Prindiville Defender: The Luxury Land Rover - Fifth Gear

Vicki tries out the Prindiville Defender, a tuned and modified Defender.
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[@oldcargeezer]

I love my Defender 110, and it’s the older TD5 version. I sold my BMW as it never came out of the garage....l preferred driving the 110. The Land Rover has so much character, and you really need to DRIVE it, you can’t just sit there and steer. Had it five years, done 50,000 miles in it (was already nine years old when l got it) And it’s worth more than l paid.

[@AlejandroP1980s]

Hey a 2015 like this defender 5.0 v8 is gas or diesel

[@Blebona]

surely customizing your defender the way you would actually like it wouldn't cost nearly as much...

[@nightstalker824]

cool defender and it looks badass, but it's funny how you show that it's off road capable by goin through a water crossing that a Nissan rogue can ease by..

[@leonidasmark2310]

i know Im randomly asking but does someone know a trick to log back into an Instagram account..? I somehow forgot my account password. I would appreciate any tricks you can give me!

[@otisbraxton4653]

@Leonidas Mark instablaster =)

[@leonidasmark2310]

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[@leonidasmark2310]

@Otis Braxton It worked and I now got access to my account again. Im so happy! Thank you so much, you really help me out!

[@otisbraxton4653]

@Leonidas Mark No problem xD

[@asthonbull]

el mejor 4x4 y el diseño de Land Rover espectacular. Cuando sera que tengo uno

[@Thecougar66]

I think the last of the Discovery 2 td5 is the one to have. Almost all the off road ability of the defender but with comfort, space and more refinement. Still painfully slow but very tuneable. Mine has 158k on it and still sweet as a nut. I have a new 530d too but the Landy feels part of the family. I think it's great, but I honestly don't know why🤔

[@andrewmutavi590]

niiice,love the car,the cometrary,love everything,awesome stuff

[@walterd7331]

Worth every penny!

[@cienfuegos569]

Beautiful ¡¡¡¡ Love it¡¡¡¡¡

[@georgepatton8693]

But I WANT a U.N. military vehicle going into a warzone

[@jalalmiah2354]

George Patton "we fought the wrong enemy"

[@roller1815]

@@jalalmiah2354 the Americans fought the wrong enemy indeed

[@adversusmundi507]

If I was an American going into a war zone I would want the twisted version

[@qwertyzxcv123]

Get a Toyota Land Cruiser Troopy.

[@philprice2541]

You just don't get Defenders do you. Your wrapped up with the ideology that you need air conditioning, That no one would want to hear the engine. I have a mercedes clk and a Landrover 90. I get no fun in the Merc hate the damn thing .Zero character. The Landrover is a family member it makes all sorts of noises I love every mile in it . It has all it needs. I don,t even need a radio I love the beat of its heart more . You are a typical modern driver looking for silence a 100 gadgets you don't need. Had mine 17 years and worth still what I paid for it runs on very little cost. I fix everything myself. It has never let me down.. It is classless and unpretentious. I could be a pauper or a Lord no one can judge me no one can catch me in the mud , snow ,flood , or towing capacity. Phil

[@johnnywoodchip8227]

Phil Price I'm 13 and I'd rather have a 2015 defender than anything else. Except maybe a series 3.

[@peterking2561]

Johnny Woodchip!!! Same except the Mercedes g wagon. If it wasn’t 150k

[@yo2748]

Johnny Woodchip!!! nah i like 2000 too 2007

[@georgmuller7476]

I AGREE:THE CHARACTER......

[@bendruce667]

Swear all these car shows and stuff just don’t understand a defender and let’s be honest who puts road tires on a defender 🤢. Also my sisters Clio could drive through that stream.

[@SuperAdobeFlash]

This is what the New Defender 2020 should look like. Update: I Think Tata fired the old designers. So sad.

