4x4 Death Valley Torture Test Comparison - Intro - video Dailymotion

Truck Trend Editor Mark Williams introduces the five rugged SUVs that will face off in our Death Valley 4x4 torture test.

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00:27 Normally, we're on the pavement when we're trying to

00:29 figure out what vehicle is worth its salt.

00:32 This time, something completely different.

00:34 As you can see behind me, we're not

00:36 anywhere near pavement.

00:38 This time, we're testing SUVs in a hardcore, extreme

00:42 situation to find out who's the king.

00:44 Maybe it's going to be a duel to the death, but in fact,

00:46 we're going to take these vehicles to Death Valley.

00:49 My name is Mark Williams.

00:50 I'm the editor of Truck Trend magazine.

00:52 And what we have here is a combination of Motor Trend and

00:55 Truck Trend staffers.

00:57 And we're out here to put these five

00:59 vehicles to the test.

01:01 The five vehicles that we have, the Hummer H3, the Alpha

01:04 with the 5.3 liter V8.

01:07 We've got the Jeep Wrangler Rubicon with an extremely low

01:10 transfer case, a four to one ratio that gives it incredible

01:13 traction power.

01:15 We also have the Land Rover LR2.

01:17 Obviously, Land Rover has an incredible history behind it

01:20 with all sorts of international expeditions.

01:23 But the LR2 is probably the least hardcore of the

01:26 vehicles, but it's still a vehicle that should match up

01:29 pretty well against some of these other SUVs.

01:32 After the Land Rover LR2, we've got the Nissan Xterra.

01:36 It has the off-road package, which also does very well.

01:39 It has big tires.

01:40 It has very good torque.

01:41 It should also do very well in this competition.

01:44 And finally, we have the Toyota FJ Cruiser, which has a

01:47 special combination of mechanical and software

01:51 technology in order to give it the most traction possible.

01:54 Come along with us as we explore and travel into Death

01:58 Valley and find out which one of these SUVs is going to be

02:01 the winner.

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