The Defender went up a much steeper hill than the G-Wagen, so that should have been accounted for and given the victory in the first test. Or just have them all on the same hill!
It's like I'd a 4runner got rid of any mechanical features it had to help it off-road, and replaced it with grange technology that only works on low difficulty terrain, and won't help you in actually offroading
@@jyotirmayulemale9870 it's not. Mechanical systems will always be better than electronic. A solid axile will always beat any kind of torque management system.
@@jyotirmayulemale9870 because most TH-camrs aren't actually doing offroading. Most "offroading" reviews is taking vehicles on dirt roads with some dips and turns. Solid axiles are by far the most important thing on an offroading vehicle. There's a reason why people are still rock crawling Jeeps from the 70's. The land rover is a very comfortable car that functions well in moderate off road conditions.
I couldn't take anything seriously after we were supposed to believe the Jeep didn't comfortably win the wheel articulation part around 13:00. Last challenge Defender is all over the place, Jeep wheels never leave the ground yet Defender wins becoz reasons. Oh and Merc wins everything even though it couldn't complete all the challenges and the other two could (strange way to win for an off road battle). New Defender looks surprisingly good but I'd rather see an honest comparison.
@@andrewr5992 yea that guy was so unfair... but I prefer the defender as it's the best on road and rlly good offroad too but I reckon jeep is better offroad
@@danbruh33 I totally agree with you. As an all rounder the new Defender looks surprisingly comfortable around town and from all the serious reviews I've seen it's mighty impressive off road too, comfortably going head to head with the 200 series 'cruiser. That's why it's annoying that someone had to make things up (you have to be smoking something to think the Defender has anywhere near the articulation of the rubicon especially with swaybars disconnected), the Defender is plenty good enough to stand on its own merits and out of the three tested was arguably the best all rounder and best value for money.
My friend have a defender I have a range and my another friend has a Land cruiser The defender is the best offroader and land cruiser is the worst Also my range and defender is pretty rellibile
@@baseplate8428 lol yeah because the jeeps front wheel came up off the ground right? Even though I it clearly didn’t. Not saying it’s not better but who knows because they aren’t being earnest in the analysis.
I wouldn't say that the review was very analytical as it wasn't testing off roading ability it was testing what they thought was appropriate 🤣 if they had the same tires on all of them and they actually went 4wdn. It may be a competition
@@baseplate8428 g wagon had the most power so obviously it will win in timed tests. these tests are terrible measures of actual offroading capabilities
@@baseplate8428 well first race was won by defender but g wagon 6 cylinder but defender 4 cylinder engine compare price and engine Then take them to off-roading G wagon is just an a hype created by benz paying all journalist defender came 2 because matt is from British if he gave to defender comments are going to be caius so he played it on safe side.90% TH-cam vedios are pre planned
It's a clear win for Defender for me...cause it is the proper go anywhere vehicle of the three.At least the last hurdle the way it crossed no confusion at all.
@@user-rl6px5ob3d who asked you boring NBA. Damn American sports are so boring. Baseball, your so called “football”, and NBA. In NBA tall baboons jumping around lol
I'd say....this was a joke. I have no preference out of any of them but the tests are not equal...drag race each line is different, through the forest turning is just down to whoever gung-ho's in the most, the hill climb was just momentum and not a test, and everything picked by Graham is just bias.
@@djsomeguy I can't help but find it hilarious when people come to a TH-cam channel like CarWow (or Autotrader, Fifth Gear, Top Gear, etc) and find it somehow surprising and/or disappointing when the videos are nonsense...of course they are, it's kind of the point.
@@ApothecaryTerry I find it more disappointing when they clearly screw with the tests to please a manufacturer. I'm ok with entertainment type car content, but then don't score the vehicles and declare a winner. If you want to score something, score the presenters (like top gear did as to who won the challenges).
@@djsomeguy I don't think they are consciously trying to bias the tests, perhaps a little fear of upsetting someone who gave them a car but you can see for example that Matt generally pushes a little harder than the others no matter what car he's in so I think the bias is in the relative competitiveness of the drivers rather than towards the cars. I totally agree that the way they score it does suggest it's an accurate representation of the cars which obviously isn't true so something like you said would be a better approach.
Don't know about the west, but in Russia people use them for fishing, hunting and offroading trips all the time. Ofcourse there are also poor people who want to look rich, lease them and then are afraid to take them off the tarmac but happens to all the SUV's
For the price the Jeep punches well above it's weight. All that's missing on it is a nice aftermarket lift kit and it will still cost less than the others and likely be way more reliable over time. The jeep really is bargain
They decided the g wagen couldn’t handle it, thought the defender was going to flip over, but the jeep lost. Yep, that all checks out, off-road test complete
they didn't show or shot when the Jeep going up on the second to last obstacle when the Merc had its wheels up in the air, I bet the Jeep did not lift at all. This was shamefully biased. on the hill climb Jeep went up with almost no momentum vs the order two who sped up the hill.
Yip very biased towards the Jeep. No run up for climb. On rutted side for drag and clearly won the articulation test only a blind man would see different
Both the G and the Defender lifted tires in the video on the articulation portion. Also, on the hill climb both the G and the Defender took running starts where they just pulled the Jeep up to the hill and climbed slowly. You guys need more discipline in your tests.
@Pillsbury Dough Boy yeah sure. Spend ludicrous amounts on a glorified grocery getter that's unreliable as hell and a fat box that's so expensive they didn't even wanna take it down the final obstacle
throw 15k into that jeep, upgrade the driver, and the jeep would demolish those other cars while still being cheaper. End of the day you're comparing $38k jeep to a $54k land rover and a $131k g350.
G wagon is the best, the only reason it didn't do the last test was that they were afraid it would scratch the car, not because it wasn't capable of doing that
@@silimarina. LOL you don't see any variant of G wagon in Dakar Rallys or Off-road competitions do you? The Fact that you're suggesting that it's the best is hilarious man.
@@The-Celestial so just because g class is not in Dakar, that means it's not good? You are hilarious. Search why G class is the most capable off-roader in this comparison and one of the best in the world
@@silimarina. one of the best in the world? Yes, for city roads. Not for extreme off roading, but if you bring G wagon 6x6 there then it's a whole different story! then maybe I'll change my opinion for it.