[@adnan8904]

Sadly he don't

[@kingcolga266]

Exactly. The new one looks like garbage

[@SuperAdobeFlash]

@@kingcolga266 I wonder who are their designers ? Chinese perhaps

[@jassvlogs0076]

This defender is awesome

[@mal2602]

would definitely ride that.and the land rover seems alright.

[@cjfeanor]

Where is this? love to take mine..

[@yousefo3481]

this truck so tough and and beautiful

[@brianbridle951]

That "river" looked more like a ford! We have a padded Landrover. called Discovery and Range Rover.

[@CharlesMuriuki]

How is the rear and boot space ?

[@liamclune8405]

its not supposed to be a road vehicle

[@Agent57000DM]

Exactly!

[@markfarrelly1623]

Aint that the truth

[@liamclune8405]

stfu u obviously dont know sh*t

[@Cesare951000]

+Mark Farrelly hahaha lmao 😂😂

[@liamclune8405]

ahhhhh sorry bro thought u were saying what i said was wrong, my mad man

[@edydj9671]

fitting an anti roll bar in a defender?are they mad?you need good wheel articulation for rock climbing

[@GeeserBeast]

I think someone somewhere has got his Merc G63 stolen

[@Tillerman56]

I own a bog standard Defender with a GOOD engine, a Td5, and I wouldn't swap it for this bling-thing. No way!

[@harleycg75]

Im with you on that.

[@alansalter1836]

Good man 👏

[@buddhamack1491]

Road tyres on it?

[@arifraja7616]

Really I love this car

[@asdrubale2]

Automatic gear-box?

[@c.mechellebanks2072]

Elbow room, everything is touchable 😁

[@ZarrarholdingspvtltdAtherShah]

the crush of my teenage dreams viki

[@danishguns0051]

Yes i need that car : )

[@4rings518]

18 inch tires??

[@dqwaszx]

Anyone looking to buy this type of vehicle probably doesn't care about a BMW X5 or a Cayenne. Am I wrong?

[@dahotrod1533]

Either way none of these are off-road vehicles. A defender should be left alone.

[@funibikeman6769]

Exactly a true off-roader is something like a wrangler or a defender. Not an suv

[@sureshot8399]

Well, you kind of are. I have a Cayenne, but really want an old Defender too. Wouldn't want a Prindiville though. Bowler, yes, exMOD Landy? For sure. Not this or a Kahn though.

[@christopherkennedy4004]

Dude! I could cross that river in my daughters Astra. Show us a real river crossing.

[@hughes40]

i want this one

[@loveitorscrapit6673]

Still great. Thumbs up.

[@danield9021]

This is the equivalent of turning an F430 into a rally car. -_-

[@user-gn3cr9um5x]

very nice

[@rosetta144]

ディフェンダーはやっぱりブラックが かっこいいね。

[@jalalmiah2354]

けい坊 exactly what i was thinking sir

[@prestonchakai7054]

I love landrover

[@asdrubale2]

Good! I want it!

[@thomasvarghese7892]

Yes this my machine

[@darie99]

This model had to be upgraded step by step in time, and its sale would have grown in the same way, progressively. It should not have removed this model, the model that inspired the G-class and everything on the off-road market.

[@MichaelVolzFishing]

130 thumb down Prius Driver?

[@shamsheercb9266]

What a look landy

[@GamingJean]

what year is this car?

[@archie_-zv8xc]

2011 i think

[@regreg6034]

Wee love the big dirty clanky diesel engine love .. the best part lol

[@MrMewbles]

YOU DONT BUY A DEFENDER TO BE AN S CLASS

[@josh256m8]

What if you do

[@benz500r]

The exterior looks good and the interior probably just as good, but I have not seen enough of it. The engine is probably ok for European market, but in US it will be significantly under powered. They can put Range Rover's supercharged engine in it and it would fly like an arrow, even though it is not an aerodynamic truck.

[@ImInLoveWithBulla]

Ooh, it can drive through a puddle. What an incredible all-terrain vehicle.

[@AndersaurusR3X]

I would rather have a standard Defender.

