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I've had all three, the BMW drives really well, but price of parts is about twice as bad as the Mercedes and was less reliable. It's nearly useless off road even with the right tyres. The Rang Rover was beautiful to be in and drive but the build quality is a let down after all these years. Superb off road and the best on the highway The Mercedes has been the most dependable and super handy off road and towing. The most reliable and cheapest to maintain of the three. Ride quality is the worst of them all thanks to the ladder chassis and torsion front suspension, but still comfy for 4-6 hour + drives.

Yeah sure you can afford to buy them, but can you afford maintenance costs?

$750 and it's yours

@@bmw4lfe that's wot puts me off the rr

It's the end of 2021 just got a ml430.....227000 kms..... Better than my rav4 just as bulletproof

Leaning isn’t scary

My friend drives his big 4x4 the same as he drives his hot hatch so it horrible going around corners or round abouts because you feel like your going to tip over.

It looked like it the body was going to come off the axles.

Crazy amounts of body roll

Even the 90s dont seem that long ago

and u are gay

I was only just born then, yikes

Now 18 years.

@@syahmanjamil4958 wow

And, like most BMW's, was plagued with reliability issues. It's ironic that BMW's are often regarded as high end, and more importantly reliable cars, yet the reality is that they're just not and have many design failures, and that once Land Rover managed to get rid of the worst of the BMW junk the L322 became almost reliable. The early L322's reliability wasn't helped by BMW wanting to stop the FFRR overshadowing the X5 so hampered the power output of the TD6 and in doing so left the engineers to use a horribly high stall torque convertor to overcome the sluggish feeling it left them with. This then killed gearboxes like nobody's business.

I think they all still look modern even today. They all haven't really done much to the design of them

Can definitely agree! The range rover is the only one that looks like you could buy it out of a showroom today.

Bimmer no. Range rover was dated in 2002

@@ianclaudio777 are you kidding me? So you're saying the X5 looks modern today and the Range Rover seemed dated even in '02? You're crazy.

@@herbie53opf yes, that's it. Crazy is you. Range rover almost rollover, dynamics are terrible. BMW is good and modern until today . Crazy is you

I actually have both of these. I have a 2010 Range Rover Supercharged (the last wave of the L322) and a 2022 X5 PHEV (the aforementioned G05). I agree; the G05 does look very nice, but I'm not sure how well it'll age. Some of the electronics annoy me, too.

I love the pre lift, orange indicator x5 looks.

jasper Bloem definitely Shame about the reliability

But the Range Rover has Always been the best looking off roader since it was born, coach/build quality is of course the best too, But at least the early ones where horrendous on fuel consumption with their petrol V8 n the gearboxes not reliable at all, so I guess if I was rich it be my number 1 choice, its also got the Best off road performance by a fair margin, for me if i needed a 4wd i'll get a 20 year old Land cruiser

@@polygamous1 "Always been the best looking off roader since it was born." Weeell except the P38...

hmmm but range rovers are a bit like iphones. they really havent changed all that much over the years

@@kendal5210 indeed yes, even for a Land Rover was a disaster.

Yes had one of those back in the day, The ml 55 is a totally different animal. Would have beat the bmw. And had a more aggressive styling package. Love petrol ⛽though

@@marcjudge680 I am gonna buy an ML55 this week... I'm gonna keep it pristine and drive it daily... These are become rare where I live... (The Netherlands)

I think you're idea of who the "average Mercedes owner" is in this day and age is a bit wrong...

They shared the hill decent control technology, but that’s it. The tailgate used the (concept of the Range Rover) the parts themselves is 100 percent BMW made. The chassis itself is its own chassis and uses some control arms suspension concepts from the e39. Concepts meaning based on the e39 but it’s a new part completely and unique at the same time. Range Rover used some BMW engines too, I believe the M62 or N62 4.4 V8.

@@aidenp5768 M62, plus the M57 2.9 6-pot turbodiesel.

@@aidenp5768 not really a big deal but slightly noteworthy, the keys are pre-diamond BMW keys and it also shares the side view mirrors with the E53.

How many times has it been to the mechanic though :P

@@dragonbutt once in the 4 years I've had it. Done 800kms in it today & never missed a beat. I keep well on top of general maintanance & servicing though.

@@Nigel-nar53 Then you're pretty lucky!

Had a diesel Rangerover,best car l ever had.l did all the maintenance myself as l know them well.Sold it with 256000miles and is still going.Im on the new one V8 diesel and love it more

They are very well built ,newer models come with adaptive dynamics which compensate the body roll by stiffening the anti-roll bars .. The Range Rover Sport stays flat no matter what you do ,that is for the 2006> .

I have had all three and drive an l322, the Merc and BMW interiors are just like the saloon cars... boring and drab with bits falling off. BMW bought LR for the luxury end 4x4 and that's what you get, pure class inside and the stuff which fails tends to have a BMW stamp? The same way everyone was convinced that VW were ultra reliable etc.. etc.. clever marketing at work. The Germans haven't made decent cars since the 90's as they build to a profit margin these days and rely heavily on brand loyalty... something the Asian manufacturers are starting to chip away at.

The Mercedes is as bad if not worse. Most of them have been scrapped now. Whereas the Range Rovers are still alive to bankrupt their owners for even longer!

Doug : *BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANTY*

James we owned an ML55 AMG for 12 years and went to the service center once.

CarGuy66 the bmw does, but the Mercedes doesn’t

@@MiguelLopez-fh7vx thats what i said?

CarGuy66 lmao I read wrong

Each one to their own. We owned an ML55 AMG for 12 years and it keeps a warm place in my heart, always liked it and will always do. BMW looks pretty nice, specially in that 4.6is package but the Range? Damn that looks outdated af.

