2021 Land Rover Defender 90 Quick Review // It Just Oozes Cool

V8 might be the move ngl

I've just been reading about how problematic recovering a Defender is, if it's in a truly offroad situation. Its owner's manual is very enlightening.

"The vehicle should not be towed on all four wheels and should not be recovered with the front or rear wheels suspended. Doing so can result in serious transmission damage. The method for recovery and/or transportation of the vehicle is on a transporter or trailer designed for that purpose."

"The recovery agent must activate the transmission park release before recovery commences. The procedure for activating the transmission park release is covered in a separate publication for service personnel."

If you don't, the following happens:

"If Neutral (N) is selected and the engine is then switched off, the transmission automatically selects Park (P) after 10 minutes has elapsed. If the transmission park release mechanism has not been activated and the vehicle is being towed, serious damage to the transmission will result."

"If the vehicle cannot be recovered via the correct method, the vehicle can be towed on all four wheels for a short distance."

" Do not tow the vehicle for more than 50 km (30 miles). Do not exceed 50 km/h (30 mph). Towing for a greater distance or at a higher speed may result in serious damage to the transmission."

So you can only go offroad to places that are within 50-ish km of access to a flatbed truck. ... but you can't even go that far unless you've learnt how to activate the transmission park release.

" Only tow the vehicle in a forward direction with all four wheels on the ground. Towing in a reverse direction, or with only two wheels on the ground, will cause serious damage to the transmission."

What if pulling it out backwards is the only access to where it's stuck?

" Do not tow the vehicle if the transmission cannot be set in Neutral (N)."

"Do not tow the vehicle if the rear electronic differential has failed in the locked position."

Crikey. With electrics that shut down the whole vehicle at the drop off a hat, how on earth does all THAT make it a good choice for serious offroading? Australia? Any continent except Europe? Hmm...

Love this colour

The back seat does fold flat, just pull up the cushion and remove

Can the rear seats be completely removed?

Worthless 10min. WTF not real test? No backseat? Just driving on grass and... Suuuuucks!

noiiice

I have an old Defender 110 and i’m going to buy a new Defender 110 as a every day family car - perfect combo…

Not complete review

No manual gearbox 😴😴😴😴😴😩😩😩😩

But where? Where did the fork go James??? JAMES?!?!

It has inferior approach and departure angles to the old 90 and lack of solid axles means it will not perform as well as the old Defender offroad. It's a nice car but its more like a Discovery 6. Also the load space is basically a joke compared to the old 90. Let's not even talk about the wheels, good luck in sand when you can't deflate the tyres is all I will say.

They're really nice, comparatively luxurious, and honestly very capable off road, but the BIG knock has been reliability, for decades. It's said you should adopt a qualified mechanic if you buy one. Has that been improved at all?

Literally looks like a toy

You guys are good and I always watch you but you focus and picture yourselves more than the cars you present? do you mean it???

If the rear seats folded flat, and it had a sliding wall to sepperate the cargo area from the cabin.

Really torn between the 90 and the 110… I prefer the looks of the 90, but the ease of getting passengers in the back is a pain. The room back there is honestly no different once you’re back there (sat in both). It’s the tiny trunk of the 90 where the biggest sacrifice is made. I guess for big hauls you can flip rear seats down…. But a long road trip with 4 passengers and you’d barely have room for luggage. Tough call.

Stop complaining about the gauge cluster Thomas. You finally have a legitimate excuse for speeding 😎😎

The Rover tows 2x as much. Ughh. I wish the jeep and bronco would tow 5,000 at least even 4500

Love how people are tryn to go after the wrangler and failing lol land rover and Ford just doesn't have what the jeep wrangler has.. style, aftermarket, comfort, history etc ...

Thomas just wasn't having that BMI joke today 😂

But the more I look at this defender tomorrow like it

Have they improved their reliability because the one that the "fast lane car" has had nothing problems.

You lads know that 'mound' is also a slang term for a woman's pubic hair right?

These will never hold up. A very unrelabile vehecle. A very unrelible brand.

They really ruined the Defender style...a shame.

I hear the quality issues are terrible

If your goal in life is to say to other drivers,"look at me and what I've got/can afford (leased)". I have watched many Ford Bronco videos and the Bronco looks just as cool and quite frankly, somewhat better. Great ending, btw.😋😎

'It never works properly'...so pretty much like every Defender model from 1951. 😂

I change my way. I sold all my Land Rovers and bought an 2021 Isuzu Dmax LSM - cost effective, reliable, cap price service, 6 year warranty etc

Another overpriced parking lot cruiser. Should have kept it basic like the last model.

I’ve changed and accepted it and my family has had 4 defenders spanning from 1997 - 2016 model year with one currently. It’s cool this thing

Beautiful vehicle.... Unfortunately I watched TFL and their awful experience with this new defender.

This SUV is AMAZING………. For a Discovery.

Not a real Defender. LR could take notes from Mercedes and Toyota

Overpriced , unreliable piece of crap.

so handsome car and men

Hair Dressers Land Rover, not a proper land rover, just anothet Chelsea Tractor to pickup Cappuccino

Hmm reliability? Ford Bronco probably better.

Will never ooze the coolness of the original defender

Let me give you an update: the Landrover "extra" Defender comes with a big V8....

Surprised it didn't break down during your filming guys! Haha

And yet, the RAV4 will be on the road ~8 years longer than this silly thing while using 1/2 the fuel, and accomplishing the exact same task of suburban commuting.

“It just oozes cool” except it doesnt. The actual defender does

As a expert on mounds, that was a classy mound

It just oozes quality problems...worst SUV purchase anyone can make

No option for manual transmission? Nope. LR believe manuals are 'just daft' these days and a manual transmission just 'isn’t efficient'. The transmission and e-turbo systems, which helps the Defender’s hybrid system to recuperate energy, need regulating by complicated computer systems. Other reasons apparently include meeting government safety and environmental requirements and to allow for the seating plan.

Terrible. Nothing really about the car. No one sat in the back to review packaging, no real details, no real review. Just a boring video of you two talking, talking, talking heads. Will pass on your reviews in the future.