[@alexjaybrady]

i learned to drive in an old lightweight it was fun

[@aaronmackay4596]

Avg Gamer me to

[@johnnywoodchip8227]

Same

[@greigsanderson]

That's because your a spastic.

[@chris77777777ify]

Rather have a decent puck up truck. Or an old free lander if in must be a range. Cheap momo steering wheel from max power mag with no airbag.

[@collinsedward777]

It's a shame they don't make this vehicle any more.

[@jameshenderson1610]

Hello ! Damn pleased This actually sounds like pretty ama|kngfinish

[@ImInLoveWithBulla]

Only the British would worry about the quality of the roof carpeting on an OFF ROAD VEHICLE. I’d much rather buy a surplus military one and give it to any California tuner for heavy diffs, suspension and an LS V8. For a much smaller price.

[@johnnywoodchip8227]

Andrew Cuthbertson Land Rover fans don't actually give one. They buy a range rover

[@dedenradiyansyah]

1080p like a 360p

[@sampatel1430]

Oh My God fund actually looks like heavily!bizdrre regard :)

[@Nonamenever557]

Instead of trying to make it into a track car, why not give it the soft long travel coil suspension from a Range Rover classic for a smooth ride, a Chevy v8 LS swap and an automatic gearbox. Swap the seats out for modern Range Rover units. Much better!

[@Nonamenever557]

also dynamat the hell out of it

[@rhodesianwojak2095]

^

[@raulio81]

For 60 years the car that was made for off road driving and changing engine every 50 - 60 thousand miles, not to mention other problems :))))

[@fatherted2948]

thats not a river ,,, thats a puddle,, haha

[@pood_49]

52 thousand pounds? That's heavy.

[@stourportjasper]

Hope they have also upgraded the standard security supplied by land rover, as its useless, mine got nicked off my drive in less than five minutes, and no they did not have the keys. So one very unhappy ex Land Rover 110 xs pickup owner. Ps the police had no interest in finding it either, more like their attitude was, well if you buy one of these expect it to get stolen sometime soon 😟

[@noname-gw7ie]

Good car

[@archie_-zv8xc]

twisted put LS V8s in these things for less than 60k

[@myroadtours6147]

Really? Power is about the only thing I would change on the Defender.

[@phoninta6285]

the old model is the most beautiful all time truck ever, but why they stop making it? I don't get it.

[@oldcargeezer]

Too labour intensive to make, and couldn't get it through emissions red tape. Plus no airbags. They kept it going a few years by re-classifying it as a commercial vehicle but that ended with Euro 6.

[@johnnywoodchip8227]

Lotusdriver I think they just used that as an excuse to make a better vehicle that they can make more money from

[@oldcargeezer]

Yes you could be right there, Defender was more labour intensive as it was largely hand made. Let's see what the new one looks like! Due out in 2018 we are told.

[@johnnywoodchip8227]

probably like a range rover.

[@oldcargeezer]

Yes l imagine a ruggedized version of something like Discovery Sport. But who knows....it might be completely new and really good.

[@dhisfaa_ugandadhisfaa_ugan4216]

Super!!!

[@jonjones1553]

I got abit excited when Vicki grabbed that knob. What a beautiful young lady!

[@willfillms]

Chelsea Tractor!

[@RichardEnglander]

That's good value compared to the new ones

[@bmstylee]

That's what Brits call a river huh? Looks more like a steam. And a small one at that.

[@johnnywoodchip8227]

wild bill no but fifth gear are twats. Search for 84 camel trophy

[@henrywilson9909]

Those tyres on the rigged out landy look like the same on a drift car, that things on ment to go off-roading

[@primeror]

nice truck !

[@edwardogeese5250]

primeror its not a truck

[@usthonsyaifullah3333]

👍wow

[@SVIDAANTONIO1]

land rover seguira siendo el rey del 4por 4

[@teuton8363]

cool

[@sundown798]

This thing would sell for $150,000 if in the USA the market is crazy.

