Top Gear Range Rover L322 Launch Review 2002
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson reviews the 2002 Range Rover L322 taking it off-road on a country shoot up against other 4x4's including the E53 BMW X5, Jeep Grand Cherokee and the Toyota Land Cruiser Amazon. This episode first aired on 29th December 2002.
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Watching this after seeing Clarksons Farm, with a 2007 model.
He became everything he ridiculed here. But still, JC's farm is a great show!
Pretty sure he brought that new and its just stayed
@@willpickman2763 Yes. He kept it despite buying the newer model too.
@@aleksandaraleksic4067 e⚽️⚽️
@trainman655 - Jeremy bought the new model too, he drives both.
Almost 20 years and this still looks great.
Inside the junk yard but looks good😅😂😂😂
Totally agree!
@@nicolasarias4967this Range Rover is still Clarckson’s daily driver. He recently did a video on Harry’s Garage about it because Harry has the same model as his daily driver. Your comment has hilariously bad timing.
@@lookoutforchrisit’s not this one that’s his daily. He’s got a 57 plate one. The one in this video is off the road since 2021 and with 207,889 miles on the clock.
@@lookoutforchrisbecause Clarkson drives a similar model, doesn’t suddenly mean it does look good. Some people think it does and some people think it doesn’t. No one single person has an opinion that can be considered above others
James May has lost weight.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ikr. James has lost a 100kg
That isn't James may.
@@jorainina8890 That would be the point of my joke, yes.
@@jorainina8890 no shit mate
If only it were reliable, because this is one of the most tasteful looking cars ever made. Period.
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With an BMW engine ☺️
@JOSE ADAME With the BMW diesel, of yes best Choice that Engine will Outlive US all
@JOSE ADAME 2 major problems in 5-6 months is quite a lot...
@@idreeskhan8885 air suspension fault isn't a major problem bro 😁
Fun fact: the Landcruiser in this clip most probably is still working like new!
and certainly not worth 30 quid
@@LR_84 Land Cruisers , and even in general the Toyotas are keeping their values really well because of proven reliability
Just did an road tax check of it - that particular Land Cruiser hasn't been on the road since 2016
@@shaumikhaque1443 Now it depends a lot by the owners
@@iosifd2409 True. But I think this one might've been exported abroad rather than scrapped. That's what happens many old Toyotas from the UK - they end up in Africa or Southeast Asia after 20 yrs or so.
Just MOT checked the Range Rover in this and it is still going strong... on 207,000 miles! Legend. Land Cruiser off the road since 2016, only made it to 90,000 odd miles, BMX X5 off the road in 2007, only managed in the region of 45,500 miles. Jeep Grand Cherokee, off the road since 2009 at only 39,000 miles! So not only is the Range Rover more reliable by a hell of a distance, it actually represents the best value for money four by four there is.
........
😂
Wut happened to the land cruiser?
@@Drasky-yh6bk probably in Africa
@@Drasky-yh6bk I am not sure, it may still belong to Mr Clarkson and be stuffed in a shed somewhere. It may have been sold, written off, exported. Just not on the road legally in the UK since 2016.
The fact that Clarkson still drives one of these to this day is a testament to its design and capability. Excellent vehicles. As an American though, I couldn’t justify buying and driving one
Patriotism won again huh lol
Why can‘t you justify it? Would the eagle be sad or would your neighbours shoot you?
Yet you americans justify driving arround in a boorish and stupid pickup truck… 😂😂😂
Because parts and service are charged at a premium here in the states@@realtoverland
@@shenton18 🦅🦅🦅
Funny thing is that old Defender would be worth more than the X5 today
Series not defender
Which X5? The BMW or the Range Rover 🤣
(This series of Range Rover was based off the X5)
@@Cust0mBuilder Erm.......What?
@@Cust0mBuilder no
If you can find one of those x5s still around
That range rover looks to be still going strong. Passed last years MOT with just over 200k on the clock.
Remarkable.
Excelent job.
Yep mine has 235k on the clock all done by me and still going strong, on my 3rd gearbox, I change the oil in the gearbox each year as it doubles it’s life span
What was wrong with your gearboxes? I'm still on my original gearbox in my Discovery 3 at 250k miles, though did have a new torque convertor around 160k@@laurencefahey3132
@@chrisd4642 nothing wrong with them as such , I didn’t change the oil in my first one as Land Rover claimed it doesn’t require changing, 86k later it gave in , second gearbox done done 140k as I then changed the gearbox oil every year , then that gave up , so just put in my 3rd so hopefully that will do the same as the second box . It’s a known weakness in the L322
I've just bought a secondhand l322 03 plate 4.4 v8. Thirsty but what a car to drive. I love it.
its an old saying that the range rover will get you no doubt wherever you want to go, but if you want to get back home get a land cruiser.
