Land Rover Discovery LR4 & Defender Off-Road Test | 40 Years Overland Storytelling @4xoverland 

The pinnacle of auto journalism, Andrew. I bought an LR4 after watching this series 5 years ago. And as you said in your long-term review, it is indeed the best all-around 4x4

Andrew, please make videos like this again. More technical terrains if possible. I understand the builds and that you have to review new products but most of us cannot afford changing our set ups every year.

I really, really enjoyed this video. Please do these edited flashbacks regularly. See you offroad seriously in such a stunning environment was great. Wonderful people in Lesotho. Thanks, Andrew! P.S.: Roland seems to be a great dude. Letting him go tells you everything you need to know about Land Rover as a company.

Peak ASPW, this film was by far Andrew’s best work, informative and entertaining.

This is my favourite Drivers review of the Discovery 4 by far, it is also quite possibly the best Sales Video ever produced as well. Everything put together however is absolutely stunning and if you're wanting an off road vehicle I think the Discovery 4 is ideal.

Fantastic clip. Am on my second LR4 and I have to say it gives anyone the confidence to leave a tarred road and venture onto gravel!

Oh yes! I love my Discovery 4. Best Land Rover ever built.

Well done, Sir! You have certainly opened up the neural pathways again! As a huge Landcruiser, Landrover Series and Defender, Discovery 1 and Jeep TJ and CJ fan you've taught me something here. I believe all my series and 110 Defender Landies would have done this as well as my diminutive Jimny. I am seriously impressed with the underlying capabilities of the LR4. It just goes to show how preconception can be so wrong. Oh, and, the amazing Mercedes Geländewagen, now we're talking! Thank you for your e excellent cinematography and content that touches the heart of someone who grew up in a Natal Parks Board family in the Bush driving Jeep CJ 2a's, landies and Landcruiser FJ45's offroad from a young age. I love your work and your authenticity. Bayete!

Had an LR4 that I modded with 18s, larger hybrid AT/mudder tires, ARB bumper and a winch. Wheeled it everywhere. Did the same trails my buddies in Jeeps did, just sometimes couldn’t take the same line. For traction, it was better than Jeeps without lockers. And it never lacked for traction, you just needed to know how to drive it. Didn’t have nearly the articulation, and that wasn’t a traction problem, but a safety problem sometimes. There is not much scarier than having your front wheel 3 feet in the air on the downslope on a mountainside. And the air suspension was one of those subconscious anxieties- I didn’t regularly think about it failing and leaving me stranded, but it was always in the back of my mind. Eventually it had engine problems after an accident, and I needed more room anyway to carry my mountain bike. So now I’m in a Jeep Gladiator. Fits my wheeling and carrying needs better and I love it. But still a fondness in my heart for Roger, my LR4. We had a lot of great adventures together.

If you maintain a Disco properly, including the electronics, they are the best car for anybody with a big family who wants to go anywhere, wants to tow anything, etc.I love my Disco 4 2015, and I invested in TuffAnts 18" wheels. I always counter Andrew's comment on the big 20" wheels as standard. He always puts new wheels and tyres on his Troopie ;-)

D4: The best 4x4xFar

Disco 4 still one of the best cars I have ever owned for overlanding and the occasional 4x4 route, but in game parks for me it was just the bees knees, great on sand roads, great to look out the windows and so comfy.

LR4 Best Car by far, In the process of purchasing a 2013 V8. Sold by SDV6 for a Ranger Rover Sport 2017. Sold it after a year lots of Luxury but a LR4 for the Money, Power, Comfort and Space compared to others of the same year and newer its just awesome. I might be bias here because they say if you drove a LR its hard to but ass in any other car

Great episode. I used to have an LR3 in America and now am enjoying my 2004 Defender 110. Love your stuff!

I just love my Land Rover Discovery 3 TDV6, 2005 model. I still off-road on very challenging trails here in South Africa and even with 360,000 km on the clock, it still can go anywhere relatively easily. I am only now needing to change the injectors for the first time. It is expensive, but this vehicle is like a family member, so we'll worth it. I know when I drive this vehicle, my family is safe and secure. When I show clients farms that I sell, they cannot believe how capable it is and how comfortable it is over rough terrain. It also simply looks good. My 24 year old landy is still my daily runner. If you look after this vehicle, you will enjoy hundreds of hours of total bliss.

