Land Rover Discovery v Toyota Land Cruiser - autocar.co.uk

[bernardkavanagh]

As a 3 time Landcruiser owner....
This was a very fair and non-biased assessment.
Well done.

[sashacolic]

Even now after almost 9 years, these two are still remarkable machines. Looking forward to get one soon!

[daverunner]

I have a 2000 yota 4runner, 275000 miles nothing more than usual maintenance. Timing belt, brakes, fan belts and oil changes. Ive driven it on beaches and in the snowy mountains of wyoming. Love that thing.

[PatchworkBlackBox]

I love my Discovery 4 - in and out of fields all day and never misses a beat - on the road it is awesome v6 twin turbo. Had one of the original discoverys and it was always breaking down. Now progressed through discovery 3 to new discovery 4 and so impressed. I haven't tried the Landcruiser and would never bad mouth one as they have some much respect for off road use, but 10 months after buying disco still makes me smile when I drive it.

[hanumarn]

Toyota means reliability for me, and I think that’s very important. It helps save cash in my pocket, and it always brings me home!

[matthewjoyce]

2:43- "the Landrover has a multi-cylinder engine"... brutal

[desireepim]

Our Landcruiser (colorado) is 16 years old now and still going strong. None of the fancy new electronic off-road controls, all mechanical and all the better for it. Never broken down once in all those years and fantastic on any road in any weather condition. I've never seen a driver review that complains about reliability whereas Landrover disco reviews are full of reliability complaints. If you were setting off for a 1200 mile drive across Europe in the middle of winter, which would you choose?

[master]

For reliability go for the land cruiser, as a car as a package I would go for the disco. If you want an offroad vehicle buy a defender! But remember tyres are more or as important as the vehicle itself!

[XICS]

The thing we need to take into considerations is that although as he said the land cruiser has a little more grip, this was the basic model, so it's safe to say that the LC5 which comes with all the bells and whistles (kdss, rear diff lock, mts, crawl ctrl etc) would have a lot more grip.

[Brumby]

The difference comes in the reliability and of course the oil leaks ;-)

[dmsnsa]

I had experience with both in developing nations; the Toyota was actually more expensive to maintain than our Land Rover vehicles. Today, I own a LR3, and in my office I spend less on repairs than anyone, my 2007 works flawlessly.

[julianenglar]

The question is, which vehicle you used to record them?

[ISUGI]

there's nothing like land cruiser! :D

[ikeman]

Where the LC beats the LR is…..RELIABILITY!!!!

[scottishbadboy]

l had a landrover defender once..I bought hilux`s ever since then

[michaelsutherlin]

I love my LR3     But I assure you that the Toyota will last longer IN ALL ASPECTS!!!

[damstachizz]

Land Cruiser will always come out on top for long trips in the Aussie outback.
I trust it more than the Discovery for handling 50 degree days for thousands of kms.

[ottovonostrovo]

I have worked in Africa, in the outback of Tanzania, Liberia and Madagascar and outside of the military police in Tanzania who did have the little jeep like Landrovers(and they were gifts from Great Britain) one never sees any Land Rovers at all. I met one fellow who was driving an older Land Rover in Tanzania but even that one had a Land Cruiser engine and running gear. This former East German had bought the Land Rover which was not running and a LandCruiser which had tumbled down a hill and installed the Land Cruiser diesel and running gears into the Land Rover. Even the Tanzanian military looked with envy at our Toyota Hi-lux 4wd's and tried to arrange a swap with our English mechanic, a Land Rover jeep for a Toyota Hi-lux 4wd for their mounted machine gun carrier. No deal. In Liberia, once you leave Monrovia or Buchanan and head north towards the Guinea Ivory Coast border up by Yekepa the roads had become little more than dirt roads and although the Chinese were busy paving most roads many were yet untouched and scarred by the war. You may see a few LandRovers in Monrovia or Buchanan but on the roads going north were mostly Land Cruisers with broken down Izuzu Troopers on the side of the road.
Land Cruisers rule because of their reliability especially the Safaris which never break down and just keep on running. They may be rough but they are tough!!!

[cxbkpmf]

Brilliant. So right about the electronics.. the sophistication of the terrain management is what sets these cars above. Anybody can bolt on a locker, but nobody programs the control systems as well as Toyota and LR.

[RyanFisher]

MY LR3 (discovery across the pond) just crossed 250, 000 with the original engine transmission and drive trian with no major repairs to any of that's something that only a Toyota would typically achieve but here in Utah I've come across several LR3's with 250, 000-300, 000 and still going this is a whole new kind of Land rover and after the dismal reliability of my previous land rovers (range rover classic, discovery I) I am sure glad of it.