2024 Lexus GX550 vs. Land Rover Defender 130 vs. Mercedes G550: Which Luxury SUV Is Best Off-Road?

It's great to be an off-road fan with cash to burn. Automakers have been hard at work improving their established 4x4s. Pole position is now held by Lexus with its new GX550. So we took one to Pennsylvania along with a Land Rover Defender and a Mercedes-Benz G550 to suss out which rock-crawls past the others in this high-brow, high-luxury, high-profit wheeling segment.

Which would you take home?

[stop_lying_bro]

Where is the actual off-road footage so we can come to a conclusion ourselves? All the random clips together and on repeat doesn’t paint a picture at all of what they are actually capable of.

[yrrah]

We want to see more of how the vehicles performed off road, the video is way too short

[kyle]

glad to see the gx and Lexus as a whole is getting some recognition for their offroad capability that the public already knows so well.

[lordnelson]

Totally agree that the GX is the clear winner! Reliability alone should put the Lexus in a class of its own.

[exploringtheworld]

Benz G550 and G63. Still the top vehicle holds its value among many other features, but I guess everyone has there opinion especially when it comes to what they can actually afford.

[rajsteint]

I'm a Toyota owner - 3rd Gen Tacoma TRD Off Road done out with kings and whole lot of other stuff. I will admit if money wasn't an issue the G Wagon is the top dog for a true SUV in the Luxury segment. The GX 550 is the 2nd best True Luxury SUV and it is less than half the money of a G63. Some other videos try and compare the GX 550 to a Jeep or Bronco and they don't even compare to a Lexus. I will be upgrading to a Lexus GX 550 Overtrail and build it similar to how my Tacoma is but on 35s instead of 33s. I cannot wait.
Lexus = Reliability, Quality, Capability and Luxury.

[mwangeemmanuel]

Loving the GX, but the 4 runner is also coming

[GentlemanJamesWin]

Worth noting the Defender is available in 2 smaller sizes.

[blu_is]

Awesome video, I wanted it to be longer! 😂👏🏽 The GX was always my favorite SUV. If I ever wanted ti jump into the SUV world, the GX would be it all day everyday. 😎 Thanks for posting!

[CJ-rkeg]

I just took delivery of my Overtrail. Totally satisfied so far. I have to say it is way better looking in person than in photos or videos. Watching this video now after my purchase just confirms the decision. 👍

[Beehivefisherman]

Saw a Gx550 in person today it’s a handsome vehicle

[asimpleguy]

Lexus looks much better than both the other vehicles, great work by Toyota

[camilogomezkeep]

The cheapest one will be the most expensive one in some years from now.... Also the most reliable.

[cshader]

Would only trust the Lexus. I'm surprised the Defender survived the testing.

[steves]

How bout telling us WHY the GX won? And what the capabilities are for each?

[maureencora]

I Rather Have a Land Rover Defender 110 V8 Instead of a 130.

[electrikoptik]

Land Rover and Mercedes simply can't compete with the Lexus' legendary reliability and durability.

[mattw]

You mentioned you have to dig for the diff lock button on the screen in the defender instead of having a physical button like on the GS, however the defender diffs automatically lock when needed so you don’t need to press anything.

[robp]

Look-wise, I'll take the Defender 130. Reliability will likely go towards GX550

[petergazarek]

LEXUS GX 👌😎👍 THE LUXURY OFFROAD KING 👑