Quite clearly the Merc was disqualified how was it the best when it couldn’t even go down the slope the DEFENDER was and is the best hands down even on paper beats all its competitors. I have one myself a Defender X P400 Retail Price 102K maybe next time you should keep specs similar regarding power like a Defender D300 or P400 up against a Merc G350d
@Ashlee Burell no it’s not. Same driver needed for every test. Timed drag race with the same driver, same driver for the slope test, same start location, etc. The merc was the only one that launched on the maneuverability test too, so it got a quicker time. The Merc also had more momentum from the start on the rocky slope test, Jeep looked like it started with the lowest speed. All the vehicles could probably use less tire pressure too, looks to be on street air pressure. All 3 vehicles need the same driver, start points/speed for certain tests, same launches.. either off idle or boosted launch, same tires and tire pressure.
Rifky sry mate i don't know y u like jimny.a favor forget tht dream it won't happen.jimny is best in is own way i appreciate tht but we don't need for compare with legends......sry mate jus my opinion.
My '96 Discovery would have put the Defender to shame with regards to articulation. What a pleasure to watch the Jeep and G flex. I love Land Rover and would take the Defender for my primary without even a thought. It is simply the best driver. The Defender simply has better manners and is a more modern vehicle to live with. It even has decent fuel economy. It would be nice to see the Full Size Range Rover in some tests though.
Until it has an accident... in which case it is known for flipping over onto its roof and killing all of the occupants. Which is why it scored a 1* NCAP safety rating. 😂
@@kgositheophilusbakwena3632 Mat is known for capping, but i think his lack of experience and lack of caring about the test results show. This channel is just entertainment, you don't learn anything about cars.
@@dragospahontu thats not very true. You learn quite a bit, but its not as scientific as autogefuhl for sure. And tbh 95% of people watching are for entertainment and if they are serious about buying the car then they will watch multiple reviews from various channels
@@JWil97 i never listen to review for buying a car, the majority are influencers advertising. Car Expert and Autogefühl seem the only ones that are fair and go into detail. When I'm buying a car I talk to my mechanic friends, they know which cars are good and which are not the best. And I also talk to friends who've owned multiple cars and learn from their experience. But I've never learned shit fr this channel apart from horsepower and torque 😅.
That can be done, however, the tyres weren't the issue, lack of Ground clearance was, I don't think anyone would want to life a brand new 100K G Class, I could be wrong though.
It didn't do the last task but still won by 2 points. Plus no one who buys these cars will take it on any terrain like the last task. G won it fair and square because it does the minimum requirement best.
When there is a huge price gap between contenders then it is your wallet that decides the winner. Unfortunately this comparison ended up tie between those two which were near in pricing and thus you should watch it as entertainment.
The difference being that you can throw a few thousand dollars into any Jeep and it will then crush those opponents. Have you ever seen a Merc or Range Rover do something like the Rubicon trail? Neither have I.
Totally agree, they establishes early in the video that the Wrangler had the least ground clearance yet the final challenge they didnt want to take the G Wagon down. Graham is an idiot, no place judging Off Roading when he knows nothing about it. And dont get me started on the first 3 challenges of "Racing" which really is not a test of off roading at all.
We need someone from the US driving the Jeep, don’t worry about scrapping the bottom, that’s what the skid plates are for, Jeep wins on the last obstacle hands down!!
L.A. RC tipping problems? I’ve seen my friends Rover do some crazy looking shit and it has yet to tip. He hasn’t talked to me about Reliability yet😂 my pentastar is 100% more reliable then his Rover
Jeep provides skid plates and rock rails to protect the undercarriage. So what you scrape, you’re scraping steel. I’ve never seen a rover newer than 2005 on a trail, and definitely haven’t seen a g wagon.
Except all Jeep drivers think big fat tires are somehow superior for off- road use and not just for mall lot pimping. Remember back when Wranglers and Willies had skinny tires?
tbh, nobody would be able to enjoy offroading in a 100k Gwagon. and it won all of its most troublesome tasks coz matt was driving it and we all know he's much better than the other 2 drivers.
It could have done it, those G-Wagens are practically bomb proof underneath they have a lot of heavy duty plating. They were concerned about the idiotic side steps - loaner vehicle. If they dumped the side steps and had rock sliders, it would have easily gone through the last obstacle.
Speaking as a machinist myself and knowing metal scrapings intimately, when you're bottoming out in the center like that and stopping all you're doing is letting the weight sit and continue to build and then going just an inch or two and stopping again, also makes you let the weight sit down on it again once you start moving and the small scrape starts happening simply let it slide all the way through and you will have minimal damage to the metal. AKA it's better to have a little ding then it is to have multiple large scrapes.Just a little advice to help you with your show and budget
It’s Funny how the vehicle that couldn’t make it to the end wins! After watching this video if I want to go off roading I’ll take the Jeep Wrangler or the defender and if I want to go grocery shopping I’ll take the G!
@@NarancicDragi Jeep has been in service since 1941 that's more than 50 years. Check your facts. By the way the G may or may not be able to handle the last test however do you really want to sit with the repair bill especially after paying close to 100k for it anyway since the G doesn't have under armor like the Wrangler
Pity the 70 series LC doesn’t qualify. It’s also a bit hard to see how the only one that did not complete a test won overall, but was good to see these SUV’s doing more than most owners will ask of them.
Totally agree, I would rather be in the Jeep it seemed a little biased rather than subjective. What the rover did with wheels off the ground that bad in such a relatively simple course was very dangerous.
@@mohammadchaudhry6390 I completely agree, it’s disgracefully cheap interior as well, like the plastics. It’s supposed to be at least an £80k car, and these off road tests weren’t properly performed and pointed so I would go and say the defender would win in a proper test
Hey Mat!! That was unfair a bit.. a disqualification should give a negative 2... That makes all 3 of them at 11 points .. and since land-rover is the best among them on road, thats the clear winner!! ;) Anyways great effort and interesting video!!
I'd take the G350d. It's too bad they don't sell that engine in the G Wagon in the US. Straight 6 diesels are awesome and it would get significantly better fuel economy than the V8!
That last obstacle was bs the jeeps tires never left the ground the land rover was ab I ut to tip over so in terms of safe the jeep did a way better job
Agreed - a skid plate to the underside could easily counter any concerns for the Jeep. But a Land Rover tipping, well there isn't much you can do. Safety compromised and a badly damaged car...
