ yousound fun at parties

@4-8-4Northern 11 ай бұрын

I love the fender pipes!😂

@b8yep959 Жыл бұрын

That Touareg is legit just a real life Batman Tumbler

@purwantiallan5089 Жыл бұрын

Batman Tumbler? Well its cool.

@THESLlCK Жыл бұрын

literally just a janky old SUV. The uk has no clue what offroading means anymore

@Quattro_Joe Жыл бұрын

Those V10’s are a bit dodgy for maintaining but they are absolute animals.

@purwantiallan5089 Жыл бұрын

Yep. Especially the VW Touareg. It is very stable. As stable as even the Focus WRC 2001.

@heinzketchup4558 Жыл бұрын

Or the Audi 6 Liter V12😂

@wethumasilela1331 Жыл бұрын

I would prefer a Touareg with the W12, that version is just the coolest

@Quattro_Joe Жыл бұрын

@@heinzketchup4558 that’s a mad Jeep. Never been in one but I’ve seen one on the move and it’s pretty ridiculous

@heinzketchup4558 Жыл бұрын

@@Quattro_Joe pretty much like a quicker Tank😂

@harryrichardson6744 Жыл бұрын

Gotta love a V10 taurareg

@drekipookiebear Жыл бұрын

Touareg*

@purwantiallan5089 Жыл бұрын

Harry, it is the Touareg. Not tauareg. More like Ford Taurus that you mention.

@BigPimp222 Жыл бұрын

tiny ass bicep

@mobninja_ Жыл бұрын

@@BigPimp222 You got issues, kid.

@adgtesfgghee2143 Жыл бұрын

garbage

@defiantrascal6214 Жыл бұрын

should have done a quarter-mile race to see which is the fastest.

@juanc5149 Жыл бұрын

Touareg would of won that race.

@alexnotlando Жыл бұрын

@@juanc5149 *would have

@zoyuu Жыл бұрын

@@juanc5149would of what

@CrazySpartan150 Жыл бұрын

@@alexnotlando *would of

@alexnotlando Жыл бұрын

@@CrazySpartan150 no

@jamesmoist1184 Жыл бұрын

There is something about sport SUVs where they are so big and clunky that the massive engines feel redundant, but then they have amazing speeds like this off-road, and even on road. really cool to see

@lonerider5315 Жыл бұрын

Sport suv........ Sport....Sport utility vehicle.

@purwantiallan5089 Жыл бұрын

@@lonerider5315 the SUV cars kinda reminded me a lot to FORD RACING OFFROAD again.

@JoriDiculous Жыл бұрын

yea, the Sports Sport Utility vehicle is quite sporty, twice as much as a regular SUV.

@BloomingHeathers Жыл бұрын

Double the sportiness

@Rndmaniacs Жыл бұрын

Who would have thought when it came out but the Touareg TDI V10 is now considered an icon. Luxury, build quality, power, off-road ability and modifiablity. It's no LC, Patrol or Defender but it definitely has calved itself in there and in the heart of so many.

@C_R_O_M________ Жыл бұрын

It actually has better 4X4 than any of the above, locking difs from the factory but worse articulation as it doesn't have a chassis but is of a monocoque design.

@moogle68 Жыл бұрын

@@C_R_O_M________ The off-road abilities may be greater in number or useful more of the time, but the reason the others became icons was primarily reliability. You can have all the options you want that make it easier to do things, but they simply aren't as valuable if they reduce the most important metric of all; "Likelihood to get Home".

