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The charming humble defender 90 was the farmers best friend....now £92k and upwards you ain't seeing these on farms no longer....crazy world we live in now...crazy!!!

Could do the same in a 50 years old Series II Land Rover...

Wonder what the residuals are on this ? with the reliability thrown in ? Wha=ts the MPG when the battery is flat?

ay it's sideways Sid 😎

Great for the school run, too 😊

I didn't know the SAS sergeant from Call of duty on my PS5 did car reviews? Not bad.

Sid North! Welcome.

93 bags of sand. There's a parallel universe occupied by Land Rover's marketing team

Sorry to say it but no Tiff - really no Fifth gear. He made the show - that was bloody booring

My 1978 2 door Range Rover will do that easy.

Great to see Sid join the team

That lad said compu-er when he meant to say computer !

Both hands on the wheel and fingers and thumbs on the outside. If you catch a rock and the wheel spins you break a digit.

I was all set to watch this, until he said plug in hybrid!

Must remember "I've lost my number plate" next time I'm on the pull in my psychedelic pants.

6:50 "Yeah bow wave, yeah"

I love my land rover so much ❤❤❤

THE CAR WORLDS VERSION OF A BINATONE RADIO.

Pricing on cars has gone on a crazy inflation and doesnt seem to go down. Its not normal. Companies are greedy

How many kmpl with PHEV?

Where is the 6spd manual? And why all that extra weight with batteries when they could just opt for a 3.7l v8 supercharged and turbo charged? 400 to 500 hp would be adequate power

I love how they do all this off-road tech and give it big wheels and shit tires lol.

What was the tracking car?

That should be able to climb a kerb in Waitrose carpark 😂

Awesome video.

Yes, it’s very clever…..until it inevitably breaks down resulting in a huge repair bill

Why is it it’s the third owner that ever uses the car properly. My disco 3 is now being used. Thanks to fashion he real users get them affordable.

Sid looks like hes doesn't want to be there

Does "rock crawl" have a different meaning in the UK? Looked more like you were driving up someone's driveway 😂

I've just been reading about how problematic recovering a Defender is, if it's in a truly offroad situation. Its owner's manual is very enlightening. "The vehicle should not be towed on all four wheels and should not be recovered with the front or rear wheels suspended. Doing so can result in serious transmission damage. The method for recovery and/or transportation of the vehicle is on a transporter or trailer designed for that purpose." "The recovery agent must activate the transmission park release before recovery commences. The procedure for activating the transmission park release is covered in a separate publication for service personnel." If you don't, the following happens: "If Neutral (N) is selected and the engine is then switched off, the transmission automatically selects Park (P) after 10 minutes has elapsed. If the transmission park release mechanism has not been activated and the vehicle is being towed, serious damage to the transmission will result." "If the vehicle cannot be recovered via the correct method, the vehicle can be towed on all four wheels for a short distance." " Do not tow the vehicle for more than 50 km (30 miles). Do not exceed 50 km/h (30 mph). Towing for a greater distance or at a higher speed may result in serious damage to the transmission." So you can only go offroad to places that are within 50-ish km of access to a flatbed truck. ... but you can't even go that far unless you've learnt how to activate the transmission park release. " Only tow the vehicle in a forward direction with all four wheels on the ground. Towing in a reverse direction, or with only two wheels on the ground, will cause serious damage to the transmission." What if pulling it out backwards is the only access to where it's stuck? " Do not tow the vehicle if the transmission cannot be set in Neutral (N)." "Do not tow the vehicle if the rear electronic differential has failed in the locked position." Crikey. With electrics that shut down the whole vehicle at the drop off a hat, how on earth does all THAT make it a good choice for serious offroading? Australia? Any continent except Europe? Hmm...

Those boxers are LOUD!!! lol

a 'Land Rover' with electronics who would have thought. Just don't get 'em wet and you'll be fine :-P

I was looking forward to watching this till I seen the advert casting. Unfortunately, switched off.