@@gc2234 it's a solid axle vehicle, for $100 you can put an inch lift and go crazy from there and it would destroy anything made for on road use in these tests
@@gc2234 nothing an inexpensive skid plate can't protect. Now, if you Defender decides to roll over... it loses points for safety and you might have a totalled car on your hands. Also the Jeep aftermarket is extensive, and a lot of products are quite reasonably priced too, so if you wanted a lift kit, its not going to cost much compared to the other two.
As someone who's had a big portion of my life going off roading, i can say this wasn't a very accurate test. The Jeep wrangler is without a doubt the best Off roader out of the bunch, due to its suspension and ladder frame design. The other two have both become more focused at being city cars. The Jeep shouldn't have lost the articulation test, and judging by how dangerously high the Defender's wheels were in the air during the last test, the jeep should have won that too, and the race around the tree all depended on who was willing to drive the quickest over the rough terrain. In a real world, proper off road course in the mountains or any other inconsistent and uneven terrain, the Jeep will be by far ahead of the rest, because there articulation is very important and actually essential to not tipping or rolling your vehicle
Why would ladder frame be better? From what I have learnt in engineering, your suspension is what really matters in accessibility. If the suspension is mounted to something rigid it doesn’t matter.
@@arvidjohansson3120 Well it's less of a factor than the suspension, you're right. But it's more rugged, easier to repair and modify for extra height and clearance later along the lines. But the most important factor about the ladder frame suspension is it's ability to stay rigid and not flex under heavy articulation. I guess that just further falls in with the ruggedness factor but it's important for someone who's actually going off roading allot.
@@Sapple498 that's just the way diff lock works. They affect turning circle because they force both wheels to spin at the same speed. If they turned off the diff lock for the bend they would have been fine
Idk but I have a feeling that in every off roader videos mistakes play out in favor off the G wagen I also think that they do that because Mercedes pays them to do it
I'm totally agree with you bro. Because in another video you can see how easily Yammi make that G wagon cry. This person is total fake. And that's why I hate him.
How did the G win when it literally didnt even try a real life scenario?😂 The defender did the other challenges just fine, its definitely better for offroad
Defender is such a shitbox they always were and always will be have you seen those people testing one ? They got 300 miles out of it before it broke and had to have an entire new engine
If you put off the middle differental, you can drive better around tight corners like in minute 12:46 till 13:00 . If you had the middle-differential in position on, you have got an circle of 18 meters or something. The Defender must have an automatic function to put it off that you can drive better around tight corners, maybe at special degrees of the steering wheel or the wheels itself. Very good videos and not so many facts. Your feeling to drive is more interesting than how many torque it have at some rpm in Position X of the gas pedal. very good job. SO Thanks
It already got 13 points.. If it do and even become the last it will win.. With 14 or with no points it will win 13.. It's the same.. And g class can surely do that I guess.. Of g wagon have a squared for offroad.. And uk🙃
These guys aren't off-roaders and were CLEARLY out of their element. The G350d was more than capable of doing the last challenge and they were too scared about scratching the paint. Didn't they talk to the Mercedes press team ahead of time about what they were doing??? To be honest, it's some combination of sad and ridiculous. Maybe the next video Mat can compare Top Fuel Dragsters...
Hi Mat here. Please let me know if you'd like to see more of these battles rather than just normal reviews. Thanks!
Errr no thanks - they take ages to film 😉
sure
urus vs x6 vs cayenne
More battles mat🙏🙏🙏🙏
Hi, Mat Watson
4:59 i love how they still use the drag race lady’s voice
Yh well noticed 🤣
Isn't the real voice?? sounds so synchronized 🤣
@@AMV12S obviously theres a man standing there lol
Yea
@@Soulkollextor 6:22 have you sure? 🤣
from inside the car still sounding like a woman
The fact that the countdown was the sound of the girl and there was a man there disturbed me
Hahaha well spotted
i feel offended now!
Stop assuming people genders.
Hahaha just noticed
They did it some times now
When I heard in reverse, I thought you were gonna reverse up the hill, would have been epic
Ikr😂😂
Same 😂
I tought to😂
Same😂
I honestly thought the same, I was also quite disappointed when I saw the “going down the hill.”
LR defender played so smooth all the time ..
Mat and yianni off-road but on foot race!
Best idea for carwow yet.
Brilliant
It's car race channel not a human race channel.
Up
Yianni With Lamborghini urus😁
Graham clearly has a soft spot for the G wagon. 😂
The g spot
@@shauryathakur2683 😂😂
Massive understatement. He outright lies about it winning some of the challenges.
@@yissibiiyte fax.
We all know that the g wagon is the superior off-road vehicle here. Nothing like a soft spot
It’s impressive that Graham has two voices with his other being a woman’s voice wow
I wonder if Graham’s voice sounds like mat Watson 😂
Yeah
Hes clearly a very talented man
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You beat me to that comment
The Defender went up a much steeper hill than the G-Wagen, so that should have been accounted for and given the victory in the first test. Or just have them all on the same hill!
It's a good thing it ain't impressive on the vehicles part to floor it up a hill lol
The defender is basically a supercomputer on wheels.
It's like I'd a 4runner got rid of any mechanical features it had to help it off-road, and replaced it with grange technology that only works on low difficulty terrain, and won't help you in actually offroading
@@argon7479so basically defender is king of off-road
@@jyotirmayulemale9870 it's not. Mechanical systems will always be better than electronic. A solid axile will always beat any kind of torque management system.
@@argon7479 then why all youtubers say land rover is king when it comes to off roading
@@jyotirmayulemale9870 because most TH-camrs aren't actually doing offroading. Most "offroading" reviews is taking vehicles on dirt roads with some dips and turns. Solid axiles are by far the most important thing on an offroading vehicle. There's a reason why people are still rock crawling Jeeps from the 70's. The land rover is a very comfortable car that functions well in moderate off road conditions.
"I was really worried about damaging it cause it's just so expensive"
*Proceeds to smash the steering wheel while laughing*
😂😂😂
Hitting the steering wheel will cause little to no damage to it. Hardly the same
@@iBlogGadget To test your theory, I went and hit my steering wheel with a sledgehammer. It did do extensive damage. Looks like your wrong, budro.
Agreed.....
