The best review, not only of the Defender but in general, I have ever watched, thank you man.

I liked the fact that you explained more than others the camera systems, and some things like the briefings about 4x4 systems analysis.

Hello from down under. Great review guys, I'm getting mine in October and I can't wait. Loved the segment on the towing and wading depth and thank you for mentioning the battery cable under the bonnet. Keep up the great work.

without a doubt, you guys do some of the best reviews... now having said that, would have liked to see a 0-60 without a trailer, I imagine she pushes you back in the seat pretty good. thx for the video guys

Great video and presentation from over the pond 🇬🇧.... 😉

Great review! I love the off road cameras and wheel direction guides.

Superb review. Love the father and son perspective.

Thank you very much for the review! Please do ore review of the defender on tougher trails! 🙂

I have to say I really like that rear trunk area. Wide open and nothing to obstruct getting objects in or out.

A Land-Rover! You guys are moving up in the world! 😉 Great video. Thanks! Now I have to search that air suspension. It intrigues me. Want to know if one can make it fit on a Jeep.

Great review - very enjoyable!

Outstanding review guys. Thank you. Love the defender.

Didnt like the look when I first saw it but its growing on me now. Very nice motor.

Best defender 2020 review yet. Well done!

Another good review. Very thorough. Wow it is expensive.

I own the original Defender, it's a good bit of kit, the best thing about the old Defenders is the fact there's no electronics that can fail, and if something does fail the chances are it would be repairable in the field enough to get you home. A good review though.

Thanks for the heads up on the 825 lbs, saved me lots of headache. I believe if you get the third row it goes to 1157.... a must if you plan to tow. 👍

Great review.. Nicely balanced 👌🏼

I think there was something wrong with that payload label, it has something between 790 -900 kg depending on the options, so at lot more than what you showed us. Good video and review.

I own one. It’s phenomenal in all aspects.

Other sources state the payload as 1676-1984 pounds. 825kg in right in the middle of these values. It almost seems like an error when changing units around. The Honda Element back in the day had a similarly useless payload rating that I always questioned as a unit conversion error.

JLR needs to offer their 3.0 litre diesel option for the Canadian market and then we’re talking.

I will say, I think the Defender looks better in person, and I liked it before as far as being unique, like a Nissan Xterra. Hands down best review, you do an excellent job, and go to now....

Good review Well Done!

Can you please lend your Defender to the guys at TFL?

Great review 👏

Amazing review man!

Great Review!!!!

Great review!👍

SUPERB review!

If you get the chance will you do a Toyota4Runner Venture, I have a 2020 Venture. Thanks. You 2 do a fantastic job.

Love the new Defender. Can't wait for mine to come in.

Fancy rig for now, one day they will get beat up on the trails. Good video guys!

Will likely get one eventually. I want a competent off road vehicle that can tow a 5000 pound Airstream. The Wrangler and the Bronco can’t do that. Yes, the Gladiator can, but the wife doesn’t want a pickup. Everything is a compromise and this Defender minimizes those factors for us.

Nice review!

Glad it made it through the test. Keep up the good work.

Alpine windows not safari windows. I’d love to know what spec Defender you got because they have up to 900kg payload in some specifications. Something isn’t right. My Discovery Sport has a 620kg payload. Yea well you are supposed to only use the full off road height in the suspension to clear obstacles otherwise it should be set lower.

Great video

Stephen, I hope your former math teachers were not watching this episode ;-)

Great review 👍🇨🇦

I am wondering if you have a resource that could answer this question. I just purchased the Defender X and I want to use my weight distributing hitch to tow my all aluminum 22’ car hauler(includes v hitch on trailer). Trailer payload is said to be 4560lbs do I need to somehow (if possible) turn off the dynamic stability system) to use this weight distributing hitch? Thanks! Lisa

Great video, one of the best for the Defender. Can you post what your options were at that price. Keep up the good work!

The North American models come prewired for a trailer brake controller. You can buy whatever trailer brake controller you want and use a standard Ford wiring harness. It’s plug and play. Takes five minutes to install. Works well. This is true for all North American land rovers that come with hitch from the factory. They’ve been doing it for decades.not sure about other countries around the world but I’m guessing they have it as well.

