Top Gear New Ineos/Defender/LC/Jeep

[ADVAW8S]

View: https://youtu.be/YxcB1PyL_mw?si=G8A247H3KYgzRfW_

 

[CRH]

View: https://youtu.be/YxcB1PyL_mw?si=G8A247H3KYgzRfW_

I think the Jeep Rubicon and Grenadier with bigger tyres would have been perfect without the additional spend. Toyota was a shock offroad and would be a worry. I'm sure I read something else going on the front end, suspension or something?. Defender Octa is more fore the rally car part of the test.
Does the Toyota have a weakness? Would be a bit of a concern unless it was just used on road, or would it be a weakness after long term use?

Well worth a watch

 

[Logsplitter]

View: https://youtu.be/YxcB1PyL_mw?si=G8A247H3KYgzRfW_

I liked that. I’m decided. I want a Grenadier with the BMW engine and ZF gearbox from the Defender Octa, the suspension from the Arctic trucks Toyota and other mods from the Jeep. Quite disappointing with the Toyota half shaft.

 

[Tazzieman]

My wife spat her beer at the 170k Ineos.
I mean , she sometimes parks in my carpark, and that's only got a 2.2m limit.
So for her it's very impractical.
I wonder why they didn't toss a G wagen into the mix.

 

[Krabby]

Interesting that he chose the Toyota as the one he liked best. I think without the half shaft busting it would be hard to argue with, but that’s where having an overbuilt driveline makes a difference.

 

[LabRat]

• Notice the Jeep steaming at the end.
• There is no denying JLR knocked it out of the park with the new Defender. While it shouldn't carry the Defender name for the purists - but then again, lots of chatter about reliability long term.
• Hard to agree with the Yota as the his best given he had to get winched off a trail the others made look easy.

 

[Krabby]

• Notice the Jeep steaming at the end.
• There is no denying JLR knocked it out of the park with the new Defender. While it shouldn't carry the Defender name for the purists - but then again, lots of chatter about reliability long term.
• Hard to agree with the Yota as the his best given he had to get winched off a trail the others made look easy.

(ND would have made a perfect Disco 6)

 

[LabRat]

(ND would have made a perfect Disco 6)

Exactly and at least in the States, the ND has all but killed the Disco 5 sales.

 

[Krabby]

Exactly and at least in the States, the ND has all but killed the Disco 5 sales.

The D5 is such a joke and certainly didn’t deserve the Disco name. It’s like a weird station wagon blob.

 

[LabRat]

The D5 is such a joke and certainly didn’t deserve the Disco name. It’s like a weird station wagon blob.

Remember who owned them when the Disco 5 was created, not surprised. Hell the last full size iteration looked a lot like a Ford Flex

 

[landmannnn]

In typical Top Gear style, quite entertaining and fun to watch. Not a proper back to back review, and I would hardly call that track challenging.

On the Toyota shaft damage, using difflocks on high grip surfaces (where a difflock isn't needed) will break something.

 

[LabRat]

In typical Top Gear style, quite entertaining and fun to watch. Not a proper back to back review, and I would hardly call that track challenging.

On the Toyota shaft damage, using difflocks on high grip surfaces (where a difflock isn't needed) will break something.

I didn't think the Toyota had front lockers

 

[CRH]

In typical Top Gear style, quite entertaining and fun to watch. Not a proper back to back review, and I would hardly call that track challenging.

On the Toyota shaft damage, using difflocks on high grip surfaces (where a difflock isn't needed) will break something.

Toyota only had centre and rear, front was electronics

 

[ADVAW8S]

The YouTuber TFL broke the front shaft on their 2024 Toyota tacoma. They were doing a similar climb in snow. Snapped right off. Makes you wonder

 

[landmannnn]

Toyota only had centre and rear, front was electronics

Fair point, I hadn't spotted that. I think my comment may still apply that difflocks (even centre and rear) are not the tool to use with all 4 wheels on grippy surfaces.