Matt aint gonna do any damage with that baby arms lol
Absolutely I’ll go all the way with the defender the overall driving experience is something else😍
Very much
And its beutiful
Yah me too.
Girlfriend: I'm feeling ho....
Mat: Before we start, click up the pop-up banner up there.
...hope for humanity.
She feels homesick, oh I can relate when I’m travelling
...holy energy from devine deity,please do the woo with me.
@@goowatchithe good ending
3 vehicles, 3 different drivers and different tires? This test was entertaining but flawed 🤷♂️
Agreed
And three different road-paths actually.
WHERES THE JIMNY
Carwow have done this before with the Jimny
@@adriusprime8506 don't care, I'd happily watch them do it every day.
@@Moray2023 tf?
Exactly
the cheaper jimny will be just as good thats why
Honestly the new Land Rover defender is in my opinion one of the best suvs in the world and easily my favourite car
Samee
You must research more
I’m not gonna lie the only bad features of them is the really pricey parts and the amount of times they break down
That’s why people call them shit
@@30KCAPS just research on actual users who use this car, it is reliable as normal cars.
Graham’s shirt underneath was a Mercedes employee of the month shirt lol
Was gonna say the same thing
Land Rover won many of those challenges
I couldn't take anything seriously after we were supposed to believe the Jeep didn't comfortably win the wheel articulation part around 13:00. Last challenge Defender is all over the place, Jeep wheels never leave the ground yet Defender wins becoz reasons. Oh and Merc wins everything even though it couldn't complete all the challenges and the other two could (strange way to win for an off road battle). New Defender looks surprisingly good but I'd rather see an honest comparison.
@@andrewr5992 yea that guy was so unfair... but I prefer the defender as it's the best on road and rlly good offroad too but I reckon jeep is better offroad
@@danbruh33 I totally agree with you. As an all rounder the new Defender looks surprisingly comfortable around town and from all the serious reviews I've seen it's mighty impressive off road too, comfortably going head to head with the 200 series 'cruiser. That's why it's annoying that someone had to make things up (you have to be smoking something to think the Defender has anywhere near the articulation of the rubicon especially with swaybars disconnected), the Defender is plenty good enough to stand on its own merits and out of the three tested was arguably the best all rounder and best value for money.
Why is Graham’s voice a females when doing the countdown 😂
yaaa, 😂
Female voice is used in all matt's carwow car races. I wonder why it sounds unique now🤔
In a Middle of a Sex Change Perhaps 🤔 😆.
Lol
There is about 72 genders, so don't be bothered in such detail.
I feel like the defender is the king when it comes to technology
Yep I think the samee
Too bad the electronics are crap
That's why I love wheeling with my old Jeep. Manual transmission, 4 leaf springs, quick disconnect, and zero worries that a system will fail.
My friend have a defender
I have a range and my another friend has a Land cruiser
The defender is the best offroader and land cruiser is the worst
Also my range and defender is pretty rellibile
@@cmtexperts4825 i doubt that it's more reliable than a land cruiser
Statistics : Defender is the best
Technology : Defender it is
Real experience : Defender
Comfort : Defender again
Mat : it's America, baby
Nobody:
Carwow: uses countdown lady's voice even though she weren't there...
I thought it was Yianni's voice
*wasn't
@@bilz29 He's probably from the UK. "...weren't..." is normal in some places.
@@jeebus2121 I know, I'm from the UK too haha
@@bilz29 its weren't where I'm from in the uk
This is such a brutal competition 😅 so poorly judged
Lol I'm sure you're a professional auditor
Ye
ok kinda yeh
Mersadies watching this BOYYY IF U DON'T SEND DAT SHIZ
@@alif6526 *Mercedes
Completely unbiased. Mercedes: Mat remember we gave you the G Wagon AMG for 6 months.
well it did better than other two
@@baseplate8428 lol yeah because the jeeps front wheel came up off the ground right? Even though I it clearly didn’t. Not saying it’s not better but who knows because they aren’t being earnest in the analysis.
I wouldn't say that the review was very analytical as it wasn't testing off roading ability it was testing what they thought was appropriate 🤣 if they had the same tires on all of them and they actually went 4wdn. It may be a competition
@@baseplate8428 g wagon had the most power so obviously it will win in timed tests. these tests are terrible measures of actual offroading capabilities
@@baseplate8428 well first race was won by defender but g wagon 6 cylinder but defender 4 cylinder engine compare price and engine
Then take them to off-roading
G wagon is just an a hype created by benz paying all journalist defender came 2 because matt is from British if he gave to defender comments are going to be caius so he played it on safe side.90% TH-cam vedios are pre planned
Defender is completely a beast on off roading ........
It's a clear win for Defender for me...cause it is the proper go anywhere vehicle of the three.At least the last hurdle the way it crossed no confusion at all.
Jeep can
The Disco is what we call in America? A mall crawler. Same with the G Wagon. Two of the least dirty by original owners in the 4x4 world!
Feels like Graham just got a job in Mercedes Benz
i'm telling you he is earning a dime with Mercedes Benz. he is more in favor of MB.
lol...congratulations buddy
He says jeep tire was off the ground thr most 😄😄
Justice for defender at 13:50, it deserves a 3 there
Defender if a great package overall !!
Good job tata
Disclaimer: Graham was fired from Land Rover just last month.
No it’s a joke because he gave the g wagon a better score than the defender despite the fact it is unquestionably the better off-roader.
@@mk2nathan exactly what i thought
Aahahahhaha
@@mk2nathan Land rover didn't do neaely as well as the Jeep. Hell I would take an old Jimny.
@@Osprey1994 Real scores if they were spec'd to the same price, drivers were the same, and the engines were similarly powered:
*Uphill drag race*- Defender 3, Merc 2, Jeep 1.
*Downhill race*- Jeep 3, Defender 2, Merc 1
*U turn race* - Merc 3, Jeep 2, Defender 1.
*Steep slippery race* - Merc 3, Defender 2, Jeep 1.
*Articulation and off road geometry*- Merc 3, Defender 2, Jeep 1.
*Ground clearance* - Defender 3, Jeep 2, Merc 0.
*On road performance* - Defender 3, Merc 2, Jeep 1.
*Total* - Defender 16, Merc 14, Jeep 11.