@C_R_O_M________ Жыл бұрын

@@moogle68 The only such reliability issues (that can leave you stranded) these face (along with the Cayennes) have to do with the drive shaft center support and the rubber that disintegrates about every 80K kms. Mine did just that but there are many DYI and commercial solutions to address this (even on the trail). I chose the DYI route and after about a year everything's fine. The V10 has been with me for the past 10 years and it never asked for anything than regular maintenance. Remember, these engines don't even have drive belts in there. Nor timing chains (V10s and R5s not the rest of the Touareg models). Everything is driven with gears (apart from a very short and very wide and robust belt on the alternator that sits on top and at the back of the engine, in the "V" of the V10). That's it. Of course they are not as rugged as an old Land Cruiser or an old-school Defender but they will surprise you with their abilities. I used to own a highly tweaked K5 Blazer, lifted and suped-up and the Touareg has outperformed it in every single aspect apart perhaps from ground clearance. My V10 is standard. Not modded at all. P.S. The only real inmportant thing you need to be aware of with these is which oil you use. 5W40 and 501.01 for non-DPF models (like mine). DPF models need some 507 variant (can't remember which exactly). The 506.01 longlife oil VW has as an option resulted in premature camshaft lobe wear of the PD design.

@moogle68 Жыл бұрын

@@C_R_O_M________ I wasn't trying to say the Toureg V10 was/is bad in any way, sorry if it came across that way. Not everyone is willing/able to do DIY fixes, and not everyone is well read/informed about common faults of the engine, so regardless of the technical consequences of those common faults, the fact that there are even just a couple problems with it that seem to be common might nag at driver confidence and make it feel a bit less approachable.

@C_R_O_M________ Жыл бұрын

@@moogle68 No problem and there's nothing personal anyway. I'm just sharing my side of reality here as a long-term owner of one of these. I'm not married to it. Just like it a lot. It's not such a demanding vehicle to live with unless you want everything perfect at all times in which case the Touareg has a lot of complexity built into it and complexity usually means more little things malfunctioning but not in a way to leave you stranded.

@anonymousanonim7615 Жыл бұрын

Damn V10 TDI is true beast incredible power and torque. hard to deny the raw power.

@purwantiallan5089 Жыл бұрын

The Touareg with V10 TDI has around 411 bhp.

@mediocreman2 Жыл бұрын

Yeah I used to think that too, and almost bought one, but the maintenance threw me off a bit. Found a BMW M57 engine that actually produces more power when tuned and has more potential. The V10's don't really show much benefit from tuning and mods, unfortunately. And they weigh more, are harder to service, and get worse MPG. Easy choice.

@rasherbasher8203 Жыл бұрын

@@purwantiallan5089 no it hasn't its 352 Bhp. What nonsense are you talking about..😬

@Insetta Жыл бұрын

@Rasher basher he's the biggest nonsense talker on this channel. Comments 100 comments under every video

@rasherbasher8203 Жыл бұрын

@@Insetta its some sort of bot I reckon.. theres loads that comment on this channel.

@savereport8788 Жыл бұрын

V10 TDI, love to see it, hate to repair it when it breaks.... Like the W12...

@purwantiallan5089 Жыл бұрын

Yes. Like even the Buick Special and VW NARDO CONCEPT W12.

@raed.gilani Жыл бұрын

The way Matt drifted the Touareg just made my day!

@purwantiallan5089 Жыл бұрын

Yes. Imagine if Mat also drifted the Renault 5 Turbo.

@lmao6769_ Жыл бұрын

Yes i believe he learned that skill on a previous video

@carstart69 Жыл бұрын

The Touareg screams badass while the Discovery screams geeky. Good performance for both

@skylined5534 Жыл бұрын

Geeky?😂

@carstart69 Жыл бұрын

@@skylined5534 yes, to me, the T-reg is 🦍 while the Discovery is 🤓 with its tech and the new design

@EFerrorfile Жыл бұрын

Touraeg looks really damn good when modified like this. I love it.

@purwantiallan5089 Жыл бұрын

Yes. I also love it.

@cameronbichener1124 Жыл бұрын

Love to see Nick in another video, he doesn’t get enough screen time. Love his sarcasm and humour

@purwantiallan5089 Жыл бұрын

Agree. Nick is a very charming guy.

@josh.299 Жыл бұрын

@@vuckomrakic3760 HAHAHHAHAHA that was so funny.

@Jay2020F1 Жыл бұрын

Is it just me or do them "one life, live it" badges grate on you 10x more than the after market M badges on a BMW 🤣

@skylined5534 Жыл бұрын

No.

