Good review but some pointers. There are two V8s on offer. There's a supercharged V8, P525 Gas model that is NOT a BMW sourced unit. The recently unveiled Octa is at the top of the pecking order that has the BMW V8 that's also in the Range Rover Sport. Not to be confused.
i honestly laugh my a$$ of listening to you guys that call yourselves car experts and reviewers. might be wise to actually research the vehicles you review. it's pangea green by the way. i liked how you said the digital mirror has glare caused by the vertical rear window. how do you think that is possible when the digital mirror is actually a camera on the center of the roof above the rear window, not looking thru it. also the bmw 6 sucks by comparison to the land rover 6. the bmw is used in the ineos and it is underpowered. as for reliability i have had my defenderX p400 for over 3 years. not one issue and if you really research the "reliability" issues they are usually very petty little things, mostly because of total integration of all systems and computers in the land rover. they don't leave you stranded in the middle of the desert. and now toyotas ain't so reliable anymore. there also were years past when mercedes had pretty bad jd powers rating. i admit service is quite expensive but you don't buy a land rover and not know that going in, and most people don't service them like they should and thus might be some of the reliability issues. i have had mercedes benz cars, audis, toyotas, and i have never enjoyed driving anything as much as i do my defender.
wait, what??? go back to the passenger unlock? how do you unlock it? This has been something I found weird that there was no unlock on that side. wife was trying to let me in once and couldn't figure it out. we still joke about it.
On my 2nd Defender now. The first one was a 2020 SE that we drove over 20K miles with ZERO PROBLEMS…faultless problems driving around Los Angeles and the desert. Maintenance costs were/are what I would expect for vehicles like these.
Good point on bringing up Toyota/Lexus recent reliability woes. It's not the same as it used to, and Land Rover reliability in the Defender is not old Land Rover. With that said, Defender all day.
@@MTROVER1 ok how do you recommend we discuss long-term reliability on a current model year vehicle we have for 7 days if not citing the available data of past model years of the same generation?
@@dwnshft the Defender has been out for 4 years since 2020. That is 10k+ units that should provide the data you’re looking for. Comparing data from old designs is Apples vs Oranges.
I was about to get mine 110S V6 today, but I stopped a guy with a Defender, asked him about his thoughts and experience in general (we live in Brooklyn, NY) and he said so many negative things, that I called dealership and said I can’t make it today. Well he said it’s not for the city at all, especially driving back and forth to Manhattan and looking for parking it’s a disaster, that driving is not smooth at all, making turns and etc, it’s like driving a truck + service cost is very high, oh and he had some screen issues. I’m soooooo confused, now I’m really in between two cars Audi q7 and Defender, they are so different and I like them both. I would get Audi q8 for sure, but prices are insane . Any advice ???