There's a lot to go wrong there and it will.

Love Land Rovers but they’re getting a dreadful reputation for reliability and expensive repairs and the Americans love to knock them probably thinking Jeep is a better make .

wot, no AA recovery truck?

2.5 Tonns, no wonder it needs 400HP,

I'm seeing the old top gear shots...

A Jimny will get you to the same places for much less money.

A smile on your face? What about the wanker's beard?😂

More a music show

I can think of better things to spend a whopping £93,000 on other than this no matter how fancy it is.

where is richard hamond, jeremy clarson and james may

could do all this and more in my 20yr old £300 SUZUKI VITARA

low range - rock crawl on what is basically a paved road 😂😂😂

Hands up all the moaners below who have actually driven a Defender P400e?

Challenging terrain? You're having a laugh; any old Landie would have cruised through that with one hand tied behind its back.

Where are the boxers' short underwear oddballs?

I know this isn't a proper 4wd channel but not sure what the point of this exercise was.

Bring back Tiff. Who are these no marks?

It’s £100 grand 😢 are you kidding

These all terrain luxury vehicles are usually driven by wealthy housewives

The new defender is made by Tata motors. They don’t care about the real land rover fans. Grenadier was made by a man who loves the spirit of the original land rover. Just saying

Nothing in this video was “challenging terrain” or even very interesting tbh

Land Rover really lost there way with this Defender , they are losing sales to the double cab pickups

Curious use of the word "fortunately" when announcing another dead EV project.

Fifth Gear 'Recharged' 🙄

when is this guy gonna realize he is not wolverine lol

Yay, now we have an engine and a hybrid system that can fail. This a vehicle that’s going to worth 10k in five years

No Tiff no Jonny no Plato no VBH no point

nice pants

95k seen enough…..

Ah the new Discovery, will be more impressed when they make a worthy Defender replacement.

It might sink in south east Asia

Too big, too heavy, too expensive

Is he stoned?

Clueless about the off-road settings and how to wade through water.

looks like a brick tbh

Too much silly tech to spoil real driving experience. Understandable, they wont sell otherwise like chinese products.

I feel like time's up for Fifth Gear. Just not as good compared to other car shows. Sorry not sorry.

A vehicle with the absolute worst reputation for reliability....then, then you apply an unproven technology of hybrid drivetrain....you wind up with a vehicle that is absurdly priced & doesn't work...90 percent of the time it is going to be living in the shop...unusable.

Wtf is going on with that beard !? 🤔🫢

Terrible review of an awesome car.

I was going to watch this interested in hybrid vehicles, but when a certain presenter who happens to be a certain ethnic mix gets introduced I will not watch it, not that I am against ethnic mix but they are ticking BBC boxes and if you are offended by this good.

Very silly episode. What happened to the original 5th Gear? And a 2.6 tonne EV is as stupid as its price tag. Literally a ‘Great White Elephant’.

Ev, waste of time .

Maaaaaan that was a boring watch

Christ, every presenter is worst than the last. I don’t think Fifth Gear is for me anymore tbh

Crap

Agree this program now boring and smug

The look, the stance, the opulence and above all, the price…… it’s a Discovery. Not a bad Discovery, the Discovery 5 is a bad Discovery……. a Frankenstein creation that would look better wearing a Ssangyong badge and a lower sticker price……… I owned and “managed” with the original Land Rover (Defender is a name I don’t recognise)…… However, I wouldn’t advocate a return to the cramped perch in the clattering original. Land Rover should be looking at a cheap competitor to the John Deere Gator or Kawasaki Mule, crossed with an Isuzu D Max…….. something working farmers want and can use. Although, I would give it a few months before they get identified as trendy, double in price and litter Chelsea…….

ITGOBANGROVER MOUNTBATTEN. you need to buy the wife a TOYOTA so she can tow you home.

Buy one of these and you'll get to know the dealerships mechanic by first name....