@fr61d Жыл бұрын

Discovery 1 & 2s from the council estate, near straight through exhausts and all where Hi Vis jackets

@Mellow6996 Жыл бұрын

Graham makes this so funny 😂 he's oblivious to your jokes😂😂😂😂

@Adam-nv9zo Жыл бұрын

Their never gonna let Ghram live down that fall, 😂

@CamCanCam Жыл бұрын

The suspension lock button is for off road mode, the second highest setting. The highest is Xtra mode and lowers to off road height at 15 mph. Off road mode auto lowers to Comfort height at 25mph. If you activate suspension lock off road mode won't lower until 45 mph. Built-in protection for axel angles.

@briandavid2378 Жыл бұрын

I didn't expect that from the Touareg, it's just a beast.The next off-road challenge I request a Land Cruiser 79 series vs Land Rover 110.

@jaimemalumbane4192 Жыл бұрын

Landrover defender will win

@briandavid2378 Жыл бұрын

Am curiously waiting to see which will emerge the beast. Though I doubt the Land Rover defender,but we shall see.

@animalscars3799 Жыл бұрын

@@jaimemalumbane4192 no way 😂 79 low range with fromt + rear lockers ain’t no way its losing

@DoubleDeckerAnton Жыл бұрын

The battle of the off road beasts...😂

@okithdesilva129 Жыл бұрын

Mat thank you so much for this insane video!

@deegl Жыл бұрын

0:17 "Off-road expert" as the guy is falling over 😂😂

@rorymcleod4463 Жыл бұрын

Love Darkside developments!! I have a 3.0l tdi in Canada and I dream of them added their special sauce 🔥

@kgaogelomaphanga2452 Жыл бұрын

Here come another entertaining video from my favorite KZfaqr

@markbennett9043 Жыл бұрын

Cracking video. Took. Me back a few years. Did a bit of quarry driving in my gaylander

@v12mercedes-benz72 Жыл бұрын

If you have them both, i am sure you will love the Touareg more.

@skylined5534 Жыл бұрын

God no, not with that engine in particular.

@v12mercedes-benz72 Жыл бұрын

@@skylined5534 not with v10? Probably w12 6.0 is better, low end torque is so smooth

@okithdesilva129 Жыл бұрын

Another awesome Carwow off-road race with 2 tuned beasts from VW and Toyota!

@gamerdon6 Жыл бұрын

the off-road expert's entry was awesome 😂😂

@edu4818 Жыл бұрын

now that is a proper car video super intresting, do more quirky stuff like this !!

@danieljones5514 Жыл бұрын

Darkside developments another excellent example of what they can do

@realchestro2986 Жыл бұрын

The sound effect when Graham runs. I sorta missed him when it played in a drag race during the week, only to be given Graham content soon after. Well done! Love it when he falls over. My toddler has better balance.

@Presto_001 Жыл бұрын

Thank you carwow for finally adding a Discovery 5 to your off-road test. We haven't seen this car on the channel in yonks. I like the addition of the rock crawling too.

@Simoon68ROBLOX Жыл бұрын

Lovely comment

@purwantiallan5089 Жыл бұрын

The VW Touareg has far better engine mileage than even the Nissan Pickup and 240RS.

@midifire Жыл бұрын

it's cause most Discovery 5's are at the garage getting their engines fixed :))

@4-8-4Northern 9 ай бұрын

3:16 side fender pipes was a cool idea! I love the smokeshow too

@thevileone91 Жыл бұрын

I have an executive package '14 Touareg (2) and it's as well equipped and handling as a new car, only the nav system is dated, even the gauge cluster had a screen and is quick to respond :) seeing this beast is giving me an itch 😍

@Michael_Michaels Жыл бұрын

Now this was proper off-road testing!

@jamesdarren9149 Жыл бұрын

The BF Goodrich Comp TA’s all-terrain tires probably help the discovery out a lot too! That’s what I always use on my Tacoma great Tire!!!

