Old Top Gear 1991 - Toyota Land Cruiser, Range Rover and Mercedes G Wagon

Jeremy Clarkson looks at 3 new premium SUVs - The Range Rover, Toyota Land Cruiser and the G Wagon from Mercedes. Taken from season 14, episode 2.

[@MarcHDJ81v]

The main difference is, that exact Landcruiser is still likely driving around today, 29-years later 😅

[@toby2636]

Marc Babaya 70% of all defenders ever made are still on the roads

[@anterolindsted]

Propably..💪

[@trevordelarosa3599]

@@toby2636 yeah but that wasn't a defender in the video

[@richardschofield2201]

@@trevordelarosa3599 classic and defender are almost identical under the body.

[@511dydy]

@@toby2636 how many defenders were ever made? I have owned a range rover, very difficult to maintain.

[@ericfitzgerald9139]

“It’s handles with great adroitness for such a leviathan.” Back when JC tried to come off as an Oxford scholar.

[@simonlloyd7557]

he is a privately educated boarding school boy from a wealthy family.

[@kristerrs]

@@simonlloyd7557 SPEEED AND POWAAA!!!!

[@skyemaster8802]

I love that the g wagon looks exactly the same today, as it did in 1991

[@the-quintessenz]

It also looked the same in 1981

[@jmin8400]

@@the-quintessenz No it didn't, do your research. Was redesigned as W463 in 1990 just like the J80 Land Cruiser, which is why Top Gear reviewed both in 1991 alongside the aging Range Rover. The original Geländewagen was designated as W460 in 1979 and was discontinued in 1991, replaced by W461. As an owner of them, gets very tiring how the average joe misses that and just comments anyhow without proper context.

[@jmin8400]

Skyemaster Well, it wasn't redesigned until 3 years ago and only had facelifts for 28 years, so of course it looked the same. 2019+ model is different, but of course most of you that don't buy them won't know that. Certainly isn't "exactly the same". ☻

[@dylanhinkel3548]

@@jmin8400 Just look at the sat-nav and cupholders in the 2018 model. It's hilarious that any idiot would want that car with the shit basic design of a 1970's car.

[@jmin8400]

@@dylanhinkel3548 An idiot would think it was designed in the 70s, when the W463 designed in the mid-late 1980s. A common fallacy.

[@qwertgfdsaful]

Interestingly, despite the fact that Jeremy Clarkson prefers the Range Rover in this review, you can find out that he owned a Land Cruiser at that period if you watch "family car of the year 2000".

[@fhurley8447]

Teatro Theageri And slanders the Range Rover in the very same video

[@Land_Cruiser_40]

Clarkson had an FZJ80 (4.500 cc petrol). Accroding to the DVLA it's still on the road. P361 YGC

[@fhurley8447]

Rusty Climber I’ve had RR’s and I agree about parts being expensive. That’s here in the UK. Reports show that over 60% of LR products are faulty which is horrendous. The thing is, If you get a good Range Rover, it’s brilliant and the best car you’ll ever drive as an all rounder, however the odds are stacked against the consumer. I’ve driven and owned a variety of cars from all over and still think when you get a decent RR that works, it’s the best.

[@catmeme4life220]

as far as I have watched, his review of cars is extremely biased.

[@AristotelisMitsiou]

Even weirder when he chose a Range Rover from this generation in Top Gear's Bolivia special

[@laichristian5222]

Plenty of those Land cruisers are still running around here in Kenya infact some still look new with aftermarket lamps & new paint. The Range Rovers left are mostly enthusiasts' cars, loads of them are grounded with transmission, suspension issues. G-wagen didnt sell much here.

[@dragospahontu]

And Mercedes-Benz aswell, those are tanks

[@mustsilm]

The difference is that i wouldnt be surprised if the Toyota and Merc still work today apart from body rust issues. The Rover i doubt still works.

[@dieselpower5303]

MS yep the cruiser was for sale on eBay a couple of months ago ..still looked exactly the same

[@jayballuk]

@@dieselpower5303 I did an MOT check on all three and none have any record of an MOT. The merc hasn't been taxed since 1993 and the land cruiser since 1995. According to to the DVLA anyways

[@dieselpower5303]

@@jayballuk was def the same cruiser . . Came with all paperwork to prove ..