The Merc is the only one that still do the job outside the workshop. Rest in pieces for the range rover.

The entry-level model (EU and ROW) was the ML 230 (2.3L 4-cylinder), base model the US was the ML 320 (3.2L V6): Mercedes-Benz M-Class (W163) ML 230 | 2.3 I4 (M111) ML 320 | 3.2 V6 (M112 E32) ML 350 | 3.7 V6 (M112 E37) ML 430 | 4.3 V8 (M113 E43) ML 500 | 5.0 V8 (M113 E50) ML 55 AMG | 5.4 V8 S/C (M113 E55) ML 270 CDI | 2.7 I5 TD (OM 612) ML 400 CDI | 4.0 V8 TD (OM 628) Edit | ML rivals' ranges Range Rover (L322) The L322 Range Rover's - for want of a better word - range of engines was in comparison to the W163, rather simple: 2002 launch: V8 | 4.4 V8 (BMW M62B44) TD6 | 2.9 I6 TD (BMW M57D30) | Apparently BMW's M67D40 3.9 V8 TD was penciled to go in originally, but this never happened 4 years after launch two Jaguar V8 engines replaced the BMW lump (and a new gearbox (ZF 6HP26)), leaving the engine range looking like this: V8 | 4.4 V8 (Jaguar AJ41) Supercharged | 4.2 V8 S/C (Jaguar AJ33) TD6 | 2.9 I6 TD (BMW M57D30) 1 year after, a new diesel engine meant that all BMW engines had been replaced (as was much of the BMW-era electronics): V8 | 4.4 V8 (Jaguar AJ41) Supercharged | 4.2 V8 S/C (Jaguar AJ33) TDV8 | 3.6 V8 TD (Ford AJD-V8) Between 2010-2011, the Range Rover had another update with new engines and a new gearbox (ZF 8HP70) for the V8 diesel: V8 | 5.0 V8 (Jaguar AJ133) Supercharged | 5.0 V8 S/C (Jaguar AJ133) TDV8 | 4.4 V8 TD (Ford AJD-V8) BMW X5 (E53) The E53 X5's engine options at launch in 2000 were similar to the Range Rover in their simplicity: 3.0i | 3.0 I6 (BMW M54B30) 4.4i | 4.4 V8 (BMW M62B44) 4.6is | 4.6 V8 (BMW M62TUB46) 3.0d | 2.9 I6 (BMW M57D30) The range was updated in 2004 with new V8 petrol engines and a refreshed 6-cylinder diesel: 3.0i | 3.0 I6 (BMW M54B30) 4.4i | 4.4 V8 (BMW N62B44) 4.8is | 4.8 V8 (BMW N62B48) 3.0d | 3.0 I6 (BMW M57TUD30)

The Vogue 4.4 was pretty much the RR base model, HSE and 4.2 Supercharged nearer top of the range. The 3.0 diesel is very very slow. I have a 4.4 after selling my ML270, same as X5 both SUV were as the L322 is still a proper 4X4.

BMW 4.4

I don’t know if that’s true. I see plenty of those Mercedes at scrap yards… they provide parts for mine lol.

True , a work with my ML w163 2.7 diesel , the best 4x4 for hard work. Every day a work with this master masine, in the back a have trailer 3.5 tone. No problem , thank you Karl Benz!❤

An extra 55hp of power :o

SUV does stand for sport utility vehicle... sport

Lewis Conway stands for Superior Utility Vehicle if I’m not mistaken.

wasn't launched then back in 2002 i'm pretty sure

I drove a stock ML430 up the Olympic mountains last week, had to turn around when the snow ice pack reached 2 feet deep. Love this vehicle offroad

James Slejko the ML can go off-road, it’s also the only one in the test with a durable ladder-frame chassis. Remember the ML was originally designed to replace the civilian versions of the G-wagon, so it had to perform off-road quite well.

James Slejko My E53 can actually

No because off course a range rover would be broke being towing

It could if there were any still running.

The UN prefers the Land Cruiser due to price and availability of service and parts. In fact thats most of the reason 'officials' buy them for their fleets. That and they're pretty difficult to break.

Dragon Butt also parts would likely be a lot easier and cheaper to get for the Toyota, that’s not to say it’s the go to military vehicle, let’s not forget the G Wagen 😎

Bmwx5 = drug dealer car . I like the Range Rover . I have a Classic which is pretty reliable and a l322 which is not reliable indeed . A ML 55 amg is maybe the best …. I don’t know

ech III have you ever owned one of them?

@@marcwheels6718 of course. I have owned one BMW and two Range Rovers (never again). And several friends of mine with the same nightmares (MB, BMW and RR). Trust me. Por supuesto. Tuve un BMW y dos Range Rovers (nunca más). Y varios amigos míos con las mismas pesadillas (MB, BMW y RR). Créame.

X HAVANA STAR X Range Rover was fitted with BMWs 3.0 6cyl Diesel engine

And the BMW reliability of that era was still pretty bad, so you'd be better off in the merc

Dragon Butt Incorrect the 3.0d is a very reliable engine

@@Mr330d Very reliable "engine". One which parts of the world did not get. And the rest of the car was pretty much spit and kleenex lol

Dragon Butt Comfortable spit and Kleenex though

Not sure where it says anything about being 'current'. Its nice for those of us who havent seen the series in its entirety.

@@dragonbutt exactly 👍

yeah, maybe but best on road by a country mile.

@@MrKeefrichards no doubt! But then why bother with an SUV? Just get an estate

@@angrymuffinsb try one, not bad off road.