These 4x4 “Tests “ are very amusing 😁
A win for a G, just would not do the only serious off-roading challenge 😅
They pussied out, I’ve seen the G class exhibit it could have prolly done it
Stupid show
It's not their car so they just didn't wanted to risk damaging the shiny stuff..
@@ImGaTor Exactly
G is the best off-reader out there. There are other videos demonstrating that.
No need to compare with Defender... This is the best car.
Yes after Mercedes
@@jinosimon9291 lol true. G wagon 😍😍😍
The best British off-roader.
The best off-roader in the world is the mercedes g-class.
@@abhishekbhaskar2931 The g wagon is the worst there trust me, its just expensive lol.
@@user-rl6px5ob3d who asked you boring NBA. Damn American sports are so boring. Baseball, your so called “football”, and NBA. In NBA tall baboons jumping around lol
Matt: gets down on one knee in front of his girlfriend
Girlfriend: Matt, oh gosh, what’s going on?
Matt: click on the pop out banner to find out
Thanks for making me laugh 😂😂😂
😂🤣🤣😂
Lmao🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣😂🤣😂
😂😂😂
You mean Joe.
The most unscientific test ever.
That's just a description of the main goal of CarWow...
I'd say....this was a joke. I have no preference out of any of them but the tests are not equal...drag race each line is different, through the forest turning is just down to whoever gung-ho's in the most, the hill climb was just momentum and not a test, and everything picked by Graham is just bias.
@@djsomeguy I can't help but find it hilarious when people come to a TH-cam channel like CarWow (or Autotrader, Fifth Gear, Top Gear, etc) and find it somehow surprising and/or disappointing when the videos are nonsense...of course they are, it's kind of the point.
@@ApothecaryTerry I find it more disappointing when they clearly screw with the tests to please a manufacturer.
I'm ok with entertainment type car content, but then don't score the vehicles and declare a winner. If you want to score something, score the presenters (like top gear did as to who won the challenges).
@@djsomeguy I don't think they are consciously trying to bias the tests, perhaps a little fear of upsetting someone who gave them a car but you can see for example that Matt generally pushes a little harder than the others no matter what car he's in so I think the bias is in the relative competitiveness of the drivers rather than towards the cars.
I totally agree that the way they score it does suggest it's an accurate representation of the cars which obviously isn't true so something like you said would be a better approach.
g wagon, the off roader that 99 percent owners never goes off road
It does go off road actually.
you might want to check what a few well established armies in the world are using.. lol
Don't know about the west, but in Russia people use them for fishing, hunting and offroading trips all the time. Ofcourse there are also poor people who want to look rich, lease them and then are afraid to take them off the tarmac but happens to all the SUV's
Old g vagon iz god offroader
th-cam.com/video/mGgCeT_C9pc/w-d-xo.html Well, we off road a lot in TAIWAN.
For the price the Jeep punches well above it's weight. All that's missing on it is a nice aftermarket lift kit and it will still cost less than the others and likely be way more reliable over time. The jeep really is bargain
You forget that you could get a 1980s g wagon for like 8-10k
@@Master-Baiter bs
@@Master-Baiter you can get an 80s jeep for 3-5k
@@Master-Baiter why
@@huskiehuskerson5300 clout 🤣😭
Ah, the very scientific process of “letting the old guy eyeball it”.
"There are old pilots.
There are bold pilots.
There are no old, bold pilots."
@@Zadster I've only ever heard that for there are old bikers and bold bikers but there are no old bold bikers
That jeep was stolen a win it clearly beat the
G wagon and defender in articulation
They decided the g wagen couldn’t handle it, thought the defender was going to flip over, but the jeep lost. Yep, that all checks out, off-road test complete
Well i disagree merc deserved the win and in the last test merc would have walked through it
they didn't show or shot when the Jeep going up on the second to last obstacle when the Merc had its wheels up in the air, I bet the Jeep did not lift at all. This was shamefully biased. on the hill climb Jeep went up with almost no momentum vs the order two who sped up the hill.
Yip very biased towards the Jeep. No run up for climb. On rutted side for drag and clearly won the articulation test only a blind man would see different
Let's offroad with the g63 than it's an different story👍
the defender got round the conner in turn, yet the other 2 had to reverse to get round. how on earth did the defender loose that one!
Bit of a stupid test tbh, as it's more about the individual drivers than the car.
yes that is why land rover popular for!
Agreed. This was worse that footy officiating. Landrover won this contest by a hair and deservedly so.
Both the G and the Defender lifted tires in the video on the articulation portion. Also, on the hill climb both the G and the Defender took running starts where they just pulled the Jeep up to the hill and climbed slowly. You guys need more discipline in your tests.
@Pillsbury Dough Boy yeah sure. Spend ludicrous amounts on a glorified grocery getter that's unreliable as hell and a fat box that's so expensive they didn't even wanna take it down the final obstacle
throw 15k into that jeep, upgrade the driver, and the jeep would demolish those other cars while still being cheaper. End of the day you're comparing $38k jeep to a $54k land rover and a $131k g350.
@@nemesisgaming9479 and that 54k Land Rover is not even the top spec offroad one while the Wrangler is the top line
"Oh I judge the the Jeep last on this off-road obstacle because its tires are too big, aggressive and off road able" lol
I’d say that was mildly biased in the G wagons favor
Probably because its the best?
G wagon is the best, the only reason it didn't do the last test was that they were afraid it would scratch the car, not because it wasn't capable of doing that
@@silimarina. LOL you don't see any variant of G wagon in Dakar Rallys or Off-road competitions do you?
The Fact that you're suggesting that it's the best is hilarious man.
@@The-Celestial so just because g class is not in Dakar, that means it's not good? You are hilarious. Search why G class is the most capable off-roader in this comparison and one of the best in the world
@@silimarina. one of the best in the world? Yes, for city roads. Not for extreme off roading, but if you bring G wagon 6x6 there then it's a whole different story! then maybe I'll change my opinion for it.
The best off roader was, the one that couldn’t go off roading 😂
All that horsepower. Wait until the 392 wrangler comes out it will smoke everything
@@NoName-tp6ib At what, a drag race? lol
Real scores if they were spec'd to the same price, drivers were the same, and the engines were similarly powered:
*Uphill drag race*- Defender 3, Merc 2, Jeep 1.
*Downhill race*- Jeep 3, Defender 2, Merc 1
*U turn race* - Merc 3, Jeep 2, Defender 1.