[@mecagodzilla3]

@@jayballuk they are journalist veichles, none of them will sell to people or stuff, they get back to the factory, fixed and get into the musem zone of every company!

[@yamasakihonda6425]

What? Are you crazy?

[@jaysonlafaber2995]

There are heaps of the 80 series Landcruiser on the road today in Australia and they hold their value!

[@stuartjohns2779]

I've got a 93 turbo diesel land cruiser still going with over 400k on the clock. Wonder how the landrover is going today?????

[@oep308]

in a scrap yard. :D

[@abhisingh6099]

The Rover is probably a set of frying pans by now.

[@72Disco1998]

99 D2 still going strong at 300K and will maybe pulling you out of a ditch. Original engine, tranny still works fine. Only the Taliban uses Land Cruisers they are great for target practice that employ drones with hellfire missiles.

[@stuartjohns2779]

***** they never made 1 good land rover?

[@stuartjohns2779]

***** so true

[@devvolinn]

This sort of Jeremy seems like he is visiting his strict religious mother compared to the one of today.

[@OFFICIAL_VIDEO_AWARDS]

I sold my 1994 Landcruiser Turbo Diesel in Australia a few years ago. No smoke, no burning oil or water. Original everything at 545,000kms and it had travelled throughout Australia towing much of its life.

[@taeyinarbe4187]

what...? I am wondering where the range rovers go now, I do not see any. But I am still driving my 1989 G wagon diesel today, nothing change, just wonderful and powerful as it was in 1989.

[@ghettomist1575]

I see a couple in town. Lovely sight

[@Dasalwza]

I just bough myself a 1984 one as a first car, quite the gamble but i'm up for the challenge though they seem to be very reliable cars.

[@TheRealUnconnected]

Thousands still going in Australia where there is no rust.

[@TheRealUnconnected]

India India you will love it I had one as my third car. But be warned. It's expensive to fix. Be ready to walk away and buy another if something goes wrong. Better than fixing.

[@avalonjustin]

@@TheTriumphGuy101 Those are killer machines, man.

[@oliverpenny7023]

Surprised the Range Rover didn't break down.

[@robertthomas5196]

Took seven takes before it would even start.

[@TwentyNinerR]

Conclusion: Get the Land Cruiser. Proven to be a great workhorse thanks to its high level of reliability.

[@bushmanPMRR]

A couple of years ago I bought a 1989 Range Rover and in that time I've become rather alarmed as it's been damn near faultless! I fear I may have to take it back to Lode Lane and get their engineers to check it over and reinstall some of that good old fashioned Land Rover unreliability. It is still an amazing car, today I trailered home an 8x6 shed, last month I was towing a ton bag of concrete and a mixer, it's my daily driver (apart from my Triumph Speed Triple but that would struggle to tow a ton) and I can truly say it is an amazing tool to own. It's one of those things than seems impractical but then you find out just how capable it is and use it far more than you think you would. The only downside is that it's a martyr to the drink but at least I get to enjoy that V8 noise through the sports pipe!

[@thebigbowler]

Music at the end sounded like it was ripped off from a Jane Fonda Workout Video.

[@twstrchasr]

I currently own a '91 RRC an '89 FJ62 and an '01 UZJ 100. They are all great vehicles but they all have their own distinct personalities !!!

[@LitheApo]

I'm more biased toward the Land Cruiser, but i would love to have all 3 regardless of reliability, off-road capabilities, etc.

[@Br1anuk]

And off Clarkson went and bought a petrol Land Cruiser 80!!! He put his money where his mouth wasn't.

[@benbruno6656]

😂

[@daverunner3397]

As much as I like Jeremy he is a bit biased

[@nickrubberboot3673]

I just love the fact that Jeremy is wearing wellies/rubberboots in these tests!!

[@iamkennylee]

thank you for the upload

[@karimibrahim1424]

Good ones I drove all of them in Burundi with left hand steering wheel!