I like to see a comparison between defender and Grand Cherokee Trailhawk. Both have independent suspension and air bags all around.

Good review! Did you notice more wind noise, due to the snorkel mounted on the drivers side?

I just saw this Truck King video today. I think The Name of Truck is Peterbilt, Mack, or Kenworth. Evidently, only like Range Rover, Ram, or Ford truck, etc

In the UK we don't use brake controllers we just stick a thin cable around the towbar and the trailer does the rest. That'll probably be why there isn't an option for a brake controller.

I have to admit that as an LR4/Discovery 4 owner who offroads with it, all these reviews with people amazed at how good the new Defender is offroad make me smile. Folks, it’s an updated LR4/Disco 4. It’s what the current Disco 5 should have been. This means is going to be a great allrounder. It’s no longer a one trick pony- a utilitarian, dedicated offroad working truck. It’s now a modern vehicle meant to do it all- tow, carry stuff (not sure about that payload figure as everywhere else it is much higher), be very comfortable and capable onroad where, for even those that go offroad with it a lot, it’s going to spend the majority of its time, and still be very capable for the vast majority of offroading that people do. A vehicle like this fits what most people need their vehicle to do way better than something specifically geared toward offroading that has major compromises elsewhere as a result. Now the price may be a bit high, but I’ve equipped one well but not over the top with all the offroad essentials but none of the frivolous crap- like those stupid stickers or plastic hood panels- and it’s mid $60s US. Go price a Gladiator, or a Raptor, or a Rebel or a Sierra AT4 etc.- they’re all not far off similarly equipped. Sure a FourRunner can be had cheaper, but it’s a different vehicle. The Defender is for people who want a nicer vehicle than a FourRunner and have the money and are willing to pay for it. I do wish JLR also made something like what the Grenadier is going to be so that there was that option. But hey, the Grenadier is coming (well hopefully).

how much would it cost to have land rover install a new battery way down deep in a defender engine bay?

Good morning ☀️ Truck King!!!

Most amazing thing...was not at the dealer for warranty work, unlike TFLs white one.

Another great review. You guys are doing a great job! I really like the look of this model...but that 825lbs. payload is surprisingly low. Apparently people are a lot lighter in the UK!

This is the suv of the year for a reason. It is an excently engineered vehicle. It can handle most off road situations straight out of the box, and drives wonderfully on road. It is too soon to comment about reliability issues, but if it has any, a reputable independent shop can solve those issues. I know because my father founded Modern Classics, an independent shop that specialized in European vehicles, and we serviced all the top end brands without much if any additional cost to lower end vehicles like Chevy or Toyota.

You realise your model doesn't have the optional E-diff lock right? With that option ticked, better offroad tires, 291mm or almost 12 inches of clearance (straight down the middle! with 2 settings higher still possible), it's actually impressively capable offroad. And yet it's quicker than a Golf GTI from 0 to 60

Does it force you to use off road height when you go into 4L or use the off road modes? It looks like you could have gotten away with normal ride height and a nicer ride for this kind of trail.

According to LR USA’s website the Defender has a little over 2,000lbs of payload.

In Australia the payload or GVM fully loaded is 3,165 kg when the weight of the Defender is removed that is about 2,400kg leaving 765kg payload that will include the trailer ball weight. The towing maximum is 3.5 tons and the train weight of both Defender and trailer is 6,665 kg. Therefore 375kg seems very low for this Defender as 4 people at 100kg would put it over weight. Is there an obvious reason for this?

Great review as always! Better buy three because two will be in the shop all the time! 😉😁

How many codes were thrown during the filming of this video?

Showing the trailers looking back it looks like your fenders are about to fall off the way they're wobbling.

That payload sticker seems wrong! I could see 825kg or perhaps they meant to put 875kg which is about 1800lbs to 1975lbs which fits what I’ve seen on Land Rover’s website of between about 1,600lbs for a fully loaded larger engine to close to 2,000lbs for the smaller engine with minimal options. Regardless of the payload number, thanks for showing what the door sticker actually states! Most reviewers don’t do that and it’s lame. Most people who use trucks need to know those things. Another suggestion would be to take a tape measure and actually measure out the rear cargo area length, width, depth since most manufactures don’t seem to post those anywhere except for the volume which is useless. My Subaru Outback has almost the same cargo volume as this Defender, but the boxiness of the Defender results in much more actual useable space.