Most interesting Andrew. Restores some of my faith in Land Rovers. Again...

I have an lr3 and I love it. I’ve watched the original versions of this about 10 times and was more than happy to watch it again. I might switch to an lr4 eventually.

Great bunch of blokes, great vehicles, challenging tracks = great adventure video. Well done Andrew and crew that helped.

Andrew, do you have some opinions about new Mahindra Scorpio N and new Thar Roxx 5 door. I know that you don't want to have any business with Mahindra, but as a professional overlander, you could give some inputs on their new cars, engines, gearboxes, suspension, etc., opinions which would be useful for people to make some choices, thank you

Great video. One of the best I have watched

I remember watching this adventure a couple of years ago. It certainly challenges the preconceived notions about tough trails, tire pressures, air suspension and most of all, Land Rover vehicles and they traction control systems.

Andrew, - love your videos and your honesty. I bought my 2016 D4 Landmark a year ago - yes, 20" wheels.... My biggest problem is tyres - being in Europe I need all season, all terrain tyres with the snowflake symbol to make them legal in winter in places like Germany and Austria. I have only found a single tyre on the market that fulfils this at the standard 255/50/R20 size and that's the Yokohama Geolander. There is the Falken, Wildpeak which is an excellent tyre, but that is 255/55/R20 which is slightly larger - hopefully it will fit as I rather like these. But the D4 really IS the perfect vehicle - great for the 1,000 mile cross Europe drive I will do in a few days time, mostly on the Autobahns - but then, as you say, it's also perfect for driving the mountain trails in the Alps and the mountains of Central Europe. Much better than the D5 which replaced it - which is why I bought one of the very last D4s.

I thoroughly enjoyed that! Especially as I own a Discovery 5 which I have found does everything I ask of it. Unfortunately, here in Japan, there aren't any trails as difficult as Baboon Pass to take it on, but I had to drive across an extremely muddy rough solar panel construction site in the mountains of Fukushima. I had normal stock tyres and I didn't even have to take it out of high gear. Far better than my 3 litre petrol engines manual Pajero which I owned before it. Other cars (SUVs) struggled even on the flat parts of that construction site, but my D5 didn't even spin or slide on the steep hills. I only wish it didn't come with (stupid) 20" rims!! My biggest gripe with the D5 is that the rear window should be about 5cm lower at the base as trying to reverse on a single track lane is a challenge due to the poor visibility. Yes, I do it old school by turning my head to look down the middle of the car and out of the back window. That allows me to check for obstacles on both sides as well as the road behind me. Now, .....the only question that remains from this fantastic video is whether Andrew bought a pair of frilly underwear for himself or not! :-) Well, that is for Andrew to know and we to wonder about.

Please that you posted this. Of all your videos over the years, the LR4 Baboons series are the ones I have revisited the most times. Your tent packing away didn’t seem as much a challenge in this version 😉 congratulations on your career. WA6028

That was awesome, thank you! I have a Discovery 3 and although I will not be planning anything like what you have shown here, at least I know if I get stuck somewhere I can get out of it!

Hi, Andrew. Thanks for your quality videos and great content.

LIKED ADVENTURES OFF ZAMBIA 🇿🇲 MALAWI 🇲🇼, BOTSWANA 🇧🇼 NAMIBIA 🇳🇦,, ZIMBABWE 🇿🇼, ANGOLA 🇦🇴,, AND ZAMBIA 🇿🇲 ZIKHOMO TOO MR.ANDREW'S FOR ADVENTURES TOO AFRICA 🌍 👉🌍👍

Another fantastic journey and a fantastic story. I always wanted a Discovery 4 but sadly I never quite got around to getting one.

Muito bom. Excelentes ideias e inspiracão. Também tenho o que discovery camper mas esse projeto está impecável. Obrigado

LR4- one of the best drives and incredibly capable. If you want to go anywhere, take an LR4. If you want to go home-take a toyota. After my LR4 experience, I chose the latter.