[@nutz4gunz457]

Smart money buys the Land Cruiser.

[@michaelg492]

Eduardo Gameiro you can buy a used land cruiser 80 or newer equivalent (200 series) also used. I have an 80 series in Europe it's all fine

[@richardpickersgill3335]

In Australia [and Africa] we have a saying: "A Land Rover will get you there, a Toyota will get you back".

[@Dasalwza]

You can perfectly buy and register those cars in EU, however it would turn out to be a very costly endeavour as they sort of want to punish you for getting one. The regulations go as far as restricting acces to some city-centres in Western Europe(though the number of areas you're not allowed to drive them will most certainly go up).

[@garnetreds1018]

I love how the opinion of the g has taken a swift turn

[@aredman22]

Absolutely, I traveled to Australia expecting to see Rovers all through the Outback. Nope, Cruisers rule that continent.

[@thurstonhowell3569]

I had a Land Cruiser and owned the same one for 10 years. Happy times. I now have a Range Rover. Happy times. .

[@MrTastytae]

the japanese doesn't listen to clarkson no matter how he bashes the japanese brands. let global sales figures talk for itself.

[@timm3670]

You talk rubbish-the Uk is the most car snobbish country in the world ..and we don't even own a car brand any more....Mercedes=people who think there driving the best...like they used to be...now overpriced rubbish..your another one to fall for it.lol

[@gaputra9852]

quanity does not meant quality. in the end, G wagen design lasts, the two others, whats left ? #strongerthantime #whatintheworldcanstopthegclass?

[@JohnCitizenDU]

I think you're forgetting the Land Cruiser 70, it's been around since 1984... Also the Land Cruiser 40 was made between 1959-2001 so Toyota does make designs last a long time!

[@relativity375]

the real beauty of it all is that opinions in reviews don't have to match the numbers, and the fact that his opinion is still valued speaks volumes...not every reviewer (cars, games, movies...) has to agree, because you don't formulate an opinion based on only one of them...in fact, I'll go as far as to say that to evaluate a product you NEED both people who are biased and unbiased. It's only good to have at least two different views on the same thing to average it out

[@lightbox8019]

Tim M the U.K. has lots of car brands.

[@crownroyal111]

gotta love the music at the end.

[@avalonjustin]

For some reason I like the look of the G Wagon. It's angular and sturdy-looking.

[@Alextec9]

lol i like the old cheesy music

[@wilspin01]

Not only will the G Wagon still be going it will probably cost the same to buy still as a new freelander

[@CEEPMDEE]

The range rover has an old buick v8 that breaks down all of the time.

[@DolleHengst]

Actually, that Buick V8 is about the only reliable part of a Range Rover

[@xnova5]

DolleHengst lol I'm surprised the host of the show never mention reliability. probably because they don't want to bad mouth cars from their own country.

[@stuartjohns2779]

Based on an Australian Leyland v8 from the 70s lol:)

[@richardschofield2201]

My range rover of that era had a really reliable TDi.

[@CEEPMDEE]

@@richardschofield2201 That was the most reliable motor they had.

[@511dydy]

Let me put it this way. That land cruiser are still around and about in high numbers everywhere in the world. For daily driving, or for offroading. Those versions of g wagon and range rovers i hardly hardyly ever see on the road. Especially the range rovers, practically none.

[@kudo1980]

many years past. which of those 3 vehicles still on road and running well? Im driving my old G.

[@RainJetSprinklers]

I drove a RHD turbo diesel hj61 land cruiser here in the states once, my first 2 minutes in it I compared it to a forklift so Jeremy's comparison of the land cruiser to a tractor seems believable. I wish they had used a defender instead of the Range Rover.

[@robbo777cricket]

The defender in 1991 really was a tractor, not like the semi refined newer ones.

[@cmdrnachoman5864]

HJ60 here. Kinda like a truck. Cant be stopped by anything, whether it be 600k kms, or a run up the arse at 100km/h. (Fun fact, towball cracked the other vehicle's engine block...).