According to many other sources, payload is 1984lbs. Do you know what accounts for the difference? Maybe only the diesel version?

I thought this vehicle was suposed to have a huge payload? Is this because its the hybrid?

Did you drive it back into the lake to wash it off after you went out on the trail. You made further than TFL did with their defender. Nice shirt Stephen.

Love the track loader more then the truck.

Yeah, you nailed it. The type of people that are going to buy it aren’t going to ever take if off road. It’s a poser. The back setup makes more sense if you think about putting a fufu dog back there. Lol

"Land rover put positive and negative posts under these covers" ***camera person zooms in on beard****

oh you were worried about the tyres!?

Should have taken thru the hydro line and mud. Just hook up to class 4 hitch with a tow rope, let this tow rope run out as far as the Defender goes, and when it’s gets stuck just pull it with your ford tractor or another vehicle

This competes with the Wrangler and you can take it on the hydro-line. Maybe it belongs with the Grand Cherokee or Explorer.

I just saw one in person today. More CAT on Android than Apple.

jeep uses the rubicon trail as a proving ground for their vehicles. land rover makes sure they avoid the rubicon trail at all costs. yet there are those who think land rover makes the best off road vehicles

payload of a 110 new defender is around 1900 lbs, isn't it?

Your trailer is 20’ to the centerline of your twin axle?

Great vid guys, getting tired of the TFL (Toyota fan boy lounge) thing. Looks pretty impressive to me. 👍

Still going with a Jeep or a bronco

you should ask roman from tfl what he thinks about the defender they bought 165 miles on it engine light came on and camera issues.as far as i know still in the shop been about a month.

Would you spend your hard earned money on a Defender or a 4Runner?

What trail did you take it on?

I thought the payload was supposed to be amazing in the defender?? 825 lbs! Thats awful! Are there models that get better payload? Or maybe those were numbers from Europe or Australia where they usually rate vehicles higher for payload and towing

the all new PRETENDER

Did you manage to get it to go over 190 miles without an engine failure?

For me, this is not an option. My wife and I started shopping for a new car in the spring. After renting and driving quite a few "SUVs" we landed on the 4 runner. We considered quite a bit. Longevity, cost of maintenance, overall build quality. We didn't want a cross over, but we drove many of them to see if they passed the sniff test. For us, it came down to Jeep Wrangler, Jeep Grand Cherokee, 4 runner. The Defender was considered, but the price, cost of ownership, and overall reliability...the tech I talked to said they would work all the bugs out. Yeah, no. I don't want to spend 70k on a car to have it in the shop. I am not spending 70k on a car that has a higher chance of being a pile of crap than others we looked at

Max towball down weight 150kg 330 lb?

375 Kg payload is a joke for any SUV/4WD vehicle of this size. 4 large fellows and their travel bags will overload it

This was a long term reliability test. 4 days. Land Rover had their fingers crossed the whole time. Ask TFL or all of the other owners posting all of the problems they are having with their Pretender 110.

Are they really that unreliable? My friend owns a used car lot and told me he wouldnt even consider taking one on trade ??

If you're going to drive into a lake, i want to see fish in the window!

Alpine windows!

TFL bought one new, it’s been in the shop the whole time. Thanks UK.

This guy changes youtube channels like the weather changes seasons...

So much of capability is electronics. If you believe in that good vehicle. I doubt they last though and I rather go with 4 Runner or Wrangler mostly mechanical capability.

So who's going to buy this if they never open malls?

The fact you didn't bother taking it on your hydro line trail, come on man. You think you are impressed with it but you got no idea how capable it truly is. Pretty disappointed with that call

the payload is around 1900 lbs depending on the engine. not sure why the door sticker showed otherwise.

Maybe after about 6 years in production with this thing will they get its reliability ironed out.

No tow hooks is ridiculous.

An off road vehicle isn't much good if it breaks down off road, reliability is #1.

Too bad this car lacks factory integrated trailer braking control. In an emergency braking situation this 5000lbs would be causing scary issues erupting deep inside my gut. Otherwise- Great looking SUV. I will never buy one. Out of my budget plus no dealership support.

Would have been awesome if it was reliable with live axles