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@@gto4609 buying any cheap vehicle is going to be hit or miss. know way of knowing the life any of those three vehicles lived before the trio got their hands on them.
@@gto4609 #scripted
Fake narrative, theres no such saying otherwise just a hate comment.
22 years later in Australia Land Cruiser still around 30 k today.
No one, would take any other car than Land Cruiser to Outback in down under.
My 2004 is going strong at 190k with only the main expense being a new gearbox at 138k. All the other issues in my 10 years ownership have been easy to fix myself and affordable. The key is to avoid main dealers for the work as you will be well and truly ripped off. The L322 is very easy to work on if you are handy with some basic tools, and it shares many parts with BMWs so sourcing used or new bits and bobs is easy.
Interesting seeing this 19 years later - given the issues I had with the Range Rover the assurance of reliability were not worth much. I can attest they have now finally improved.
Interesting my cousin works as i guess a service manager or whatever. Point is he oversees all the servicing at jag/landrover/bentley and said theyre hunks of shit. I asked him about the older bmw engined ones and he said ya those are the best...ill take his word considering he works on them 😜
@@stefanfreestylez Even the 4.4 V8?
@@djyems1021 v8 trash. Best to go for is diesel 3.0 👍
@@stefanfreestylez 4.4, 4.2 Jag motors were both very good engines. 5.0 Jag was good too but those had a few issues in the 5.0’s early year.
@@stefanfreestylezplenty 4.4 V8 on 150k + miles still going strong. 3.0d couldn’t pull the skin off a rice pudding and nearly as bad on fuel as the V8
I used to make the front and rear subframes for the L322
The L322 is still in service today with tax and MOT.
I wonder if the owner knows he has the Top Gear Range Rover
i bought one of these in Oct 2020. its a 2002 vogue 4.4 v8 petrol. Id driven old diesels for the last decade and this proper petrol v8 was so smooth sounded great and l bought it. It looked really amazing inside and out. but certainly its drive is something else. the best drive ever by a long way, the engine is so smooth, the BMW M62, with a 160k on the clock!
I have a 2003 L322 , absolutely fantastic !! I really love it !! Looks classic chic !! With ivoiry leather and dark blue !!! LPG top of it no worries for the petrol seems even better on LPG
Same here brilliant vehicle
It's a little bloated and slab sided these days. But, they truly nailed the design. Such an imposing striking car when it was new, and its design has aged so well.
Its still on the road. Still taxed, insured and MOTd in June 2021
The Range Rover? What???
The Landcruiser has the last laugh now; both the X5 and Range Rover L322 are some of the most unreliable cars ever produced, not to mention cost to maintain as a result
Not to mention old Land Cruisers are increasing in value instead of decreasing....
Yep if you can’t afford a bmw or a Range Rover it’s definitely better if you settle down for a cheap toyota
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@@gto4609 I wouldn't call a Toyota Land Cruiser cheap though. More like great value for your money. A Toyota Land Cruiser 70 costs US$ 70,000 in my country. But it will outlast any luxurious Range Rover that is 2x the price.
VW Touareg was the best Off road car at that time !
The days when top gear was a great program 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
Clearly, this was filmed before Jeremy got pregnant.
I've been looking for this video for years!!!
Iv had my 2002 L322 from new 21 years now, best car in the world 🌎, on my 3rd gearbox 🤭
That model Grand Cherokee - WJ - is the best looking, the most fun and total comfort all in one of all the GC since the 1st - ZJ. STILL, in 2021 is take it over 95% of modern vehicles.
L322 and J100 are unbeatable. Wish L322 was more reliable... Still looks stunning.
"What did you say to me this morning? 'This truck goes anywhere', you said."
"It does go anywhere, look, it's come here."
lmaoo jeremy always had that humor
the jeep isnt a bad option. We had one we did a lot of offroading with it, where that x5 wouldn't have made it. It had some problem with the gearbox and the 5 cylinder mervedes engine was great expect the injector. But all in all was great experience.
A luxury classic 20 years later.
and then all the BMW bits failed, the foundry finish came off, as did the timing chain. Then along came Ford and they said "I cast out ye BMW Demons" and things were good, well till 2012....
these look better now than the facelift ones.
The Jeep never got stuck. They will never admit it
Jeez just admit that land rovers are better off-roaders already
@@pockettwizzard7175 yeah, tell the delusional LR owners whatever will help them sleep at night!
@@Simone-Bucnbeen sleeping just fine for the 2 years
I love my l322
Not sure if the top Gear team ever owned a Landcruiser prado or Amazon! Looking at the residuals, a 2002 model of either car is worth 4 times more than a top of the range 'Range Rover' of the same age!