[@mitchellsaba187]

My 1992 land cruiser is still going today. Starts up fine and drives great! I think you cant beat toyota when it comes to 4WD’s

[@finecorinthianvideos]

The G Wagon looks the same as they do today

[@zOiNhUh]

I remember seeing a lot of those Land Cruiser 100 in Amazon back in the day. Mostly gassers and probably these were all assembled in Cumaná, Venezuela.

[@charishraju]

In my childhood growing up Calcutta in the 80s used to see a lot of G Wagons used by the expatriate German community and the local Consulate....since then G Wagon has gone upmarket...

[@87Rigsby]

Funny thing is that around this time Clarkson did actually own a 4.2 petrol fj80 landcruser.

[@igorv4631]

4.5

[@87Rigsby]

@@igorv4631 Aye always thinking of the diesels. Thanks.👍

[@igorv4631]

​@@87Rigsby I just bought one, will see how will hold its feets.. it does feel old and robust.. :D

[@jmin8400]

Well Toyota made them much nicer after this episode, by adding leather trim and the better engine in late 1992, better leather and dual airbags from 1995. Of course he jumped on it. Land Cruiser jumped up in both price and prestige starkly during the 90s, squandering it away in the later 2000s and 2010s. J200 was not as competitive in terms of luxury as the 80 and 100 were, in a smaller field of competition. By 1998, these nameplates were still the best to get in 4x4 luxury.

[@spiderson6485]

Time has proven that Landcruiser is King 👑 still

[@NYRIKAN]

THAT RANGE ROVER WOULD BE THE ''PERFECT'' OFF ROADER IF IT HAD A TOYOTA ENGINE IN IT...............

[@NYRIKAN]

yea but they last forever

[@viktorpapp3683]

Why do people think reliability=engine? Loads of other things will apart on the range rover that will leave you stranded, the whole thing is just crap, they are all rusted now to the last nut and bolt, 80 series are still on the road and cost 10k

[@BDF30]

GREAT EXTERIOR COLOR AND GREAT INTERIOR 3 COLORS AND VINTAGE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR. I WANT AN OLD G!

[@norwester7018]

Yep, my Hilux and LC (FJ60) both have over 300K on them and they're still running like tops...

[@MrTomwinter]

The least capable car off road in this video is the Range Rover, both of the others offer front and rear diff locks as standard and are equal in terms of suspension. You have to love the bias from Mr C.

[@senor250]

He owns a Land Cruiser

[@senor250]

The Ford Bronco has never been on sale in the UK

[@TheRealUnconnected]

Nope nothing beats a RR for articulation and they have dual limited slip diffs they don't need diff lock. Only the old one have diff lock before the LSDs were added. The boge rear end is why they are so good off road. Google it. They have 3 suspension points on the rear axel.

[@RoadCone411]

All were capable of getting through that muddy trail in the woods though, which is far more off-road than 99.8% of SUV owners will ever take their vehicles. You couldn't have done that trail with a modern RAV4.

[@dawodchatha]

the mercedes g class is one of the most beautiful cars ever made

[@timm3670]

Lump of overpriced rubbish

[@timm3670]

Boxy crap

[@megafon2200]

german made B.S car. It will brake down every weekend. I used to owne one. NEVER AGAIN will I buy a German made vehicle. There is thousands better way of spending your weekends than repairing your German made car. thank you. but no .....thank. u

[@jagkings]

It barely changed its design since the 1980s, and cost 100k more than a Range Rover. No thanks.

[@harryscott1445]

Dawod Chatha Should have gone to spec savers...

[@jamiecox2506]

two of these have never really changed

[@j.cesarbraga]

In Brazil, Toyota does not sell the Land Cruiser. But the G-Class is marketed by Mercedes-Benz and Land Rover sells all its models here. But the G-Class is undoubtedly the best-selling.

[@marcusdolby1]

My 1992 Land Cruiser has 400,000 miles, still my every day car.

[@samiam4932]

if this video was made today the land cruiser would win.

[@Chthonian121]

1991 G Wagon looking a lot like 2001 G Wagon looking a lot like 2011 G Wagon xD

[@jmin8400]

There are only 3 generations of Geländewagen, so of course those looked very similar since it wasn't redesigned between 1990 and 2018.