*Steep slippery race* - Merc 3, Defender 2, Jeep 1.
*Articulation and off road geometry*- Merc 3, Defender 2, Jeep 1.
*Ground clearance* - Defender 3, Jeep 2, Merc 0.
*On road performance* - Defender 3, Merc 2, Jeep 1.
*Total* - Defender 16, Merc 14, Jeep 11.
The judge is Mercedes bias
Quite clearly the Merc was disqualified how was it the best when it couldn’t even go down the slope the DEFENDER was and is the best hands down even on paper beats all its competitors. I have one myself a Defender X P400 Retail Price 102K maybe next time you should keep specs similar regarding power like a Defender D300 or P400 up against a Merc G350d
In the last challenge, Graham clearly wanted the G wagon to win…because right off the line one of the G wagon & Land Rovers tires came off the ground…
These tests also depend on how a person is driving the car not just on a car.
@Ashlee Burell no it’s not. Same driver needed for every test. Timed drag race with the same driver, same driver for the slope test, same start location, etc. The merc was the only one that launched on the maneuverability test too, so it got a quicker time. The Merc also had more momentum from the start on the rocky slope test, Jeep looked like it started with the lowest speed. All the vehicles could probably use less tire pressure too, looks to be on street air pressure. All 3 vehicles need the same driver, start points/speed for certain tests, same launches.. either off idle or boosted launch, same tires and tire pressure.
I think Graham is a bit impartial and dislikes Land Rover and likes Mercedes
That's what I think too
that's probably this channel, ask why Mat has a A45 and had the G63. Biased channel
He probably just drives a land cruiser.
Driver error and uneven conditions in the hill decent and climb.
Ford Bronco vs Defender vs Jimny, would be great!
Good luck getting a bronco in the UK 😂
@@connorbool6179 🤣🤣🤣
Rifky sry mate i don't know y u like jimny.a favor forget tht dream it won't happen.jimny is best in is own way i appreciate tht but we don't need for compare with legends......sry mate jus my opinion.
@@erenyaeger9498 I had an aneurism reading this
@@brucelee1987 whats the meaning of anurism
My '96 Discovery would have put the Defender to shame with regards to articulation. What a pleasure to watch the Jeep and G flex. I love Land Rover and would take the Defender for my primary without even a thought. It is simply the best driver. The Defender simply has better manners and is a more modern vehicle to live with. It even has decent fuel economy. It would be nice to see the Full Size Range Rover in some tests though.
Please put real off-road drivers in those cars for real results
The Jeep keeps the wheels on the ground in a way no other car does
@Tobias Nicolaus Dorfmueller 4runner looks gay plus the jeep preforms better
In this contest I rather have the jeep all day every day.
Until it has an accident... in which case it is known for flipping over onto its roof and killing all of the occupants. Which is why it scored a 1* NCAP safety rating. 😂
@@gc2234 a roll over in an off-road scenario you would be fine. and that's why people buy jeeps to off-road
@@gc2234 wranglers have roll cages and availability of additional bracing. I rolled mine and drove it home.
Jeep does well and you still have money left in the bank. I think that is a victory.
LR Clearly was the smoothest through out the entire challenge I think the judge may have a bit of a crush on the merc😅😊
Nobody:
Matt Watson: “click on the pop up banner”
These cars were all on different tires, this makes it a useless test.
If you want to watch unscripted really offroading then check out 4wd 24/7!
@@dragospahontu Exactly mate
@@kgositheophilusbakwena3632 Mat is known for capping, but i think his lack of experience and lack of caring about the test results show.
This channel is just entertainment, you don't learn anything about cars.
@@dragospahontu thats not very true. You learn quite a bit, but its not as scientific as autogefuhl for sure. And tbh 95% of people watching are for entertainment and if they are serious about buying the car then they will watch multiple reviews from various channels
@@JWil97 i never listen to review for buying a car, the majority are influencers advertising. Car Expert and Autogefühl seem the only ones that are fair and go into detail.
When I'm buying a car I talk to my mechanic friends, they know which cars are good and which are not the best. And I also talk to friends who've owned multiple cars and learn from their experience.
But I've never learned shit fr this channel apart from horsepower and torque 😅.
Not really a "win" for the G, simply because it couldn't to the really tough off road stuff :/
Why not just change tires
That can be done, however, the tyres weren't the issue, lack of Ground clearance was, I don't think anyone would want to life a brand new 100K G Class, I could be wrong though.
It didn't do the last task but still won by 2 points. Plus no one who buys these cars will take it on any terrain like the last task. G won it fair and square because it does the minimum requirement best.
When there is a huge price gap between contenders then it is your wallet that decides the winner. Unfortunately this comparison ended up tie between those two which were near in pricing and thus you should watch it as entertainment.
sure, it couldn´t ? it´s more like they were scared to try.
I recommend to see this guy from “SUV battle” channel for more efficient unbiased off-road testing.
Yeh
Real scores if they were spec'd to the same price, drivers were the same, and the engines were similarly powered:
*Uphill drag race*- Defender 3, Merc 2, Jeep 1.
*Downhill race*- Jeep 3, Defender 2, Merc 1
*U turn race* - Merc 3, Jeep 2, Defender 1.
*Steep slippery race* - Merc 3, Defender 2, Jeep 1.
*Articulation and off road geometry*- Merc 3, Defender 2, Jeep 1.
*Ground clearance* - Defender 3, Jeep 2, Merc 0.
*On road performance* - Defender 3, Merc 2, Jeep 1.
*Total* - Defender 16, Merc 14, Jeep 11.
Very true
The difference being that you can throw a few thousand dollars into any Jeep and it will then crush those opponents. Have you ever seen a Merc or Range Rover do something like the Rubicon trail? Neither have I.
@@Ianf406 yes I have. G wagon and Range Rover run circles around the jeep in fact
Correction
Defender : 12
AMG : 12
Jeep : 11
( Mat said it was "his" mistake, not defender's incapability )
Graham needs to find a new job, how he scored the g wagon to win is beyond me😂
I’m happy they don’t use him anymore as a scorer
He is well off the mark on this one
He was wrong
Mat have g wagen so he have soft spot for g wagen
Totally agree, they establishes early in the video that the Wrangler had the least ground clearance yet the final challenge they didnt want to take the G Wagon down. Graham is an idiot, no place judging Off Roading when he knows nothing about it. And dont get me started on the first 3 challenges of "Racing" which really is not a test of off roading at all.