Great video, really enjoyed watching.

What an amazing video. Loved it

Gotta say, I still love the comfort of my Disco 4 👏

I have always liked the LR 3 and 4 but I have never bought one because of its complexity and questionable reliability. It's a really roomy, comfy and very capable offroader. I also like the looks. Can't beat my Troopy though. ;)

modern luxuary road suv's are much joked about but even some of those might get quite far in the environment they are thought at. that is rough roads and slippy grounds, imagine this as a short road section at your own farm. LR has a core market here but there are some others that might be better than most people think. take first gen mercedes ML that one from jurassic park as example. i wonder how far it actually would get, or the budget nissan xtrail. we rarely learn about actual limitations, just complains about missing this and that instead. there are videos online showing how scandinavian people are pushing their station wagons through deep mudtracks for fun. that amazed me more than another jeep on the rocks tbh. great video and what an amazing country.

The D4 has proved itself an excellent car. Easily the best all around vehicle ever made.

Kind of remembering this trip. Man, 12 years passed? I think it was the year I started following your channel or was it 2011 when I started following it, not sure....

I personally think that Discovery was at prime with first version, 89-98, very good and reliable engines 200tdi or 300tdi, easy to fix. Next disco generations spends unfortunately more time at mechanix due to advanced electronics and romances with different companies that were delivering engines bmw/ford. No offense to anyone, if they are well maintained they could be reliable but you can’t go wrong with D1. Thank you for uploading videos, cheers 🍻!

The bes part of this video was the nostalgia of hearing the old intro song.

It was a great video when you first released it and stands the test of time very well. I wonder if the new Defender would improve on the trip. It does have the option of better tires which I think would make a massive difference.

Great video Good that I own one with a V8 Oh and 110 Td5 Would love to do that track in both ❤

Great video, I came for the D4 but really enjoyed the little bit at the start around the village. My D4 has done similar and has the scars to prove it. The question is, is the D5 any better? Well done.

You must review how easily the defenders took on the track 😂

Surely it had an option of 18 inch wheels. I Have a RR sport 2009 last of the 2.7 & it came with 18 inchers.

35:52 If you are in offroad mode, you should see your wheel position on the HUD. Also disco4 comes with 19” wheel rims. 20” is usually a high spec option. Isn’t it? At least my D4 hse id on 19”.

Andrew I really hope you’re going to give a new Defender another shot.

Ive always liked the LC100 petrol but with the starter under the intake I just had to pass. Not serviceable in the field so Id never take it on long trips.

I am sure the new Defender will make it up Baboons Pass also. But I would REALLY like to see someone take a stock Toyota LC300 up there!

Dear Andrew, Can you share stories with MB G-class? Which Episodes are they?

Disco4 wasn't meant for offroading but is still useable for offroading

Well, so I now know what my LR4 is capable of 😊 but I do not trink that I ever will touch ist Limits on my offroad trips

My LR3 is also very good ...

Hi Andrew just wondering is there a place I could buy a copy of your TV series just to watch at home ? Thank you

I need a spar session after this. Now that was off road, or no road?

How did Land Rover react to the damage? Were they ok about it or did they give you flack?

I'd rather have the LR3 over the LR4. The 3 has a more dependable powertrain. (V8)

I love how all the LR4 owners here say it‘s the best car or offroader out there when cars like a Land Cruiser or G wagon W461 exist 😂

How did you trick it to go super extended? Thx

The moral of the story is,if you want to buy a land rover Discovery to cross Baboon road,you must also hire a team of experts with Landrover Defenders.

Why did I think "Baboons Pass" sounded like "Baboons Arse?"

Land Rover 88 pre 68 then 109 🙂

overegsaturanting all mate

On IGNITION TV

👌👌👍👍

So what you needed was 5+men to move the rocks for the LR4...

You could have done without that rain .

I realy love your channel but these 1 minute add breaks are to much

Crap unreliable 4x4s tow trucks love them in Australia

My heart says buy one, My brain- Left the chat.