[@subeyguy66]

4:57 a sign of things to come.

[@malcolmwolfgram7414]

I'm still driving my 92 RR

[@Tucet_]

5:02 Now that's a lot of smoke hahaha

[@cmdrnachoman5864]

Seems to be just steam. The way it mixes in the air.

[@joshbacon8241]

2:50 - Why wasn’t it possible to fit the right-hand-drive diesel versions of the G Wagon with a turbocharger at the time this was first broadcast in 1991?

[@nw-iv9tt]

Which was the EP that had 3 4x4 tested by toffs and they all got stuck and had to be pulled out by a digger. And they had an old land rover series 1 I think that was the only one to make it up the hill.

[@Faunce07]

I have a Land Cruiser. 15 years old with 300,000 miles on it.....UNSTOPPABLE

[@yourfriendben2]

I like how he said the range rover was the best, but as you can see in the later top gear episodes he bought a series 80 land cruiser

[@sasawaoh1636]

5:00 Look at that smoke!

[@MrLankruza]

Plenty of old Rangies still going and looking timeless. You can't beat a V8.

[@spreaddeezhazelnutz7511]

Yeah, but the brits had to use an American V8 which I like to see. But my favorite engine for off road use is AMC's 4.0 liter inline 6

[@jacobharford7273]

+Joseph Long love them both, that 4.0 is brilliant

[@spreaddeezhazelnutz7511]

+jacob harford I have a 2001 Cherokee and it is so much fun to drive and the engine makes all of that torque in the bottom end. Since it makes all of it's power on the bottom end, regular driving is always around a VERY LOW 1500 rpms a decent speed. It hits the rev limiter at 6000 rpms and it sounds like a BMW inline 6 on steroids. 😆 It's just cool to think that you can hit the maximum torque on the 4.0 without even trying.

[@jacobharford7273]

+Joseph Long I completely understand what you mean. I feel exactly the same with my 2000 Cherokee classic, it just finds everything so easy, towing, overtaking, climbing or going up hills. Glad to hear you have on too

[@73dustpan]

Chevy V8 that is

[@NFreund]

its amazing how dark it is...in all those old top gear episodes. And they havent bothered to turn the headlights on

[@micktaylorwolfcreekmechanical]

South African-born explorer Mike Horn ran a leg of his 'Pole2Pole' expedition from Birdsville through the Simpson Desert in a convoy of G-Wagens, 6 of the 7 vehicles that attempted the Canning broke down and they actually had charter a plane to fly parts in lol Canning van be done in a '83 landcruiser with no issues - not a huge achievemt compared to the bloke in the Lada Niva that got through without an issue plenty old landcruisers and patrols do this trip without issue never seen a rover out there

[@w201w124]

@jameswalker99 actually the Mercedes in this comparison is a 3 liter 6 cylinder petrol engine.

[@joekurdish3385]

Damn this was old 9 years ago!!!

[@EvoPower2010]

Of course new Gelandewagens are overpriced, but the old ones lasts forever. There's one old man called Gunther Holtorf. He spent 800k miles simply driving in his G-Wagen mostly offroad and just a couple of things broke down on that G, which could be easily fixed.G-Wagen is worth every dollar.

[@buzzbuoy]

I was 3 when he was throwing big words around big cars. What a long way he's come!

[@woodstocknun]

if clarkson said "yesteryear" with a posh accent today, he would do it sarcastically.

[@SolarBurrito]

Sweet music at 6:13

[@henkstols9326]

Wow JC actually did reviews on cars back in the day. If I could choose one here it would be the Mercedes, just looks better than the rest.

[@bajer111]

thats one young clarkson

[@Nakai_the_Wanderer]

Yea times have changed, the G-Wagon didnt. ;) They changed a bit ... :D

[@abhisingh6099]

Jezza completely has though!

[@gp1585]

Land Rover. Been making mechanics out of drivers since 1948!

[@benbruno6656]

😂

[@wahpanda1520]

can someone tell me why this is flipped backwards?