@tolgaergin5688 Жыл бұрын

Touareg has hill decent system too. It just does not have a button for that, activate low gear and put the gear in first in manual mode... It handles the rest

@kingazhar1212 Жыл бұрын

Perfect place to get knowledge about cars .. Awesome

@jamarie1972 Жыл бұрын

We have the Touareg V6 remapped to a shade under 300 bhp and it’s a monster Only problem is that it’s in the garage at the moment with a fuel issue. Just had it’s diagnostic done and there’s a problem with the fuel pump/ fuel pressure regulator.

@MBLDN32 Жыл бұрын

I love that lass bit 😂

@azazz1596 Жыл бұрын

The best show! Greetings from Bulgaria!

@belltolls1984 Жыл бұрын

This channel reminds me of classic Top Gear; great job mates!

@kristianolsenlarsen Жыл бұрын

That's not a Touareg that's a VW Tractor.

@amineechikr 2 сағат бұрын

😂😂 Extra-large wheels

@CETGRG Жыл бұрын

Excellent test Matt

@somerandomfella Жыл бұрын

Next episode : See which engine lasts longer till it blows? 🤔

@reul11 Жыл бұрын

No these cars are in pretty good condition

@Simoon68ROBLOX Жыл бұрын

Not a bad idea lol

@chrism869 Жыл бұрын

Hell nah, these cars are to prestine to be broken, if it was falling to bits then maybe. Vw would win 100%

@somerandomfella Жыл бұрын

@@chrism869 but we can't be certain until tests are run from now on 🤣

@chrism869 Жыл бұрын

@D who knows, either way it's most likely not going to happen, these are not beaters.

@wollt6417 Жыл бұрын

4:04 no one gonna talk about how nick jumped?

@jamesgreen1561 Жыл бұрын

Need to see more of Nick in your videos, he's great!

@katzicael Жыл бұрын

Matt out here showing off his mastery of girth, haha ;).

@thadynakat Жыл бұрын

Damn that V10 has got quite a few miles

@purwantiallan5089 Жыл бұрын

Touareg has extra power.

@thadynakat Жыл бұрын

@@purwantiallan5089 ik

@rasherbasher8203 Жыл бұрын

@@purwantiallan5089 stating the obvious🤔

@ryanp6138 Жыл бұрын

It loves it. I've been all over in this car!

@thadynakat Жыл бұрын

@@rasherbasher8203 🤣

@NOTFATEEN Жыл бұрын

Why is Graham Humiliated in every off road challenge video 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@gtbweo Жыл бұрын

3:23 we all love that last bit Mat, we all do…

@purwantiallan5089 Жыл бұрын

Agree. 😂

@plutoniapeach Жыл бұрын

he was talking abt the exhaust but my dirty mind tells me that he could've been describing the feeling of a BJ♿️🤨

@asorasayoda Жыл бұрын

great vid as always

@leizhuang9109 Жыл бұрын

Finally got the video for the Touareg!!!!!!

@nairv Жыл бұрын

Love that V10 Touareg!

@MrCosmin94 Жыл бұрын

We aint getting V10 suvs anymore thats for sure.😢

@scottmason2756 Жыл бұрын

Disco wins the now challenge, see which one is still running in a couple of years 😂

@jrtiura Жыл бұрын

Love that Graham's default intro card is him falling over

@Mr-mz4bb Жыл бұрын

I, for one, would love to see Nick do a car review episode. I've got a feeling he'd be great.

@DanteJDM 10 ай бұрын

The random belt lying in the mud @ 11:31 Lol

@chir0pter Жыл бұрын

Awesome episode. I feel like the recording of the exhaust didn’t do it justice, if you tune and delete a diesel v10 it should sound better than I heard and from Matt’s reaction in the car there seemed to be something he heard that we didn’t.

@oskar6661 Жыл бұрын

I don't think Carwow has good enough audio capture in pretty much any of their videos. I just think it's not a huge priority or something. All of their tests in their videos sound flat/boring/muted.

@codexnecro666 Жыл бұрын

Car wow always do sound checks before a drag race and it is strange they never bothered to record the sounds properly

@jrich7277 Жыл бұрын

Great video .. PLEASE get the V12 Q7 on here!!