We need someone from the US driving the Jeep, don’t worry about scrapping the bottom, that’s what the skid plates are for, Jeep wins on the last obstacle hands down!!
That’s my only complaint about the wrangler it has clearance problems that Rovers don’t have
@@ethanstorm1735 --and the Rover has tipping problems that the Jeep doesn’t.
L.A. RC tipping problems? I’ve seen my friends Rover do some crazy looking shit and it has yet to tip. He hasn’t talked to me about Reliability yet😂 my pentastar is 100% more reliable then his Rover
@@ethanstorm1735 based on the video, it had a tipping problem, that’s why he went soooo sloooooow.
Jeep provides skid plates and rock rails to protect the undercarriage. So what you scrape, you’re scraping steel. I’ve never seen a rover newer than 2005 on a trail, and definitely haven’t seen a g wagon.
6:20 they really did the assistant Graham dirty there by putting a girls voice over him
For real
They should all be using the same tyres. That is a significant factor.
Except all Jeep drivers think big fat tires are somehow superior for off- road use and not just for mall lot pimping. Remember back when Wranglers and Willies had skinny tires?
4:58 loved that Graham counted with the classic female voice 😂😂😂
16:30 jeep keeps all wheels on the ground but loses previous challenge 😑
So weird 😂
Jeep: Solid axles, lockers, sway bar disconnect, keeps wheels on ground yet loses 😂😂😂
So, the best one off road is the one that couldn't do everything? Not exactly a winning recommendation.
tbh, nobody would be able to enjoy offroading in a 100k Gwagon. and it won all of its most troublesome tasks coz matt was driving it and we all know he's much better than the other 2 drivers.
It can actually do everything. See SUV battle channel on TH-cam
What a joke of a car. 😂 You can't even call it an off roader when it couldn't do the only proper difficult part of the course.
It's like calling someone a pilot when they can't land the aircraft, just because they can fly it for most of the flight. 😂
It could have done it, those G-Wagens are practically bomb proof underneath they have a lot of heavy duty plating. They were concerned about the idiotic side steps - loaner vehicle. If they dumped the side steps and had rock sliders, it would have easily gone through the last obstacle.
Speaking as a machinist myself and knowing metal scrapings intimately, when you're bottoming out in the center like that and stopping all you're doing is letting the weight sit and continue to build and then going just an inch or two and stopping again, also makes you let the weight sit down on it again once you start moving and the small scrape starts happening simply let it slide all the way through and you will have minimal damage to the metal. AKA it's better to have a little ding then it is to have multiple large scrapes.Just a little advice to help you with your show and budget
This battle is totally unfair
Fax
How?
Yeah, the G is just too good lol
On what planet are you on
@@nellyt2807 Earth
That hill climb the land-rover didnt have any wheel spin if you look back where as the merc did
Exactly, I was like where were was the wheelspin and of the 3 for the Landy it looked effortless. This comparison was definitely biased
It’s Funny how the vehicle that couldn’t make it to the end wins! After watching this video if I want to go off roading I’ll take the Jeep Wrangler or the defender and if I want to go grocery shopping I’ll take the G!
True.
G wagon only beats them on a highway never in off roading
@@mushemezakeneth7103 only noobs say that
Yeah same here
Did you notice G was the only one with on road tires? Do you really think G can't handle last test? G is the only one that have made 50 years ago.
@@NarancicDragi Jeep has been in service since 1941 that's more than 50 years. Check your facts. By the way the G may or may not be able to handle the last test however do you really want to sit with the repair bill especially after paying close to 100k for it anyway since the G doesn't have under armor like the Wrangler
Pity the 70 series LC doesn’t qualify. It’s also a bit hard to see how the only one that did not complete a test won overall, but was good to see these SUV’s doing more than most owners will ask of them.
The defender was supposed to win the first challenge. Mat just hesitated at the end🙃🙃🙃 you should have done that again
That last challenge the jeep won, that defender wheels were off the ground not good for offroading
Totally agree, I would rather be in the Jeep it seemed a little biased rather than subjective. What the rover did with wheels off the ground that bad in such a relatively simple course was very dangerous.
My favorite car out of all three of them has to be the g wagen. It's such an iconic car!
And so is the defender?? The defender is a better vehicle overall including off roading
Used to like it but the g350 just looks like a shabby job at the g63. I think mercedes could have worked on it a but more for that price
@@jackwilliam446 I agree with you there. The defender is a better car overall especially in offroading.
Me too...its beauty beast❤️
@@mohammadchaudhry6390 I completely agree, it’s disgracefully cheap interior as well, like the plastics. It’s supposed to be at least an £80k car, and these off road tests weren’t properly performed and pointed so I would go and say the defender would win in a proper test
Hey Mat!! That was unfair a bit.. a disqualification should give a negative 2... That makes all 3 of them at 11 points .. and since land-rover is the best among them on road, thats the clear winner!! ;)
Anyways great effort and interesting video!!
I'd take the G350d. It's too bad they don't sell that engine in the G Wagon in the US. Straight 6 diesels are awesome and it would get significantly better fuel economy than the V8!
They don’t sell it in the U.K. either.
Are you serious? G350d has been on sale in the UK for years & years.
That last obstacle was bs the jeeps tires never left the ground the land rover was ab I ut to tip over so in terms of safe the jeep did a way better job
Agreed - a skid plate to the underside could easily counter any concerns for the Jeep. But a Land Rover tipping, well there isn't much you can do. Safety compromised and a badly damaged car...
You guys cheated. Jeep’s tires never left the ground on any of the courses, but you gave the defender the point for articulation. That’s BS.
The Jeep's oil sump and exhaust never left the ground either. Zero ground clearance.... That's exactly what you want when you're off roading. 😂
Yes!!
@@gc2234 that is what beefy skid plates that come standard on the Jeep are for.
@@gc2234 it's a solid axle vehicle, for $100 you can put an inch lift and go crazy from there and it would destroy anything made for on road use in these tests
@@gc2234 nothing an inexpensive skid plate can't protect. Now, if you Defender decides to roll over... it loses points for safety and you might have a totalled car on your hands.
Also the Jeep aftermarket is extensive, and a lot of products are quite reasonably priced too, so if you wanted a lift kit, its not going to cost much compared to the other two.