[@Zuper98]

Still have my landcruiser has 294k miles on it and still runs like new!!!!!

[@awadhali212]

Haha I see the same landcruiser almost every day, I can't remember the last time I saw a range rover of that model

[@dezzajones9437]

This is the most 90s thing I've ever watched.

[@1958plymouth440V8]

Land Rover used to have a 90% share of the 4x4 market in Australia. That figure fell to just 2% after the introduction of the Land Cruiser.

[@alexanderlieven7747]

The music seems to be from "Megatits 6"...

[@bratattack5]

Land Cruiser VX90 all the way. We have one and it's just brilliant!

[@ascaniomarak1561]

That G wagon will still look good even today , the others ? well not so much.

[@inferno]

I know that guy from somewhere.

[@MiniFR12]

The One that My Dad Has Got Looks amazing.

[@landcruiser77]

land cruiser foreverrrrr in south america they rule the roads!

[@rallychamp2003]

I have a 18 year old Gwagon with 430,000 miles on it.

[@havard8160]

So missdable🤩

[@Slovflyer]

Just bought a '91 with 229k miles. Has oil seepage everywhere from years of neglect and needs driveline rebuilt but the bastards' still running every time I crank it up and take the family for a ride around town.

[@cheselz]

Little did Jeremy know that he would be driving one of those Range Rovers 20 years later in Bolivia

[@gaputra9852]

@desimunda116 u can grab a 1985 old 280GE or 1992 300GE like the one Jeremy drove above, and u still end up having the same interior space, windows, wheelbase, wheelspace, cabin, trunk, engine room and doors like today's 130,000 dollars G55 AMG.

[@roboto204]

Just think, Jeremy crossed the Amazon on a 91 land rover lawl. He talks about the land rover like it is awesome.

[@stensonw1lego]

i agree but like he said, mercedes and landcruisers are a personall preferen ce!

[@shabby007]

@7:08 in my head i heard “SPEEEEED” in jeremy’s voice 🙃

[@santinojose7737]

long live the LC80

[@sskoul]

Land Cruiser is the best of the three hands down. No competition whatsoever. Reference?? Global sales figures shall set you free!

[@motanelustelistu]

Well it has but not so much.Only some LED's under the lights and more modern look.

[@CochiTravels]

@shanobi95 yeah. but at least the range rover can get through anything. so it's still ahead anyway.

[@maheshmurali2697]

That land cruiser might be still running well somewhere

[@Chuassy]

i litterally compete that year land rover and cruiser today. the land cruiser 11 years later is still chuggin more than the land rover

[@aaronbays4]

Its a shame British Leyland couldn't get their shit together and provide reliable cars. They had a bunch of interesting and very ahead of their time cars like the Range Rover. I mean that car came out in 1970, it was 20 years ahead of its time in terms of refinement. Keep in mind in 1970, 4wd SUV's were the tiny Ford Bronco, Jeep CJ-5, the Chevy K-5 Blazer, hell maybe the Jeep Wagoneer gave the Range Rover a run for its money in terms of similar space and refinement. But the Wagoneer was in a class of 1 in the American market, the Range Rover was kind of in a class of 1 in the world market until it was sold in the US in the 1980's, when it clobbered the Wagoneer in terms of refinement and being just modern.

[@jmin8400]

Great observation, in a sea of mindless commentary. Back in the 80s, it was just Range Rover, Grand Wagoneer, and then 60-Series Land Cruiser for premium utilities. MB formally joined the higher end fray with the W463 lux variants in 1990 and LC 60-Series gave way to the J80/Lexus LX (post '95). Jeep handicapped itself with ZJ Grand Wagoneer (GC variant) not going far enough in execution and in being too mass market (less prestige). P38A brought RR into the contemporary world with better ergonomics, but was not very distinctive and had a much shorter shelf life, plus the reliability quotient likely worsened.

[@yasserbalushi5013]

It's 2018 . We don't see much G.wagons. or range 91 model still running till this day . But we see a lot of Toyota's

[@jmin8400]

Who is we? Maybe you don't.

[@MrTomek1112]

Aggh, now the G waggon is the biggest status symbol.