@vibeslide Жыл бұрын

No way that Disco has more ground clearance than that Touareg.

@carholic-sz3qv Жыл бұрын

It actually has lol!!!

@nombre1248 Жыл бұрын

Those side steps..

@jasonlawrence3862 Жыл бұрын

It had LLAMS installed and set to extended ride height

@imelusb1528 Жыл бұрын

This Touareg has fixed 15 inches clearance, all first generation Touaregs up to 18 inches.

@EarthRover Жыл бұрын

The D5 is underrated it’s a very capable vehicle!

@oneshotfocus1975 Жыл бұрын

This is amazing

@MARCUS_PROGAMER Жыл бұрын

Bro Mat on the hill descent control challenge you could just start driving and put your car on cruise control 😂😂

@klassicman1324 Жыл бұрын

It's quite obvious that Mat is the one who is paying Graham 😂. He gotta secure his paycheck

@kylemcc260 Жыл бұрын

can you do a heavily modified old defender vs a standard old defender

@alexanderkritsek Жыл бұрын

The Graham introduction with the sort falling scene cracked me up

@gusto8069 Жыл бұрын

Those V10 Tourag transmissions couldn't handle the torque. I was in one with orange seat belt straps, coolest car, quick too!

@Dome79nico Жыл бұрын

I like those videos!

@yourmatejay Жыл бұрын

Give me the vw anyday. What an animal 😍

@skylined5534 Жыл бұрын

Good luck with that V10 though.

@Simoon68ROBLOX Жыл бұрын

Lovely video mat😅

@mrg-ghx8052 Жыл бұрын

If the back of a car had a stroke, it would look like the discovery

@siraff4461 Жыл бұрын

The Touareg had me at the exhausts. A puff of smoke thrown straight out of both sides is just one of the coolest things you can see on an offroader. Fair play to the Disco on winning though. Never bet against an LR offroad. Both great cars to watch and another interesting match up. Can we please get rid of the silly hill descent control bit though? If you're testing what the car can do it should be fine to use HDC or the brakes. Its not like the brakes don't work if you don't have HDC in the first place and a lot of the time just the ABS can do at least as good a job. It would be nice to see a bit longer drag race aswell if there's anywhere around there with the space.

@namtrader9674 Жыл бұрын

Poor Graham...😂

@panji7793 Жыл бұрын

after i see the TFL chanel how good the tuareg offroad,i love this car now,and this is really cool tuareg mod

@bashdaromar8734 Жыл бұрын

great! bring more touareg in your videos Matt.

@IamDude2 3 ай бұрын

There’s something very cool about Touaregs, timeless

@Amer-yl4gb Жыл бұрын

For HDC on Toaureg you only need to be in low range (not diff locks) and gear selector in D (not manual/tiptronic) which was not the case in this video... its super slow actually

@jamesmccormack3229 Жыл бұрын

You can see Nick is not ad confident an off road driver, the Disco did really well, both times the Touareg bet it, was down to driver error sadly. Have to say to Touareg looks awesome!

@eaproductions9370 Жыл бұрын

Mat survived the engine explosion!

@duramaxadventures5832 Жыл бұрын

20k views in 34 minutes! i love carwow!!!!!!!!

@lennykibet6689 Жыл бұрын

Land Rover's terrain response system is so impressive. 3.4t and it still did it so well in the mud.

@skylined5534 Жыл бұрын

This isn't getting commented on enough! Such a heavyweight with a high centre of gravity and yet handled everything with ease!

@INCREDIBULHULK Жыл бұрын

awesome TOUAREG beautiful modification

@BabyIshii Жыл бұрын

Wow that discovery Gorgeous beast

@brightbaah8659 Жыл бұрын

Matt always brings something fantastic 💥💥. I am just waiting for the Mercedes ML w163.

@purwantiallan5089 Жыл бұрын

Matt should try out Jaguar XJ13.

@cabottaxi Жыл бұрын

That course going over the rocks was exactly like the road i had to drive to get up to a villa in Andalucia. And i had rented a VW Caddy !. Needless to say we only left twice in the week. Taxis refused to pick us up.