The Jeep could've done this entire "off-road" challenge in two wheel drive with the rear diff lock.
😆😆😆😆😆
C’mon Matt you know we want the Jimny in this one :(
My grandfather goes through rougher terrain in his old 1990s 2WD standard transmission F150
As someone who's had a big portion of my life going off roading, i can say this wasn't a very accurate test. The Jeep wrangler is without a doubt the best Off roader out of the bunch, due to its suspension and ladder frame design. The other two have both become more focused at being city cars. The Jeep shouldn't have lost the articulation test, and judging by how dangerously high the Defender's wheels were in the air during the last test, the jeep should have won that too, and the race around the tree all depended on who was willing to drive the quickest over the rough terrain. In a real world, proper off road course in the mountains or any other inconsistent and uneven terrain, the Jeep will be by far ahead of the rest, because there articulation is very important and actually essential to not tipping or rolling your vehicle
Why would ladder frame be better? From what I have learnt in engineering, your suspension is what really matters in accessibility. If the suspension is mounted to something rigid it doesn’t matter.
@@twowheelsonly1 Or you guys are taking this test to seriously.
@@arvidjohansson3120 Well it's less of a factor than the suspension, you're right. But it's more rugged, easier to repair and modify for extra height and clearance later along the lines. But the most important factor about the ladder frame suspension is it's ability to stay rigid and not flex under heavy articulation. I guess that just further falls in with the ruggedness factor but it's important for someone who's actually going off roading allot.
Land Rover 1st g 2nd keep 3rd for the hill climb
This test was the biggest bs ive ever seen
It was very biased favoring the g wagon
Need to come down to Australia and we'll show em what real offroading is
I know right. LR should've gotten a point for not having to reverse there at 12:42
@@Sapple498 that's just the way diff lock works. They affect turning circle because they force both wheels to spin at the same speed. If they turned off the diff lock for the bend they would have been fine
@@benrgrogan I know how mechanical differential locks work, that's just an advantage the Defender has
carwow absolutely make me say WoWWW
You've been dying to say that huh?
It make me say that as well
Like shouting World of Warcraft in an echo chamber.
@@23kently stfu
It makes me moan
wtf, the landrover "almost tipped over" and it won that last one? lmao.
That's exactly whatbi was thinking, lmao
Thats what rovers do. Almost gets tipped over but rises and shines again
th-cam.com/video/LWQzlyEsEdo/w-d-xo.html
Yup... should ve gone to Jeep for safety reason..
Wasnt close to tipping, u can go 50 degree sideways without tipping and even more straight 🤦♂️
The wrangler looks great flying over the giant hump!
Idk but I have a feeling that in every off roader videos mistakes play out in favor off the G wagen
I also think that they do that because Mercedes pays them to do it
I'm totally agree with you bro. Because in another video you can see how easily Yammi make that G wagon cry. This person is total fake. And that's why I hate him.
How did the G win when it literally didnt even try a real life scenario?😂 The defender did the other challenges just fine, its definitely better for offroad
Yep defender did better
100% only car that did everything without scraping itself lol. G wagon in my books is last place just because it sat out the actual off roading bit 🤣
Because they would of got a expensive bill from Mercedes if they tried it.
@@asuprem3307 I get upset when I kerb a wheel. I'd never take that car offroading 🤣 probably just just a jimny to be honest 😆
Defender is such a shitbox they always were and always will be have you seen those people testing one ? They got 300 miles out of it before it broke and had to have an entire new engine
If you put off the middle differental, you can drive better around tight corners like in minute 12:46 till 13:00 . If you had the middle-differential in position on, you have got an circle of 18 meters or something. The Defender must have an automatic function to put it off that you can drive better around tight corners, maybe at special degrees of the steering wheel or the wheels itself.
Very good videos and not so many facts. Your feeling to drive is more interesting than how many torque it have at some rpm in Position X of the gas pedal.
very good job. SO Thanks
I just love the deffender...its looks and feel soooo goood ❤️
How is the G not being deducted points for not even being able to do the last challenge??
Dnf, he was deducted 1 point:-)
@@johanviksund2822 It was? When? I must’ve missed it 😊
It already got 13 points.. If it do and even become the last it will win.. With 14 or with no points it will win 13.. It's the same.. And g class can surely do that I guess.. Of g wagon have a squared for offroad.. And uk🙃
These guys aren't off-roaders and were CLEARLY out of their element. The G350d was more than capable of doing the last challenge and they were too scared about scratching the paint. Didn't they talk to the Mercedes press team ahead of time about what they were doing??? To be honest, it's some combination of sad and ridiculous. Maybe the next video Mat can compare Top Fuel Dragsters...
Its not 630 nor 500
This test needs to be done with a Toyota Landcruiser
No Japanese craps
@@espkh1549 No Japanese land cruiser is the best SUV ok
New Bronco?
@@cocothedrivah5995 I think the ford bronco in the UK is not available.
The FJ cruiser
The Land Rover would have won if Mat had kept going on the drag race. I think he acknowledged that - but what a great 4x4 battle!
And if they tested it multiple times on the hill descent by swapping the Jeep and the Land Rover over each time. Incorrect testing.
Luxury Off road king-G wagon
The guy rating how the cars performed must be a Mercedes Benz fanboy
For me the Wrangler is the best off-road car ever it's cheap and reliable .
Reliability is not a new Jeep trait
and your not crying or taking out a loan because it got a scratched or dinged.
Not reliable or safe
Mahindra thar is too cheap and more reliable
@@jeff1595 But the best lol..
Mat throughout the whole video: "thanks to the land rovers smart stracton controls"
Land rover: losing every challenge
graham literally looks like bear grills grandfather lol 😂
In the drag race, I saw that the Defender just barely won that, yet the win was given to the G-Class.
I think they want to promote g-wagon. for me other two are the best ♥️
@@ruchirathanuja are you blind or?
Great competition. For an all rounder I'd take the Defender.
Btw, have you seen the new Ford Bronco? Love a review on that beast ☺️
They give the Jeep the smallest least powerful engine with the Defender having 6cyl and G wagon Diesel. Real fair Mat Watson
Jeep still performed phenomenal without the standard fair of mods all Jeep owners would do if they bought a Rubicon.
The defender is a 4 cylinder.
You really helped me on choosing the right off road car