[@olliewhatley]

why on earth do the wheels stick out further than the arches? It looks ridiculous

[@carlo9524]

The first thing it got WRONG is not using a 4 door.

[@arefeshghi]

Chickens could cross that river safe and sound! what was that?!!

[@frankburns8871]

That wasn't a river; that was a creek.

[@user-hh3lg4ro4g]

Finally they are improved Land Rover Defender. However, Jeep JKU is still the best & the most capable off-road vehicle in mass production which you can use in the city with no issues.

[@JayPee570]

Looks like a summer tire.

[@robertboris9597]

Land Rover and Hammer)

[@luvc5643]

What the heck. This is like someone looking for boots with fur inside, or a diamond key, pointless...

[@kuda6287]

I love the look of it but I know it's not for me

[@drogomuircastle7175]

It's got joke tyres. Go on anything more difficult than wet grass and it'll get stuck. You can ford rivers deeper than that in a Mondeo

[@aljabriuae]

thay said made by TATA company in india. it's right ??!!

[@doozer009]

Wow! For the amount of time she has been presenting, she does not know the difference between a wheel and a tire.

[@millomweb]

Seen her in 2 LRs now - it's like keeping a hamster in a horse box.

[@dwperkins4762]

The BMW X5 will drop value Like a Stone dropping

[@sb4bm]

A Range Rover sport or x5 is no where near as badass as this thing

[@GregsMowing]

Calling it a tractor engine. Yet from 2006 all defenders had ford transit engines

[@michaelwalker7688]

Yeah, but the luxury of a Land Rover comes from its utilitarian purpose built ascetic. If you want leather and shiny plastic, you would be better off with a Cadillac Escalade.

[@SimonStrother]

Michael Walker or a Range Rover. More luxurious than an Escalade but still with that Land Rover DNA

[@troysanchez776]

The aerodynamics of a Land Rover Defender is the same amount of drag as a Volvo 740 towing another Volvo 740.

[@akhilsoman5638]

hey miss why don't you mail this to landrover people. I think they'll like the idea of putting together luxury car and offroader. P.S you can also suggest a cool name like "Rangerover"

[@fatherted2948]

Yea , Still a box on Wheels ,, try the Landcruiser 80 V8, bring your Box to Cahils crossing NT Australia and watch it wash down into the croc infested RIVER crossing,, Goodby landrover

[@johnnywoodchip8227]

the doctor watch camel trophy 84. Then you'll see that Land Rovers are better

[@HarryHollertheWolf]

There must be a thousand channels like this who copy the format of Top Gear verbatim.

[@Nemoticon]

If you want a brand modded Defender, Twisted Land rovers are much better. But tbh, my perfect Defender wouldn't be luxurious or fast, it would be a work horse with a snorkel and winches, front and back.

[@northzero2390]

But i want basic, i want to hear the tractor engine. I have a 335i BMW for speed, comfort and air con. These car programs just don't get it.

[@amosbarsang7445]

Reminds me of a mercedes G class... beautiful car though

[@Gdsamplify]

The Luxury Land Rover... so a Range Rover

[@chasmon12]

50k for some bucket seats and a remap.. id like to see those tires in soft mud

[@TheLizard-oe3cy]

i maked a video with land rover test offroad

[@TG-ru4fd]

3:42 play the video in 0.5 speed and thank me later

[@rhodesianwojak2095]

lol nice

[@40rty7even4]

Mercedes G wagon with a Land Rover badge.

[@mdbarkatullah7636]

40RTY 7EVEN Well its the grandfather of all of-roader.If u think a 1945's car copied a 1984 or 2010-17's model you should go to a hospital check out your brain.And if you have no idea about cars you can leave

[@mdbarkatullah7636]

40RTY 7EVEN Well its the grandfather of all of-roader.If u think a 1945's car copied a 1984 or 2010-17's model you should go to a hospital check out your brain.And if you have no idea about cars you can leave

[@prashannamalla2970]

This should have been land rover's answer to g wagon