Pretty sure Clarkson owned both 80 and 100 series land cruisers at some point
2020. You can pick up a 2002 range rover for $2000 (if you can find one that's still running.)
2002 Land Cruiser (100 series) you're not getting much change out of $10,000 today.
As for hill decent, well, put my 2004 kia sorento in low range, put it in 1st gear, take your foot off the pedals and let the engine compression walk you down hills just as steep as that (seriously my driveway is steeper than that, and it's red clay. I use low range and engine braking to drive down it unless it hasn't rained for a week.)
2002 land cruiser is the 100 series (105 outside North America), not the 80 series.
Hill decent control can brake each wheel separately and it helps keeping the car straight when going down muddy hills.
Call me mad but I would much rather have the Range Rover than the Land Cruiser.
I love the look and performance of the Range Rover and I still feel like buying one in the nearest future but honestly, the Range Rover is nothing but an endless money pit.
They're not cheap to run, you an mitigate by using independent garages who know Range Rovers but you can't expect to drive a Range Rover and enjoy the same running costs as as other cars. It's about priorities, if you spend 3-4 hours of your life behind the wheel every day it might be worth the extra cost to enjoy it.
Ignore this other person; get a Lexus or LandCruiser! Range Rovers are for imbeciles.
2nd hand landcruisers are getting ridiculous now. A man down the road from me has his rusty 20 year old, 280k mile Mot failed Amazon advertised for £4399. Parts on them are definitely twice as durable but they are twice as expensive to replace and having owned one in the past I have had that experience. I have now gone for a smaller 200k mk2 crv that i thrash. If it breaks i will buy another. It will still cost less than the last repair i made to my old Amazon.
The price of parts and rust makes me wonder why they're so highly rated. Personally I think they're the most overrated vehicle in the world
Beautiful car 🇬🇧👍
why is the evoque silhouette bigger than other models in your intro? is it supposed to be the smallest?
Sorry.. you can have the best 4x4 system in the world..but if you put the wrong tires on it and it will be confused by wet grass.
Loved this
I find it amusing that he says the X5 is not a proper off-road car because it doesn't have looking diffs.
Neither does the RR Mr Clarkson.
They both have traction control.
It may partially come down to how smooth and quick the xdrive central diff can react but the tyres fitted are the overwhelming difference between the two.
OMG is this for real?! 🤯
Are all LR322s without locking-differentials?
@@aboodmki3 all land rovers have open axle diffs. Defenders, early discos and early range rovers only had a locking central diff on the transfer box.
Axles remain open.
Range rovers in the early 90s I think moved to a central viscous couple.
Therefore having no difflocks at all.
To be honest a viscous coupling is a great option, works just as well as a locking diff without the drawbacks. Only issue with it is limited lifespan.
The way they get round having open axles is to rely on traction control from the 90s onwards.
I've always felt they shouldn't have compromised on the locking diff side of things.
@@richardschofield2201 funny my l322 2012 has locking centre diff like all l322 as well as the optional rear locking diff fitted at the factory where do you get your info that the range rover only uses traction control because its wrong
@@craigleach2952 out of date info would be my source.
L322 in this video doesn't have locking diffs so my initial comment is correct.
Second comment however:
Lockers were introduced in 2007 on the L322 apparently.
To be fair all the cars tested there would have done far better with the correct tyres fitted. On road tyres are not designed for a muddy field.
FANTASTIC! Jolly Good!
now if it would just make it home after collecting it from the W-Shop!
This is the best example of British mentality I have ever seen . Period.
It’s a shame they can’t make Land Rover reliable
They are worst then KiA when it comes to reliability
10:30 richard is correct on the transmission the L322 did it alright and costly
I got several Range Rover’ s l322 2012
I adore it , it’s not soo expensive .
If you have some time , also if you can search some parts for it by your own it will cost you less cheaper even in Servise .
too bad you got the ugly looking facelift models
Interesting that as of 2021 the Toyota Land Cruiser hasn't been on the road since 2016 and didn't achieve 100k in its life despite them being "bullet proof". Whereas the Range Rover is still on the road with over 200k on the clock and counting despite their apparent reputation.
I have an L322 and love it, it’s got its problems and everyone loves to bash them but they are great cars.
In Lincolnshire we don’t have the best back roads so this is wonderful to have, my wife’s Skoda is knackered after 2 years.
YES it costs a lot to run and fix and it currently has an annoying suspension issue 😂
they should have brought a subaru up there
for a premium of 20k I can get next to a normal car for everyday another Lada Niva and get some rust protection as well and have a real offroader
The bonsai cutting scene is missing.
People who bought a car in that era and now thinking of selling to buy a new electric have really won the market. Nothing really changed worth mentioning since then until about now.
Agreed, it could even be argued they got worse from this point until now, due to all the emissions addons causing problems and reducing power.
