ROAD TRIP: Land Rover Defender With World’s Most Extreme Caravan | Top Gear

Top Gear doesn’t have the rosiest history with caravans. They’re just so dull and ordinary. There they go holding up traffic, dawdling about, being ugly, being tedious, being beige, driving us mad. But then there’s the Bruder EXP-6. God we want one.

It has cabin pressurisation, up to 650mm of ground clearance, 600W of solar panels, 33-inch tyres, is mostly bulletproof and thanks to eight shock absorbers and four three-tonne support airbags, can be dropped off a cliff and emerge unscathed. The same does not apply to the contents. Land Rover probably claims as much for the Defender, but if I had to be the contents in one of them and dropped from a great height, it would be the one with a king-size double bed.

Far above and beyond the very mortal abilities of a regular caravan, it is a proper survival wagon. So, what are we doing with it? Well, Top Gear Magazine’s Ollie Marriage has a plan: to watch sunset on the longest day of the year, from the place on the British mainland where it sets last. That’s Cape Wrath, the extreme northwest corner of Scotland.

But not all goes to plan…

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[grahamdunn]

The safety chain should not just be hooked over the tow ball. It should be attached to a separate fixing point on the tow vehicle as it is designed to secure the trailer if the tow ball breaks.

[karlmarriott]

I’ve just seen this… I was doing the NC500 with the same thought of seeing sunrise and sunset on the longest day and overtook you about 3 times heading back south. Looked an awesome rig on the move.

[baddriver]

Please bring back Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May😅

[Dirtjam]

Watching the current TopGear YouTube videos makes me wish the TV line-up was Ollie Marriage, Jack Rix, and of course Harris

[keynesianeconomics]

In Australia, this paired up with a LandCruiser Sahara is the ultimate status symbol.

[ManifestDuality]

finally some more bruder content, love it

[iandonkin]

Love the trailer - what a great way to travel to the far reaches of the UK (or beyond), across whatever terrain you find!

[jonhughes]

If you want amazing offroad caravans, Australia makes them! Bruder, Track Trailer, Lotus to name a few. And the camper trailers are bloody good as well, we have a CUB and it is fantastic. They are probably a bit much for many parts of mainland UK or Europe, but pair them with a reliable 4x4 and you can go most places (i.e. Landcruiser/Prado/Patrol etc).

[yoyo]

Ha. I was watching this not knowing it was top gear. I said to myself as i missed the other 3 guys..."this guy would make a good guy for top gear." It's relaxing. Good job.

[bluelvn]

Reliability would be the most important thing for a trip like this... Lol

[etonthompson]

Maybe the Defender's transmission was over heating, resulting in reduced power. So that the car could preserve the transmission.

[JayWithAJ]

The Defender really does look excellent on those steel wheels

[mjcoleman]

You have one of the most capable trailers in the world - shame you didnt go offroad and pull it up rocks etc - thats really what people want to see. If you're driving down an A-Road you might as well get a Ford F350 and pull a 40ft Fifth Wheel. Next time actually take it through streams / up mountains / through woods etc. Thats the only reason you would spend the insane money on a Bruder. And the Defender isnt exactly cheap either when kitted out with the necessary options. Off-road

[willemm]

A Defender should not be 'perfect comfort' - sacrilege.

I have been in Defenders a lot all my life, and 'perfect comfort' is a phrase that has never come to mind in one.

[jacob.s]

"But this a mammoth rig"....*Pats his head* awwww buddy, thats cute😂

[Milenu]

21 of June...definetely means a lot. The weather looks as if it's 21 November.

[CaliKiwi-]

My dream setup…. An EXP 8 BRUDER and Jeep Avenger!! The battery is big enough to charge the vehicle supposedly! Unlimited range!!

[brentonGCTesla]

it's such a shame that land rovers are so terrible to own. They are amazing cars, so capable and so comfortable. But so prone to issues.

[backinblack]

This would be perfect target practice for light artillery

[PerdixDesignLtd]

It is a Discovery really. Just one without the styling of a bathtub. But great to see that the Landy build is still as incoherent as the old ones (not a LR hater either, I have a 90 truck cab, but still a realist).