@@kristoffscuba5466 well yeah if you are in the high end market. Normal cars were getting incremental upgrades but nothing game changing. Some high end cars were kinda ruined for some palates with over-techfying, electric steering and weirder engines, yes
love the l322 till my full landrover engine blew up
The x5 is a city suv and the range rover? Well kim kardashian has like 5 of them so there's that.
I completely disagree with the landcruiser being chinsy. If anything, it's the range rover. You never seen them off road, whereas the land cruiser has become the most popular suv for off roading in and has held its value. And it doesn't have the stupid limp mode where it lowers its suspension so you can't even get out of the swamp if it becomes damaged.
I sort of agree, but theres just something about.... The Range Rover!
The Rangy has character, and you in part are buying that.
Poor Frisky, you know he does less than a month after this
Thes best of England: David Bowie and the Range Rover
Now that x5 worth 200 pounds and that defender 50K
Landcruiser of course
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It’s funny than after 19 years the only one that could be still alive is the Land Cruiser. Maybe LCruiser doesn’t fit and use not a “green” color as British understand green. But Toyota knows what they do when it comes to finality REALIABILTY…something important when off roading that Land Rover still doesn’t control at all!
IIRC, Land Rover used to dominate Australian markets until Toyota came along with the Land Cruiser.
The Aussies loved them then, still do to this day.
The Toyota just looked too aero for the countryside compared to the boxy Land Rovers.
The Land Rover already has 5 engines replaced 😂😂😂
Yeah, nice joke
Plus 3 gearboxes, the entire wiring harness for the electrical system, all the suspension, & 2 new seats in the front (because their electric motors died). World class quality from England.
What about the G-Wagon ?
Lada Niva will forever be the best 4x4 ever made. First unibody/monocoque SUV ever made, all these new wanabeess is just a sad copy.
Niva was made over 20 years before this Range Rover...
X5: dead
Range Rover: disintegrated
LC, Trooper and LR Series 2: 🌚🌝🙃
I wonder why they didn't show the G class:)
Who tf is the other guy
Jason Dawe, he was only on season 1
Why not telling that the range rover & BMW are as reliable as the this episode telling us that the range rover is "the best car car here"
they did the land cruiser wrong.
A g class was needed for that episode
Poor old Jason was really out of his dept.
idk man, Clarkson has always been biased about British cars. Obviously. How about reliability?
Land cruisers are far far better
James looks a little different here
we see now how the second did get first
Camera man at the start
Fucking hell James May has lost weight
James May lost soo much weight
LC100!
Idk man… my LC might just blend in
Land Cruiser is better than Range Rover by far !
yeahh....RR will be far away😂😂😂😂Leaving the toyota behind
@@anwarmohdnowshad4070 ... Because it's getting taken to the Land Rover dealer on the back of a tow truck.
X5 Would do Good with a Lift And Good tyres
The tables have turned. Now the Rangie is worth 30 quid not the defender
Archangels Philadelphia Group envisaged Jaguar Land Rover brands
LOL little did they know at the time that this was gonna be the WORST and most UNRELIABLE RR ever made
Looks like peaky blinder
Good at driving sideways
I've owned a 2005 4runner and a 2008 range rover supercharged.
Those were lost in a flood and now I bought a 2007 lexus gx470.
Honestly, I don't like the Lexus that much compared to the range rover sport supercharged. It feels like I'm driving cheap junk in comparison. It has about half the horsepower, and the gas mileage is no better than the range rover sport. Sure- it might be more reliable, but its underpowered, so obviously the running gear is going to last longer.
The lexus gx 470 has an msrp price equal to about 65% of what the range rover costs, and you can definitely feel the difference in price when you're driving it.
you should sell it and get another Range Rover
🙄 The kind of delusional trash RR fans tell themselves. "Range Rovers aren't as reliable as Toyotas only because they're so powerful!" Imbecile.
If you want a 4wd for the country side, buy a Tractor!🤣😂
I guess the dog died…
Ще би колеса відповідні спробували поставити. Бо на такій гумі використовувати позашляховик це сором.
Who is that other person
James May, obviously.
@@john_pryce9855 😂
@@john_pryce9855 definately has lost some weight
@@terrificspokesman7416 😂
Jason Dawe, he was replaced by James May in Series 2 in 2003.
Who's the big lad?
Jason Dawe. He was replaced by James May in Series 2 in 2003, creating the trio.
On that basis I guess the dog got it then..
So, British guys vote for British cars. What else is new?
Land FORDer
Lol that "timber" is actually plastic 😂
beretta-_-360 actually the wood on the L322 Range Rover is veneers of real wood over a plastic moulding for the shape, then sprayed with lacquer.
There is a JLR video about the manufacture of the Autobiography version where they show how the wood trim is made and applied. Some craftsmanship there.