Land Rover Defender OCTA vs Ariel Nomad 2 vs Ford Ranger Raptor | Mega off-road rally test!
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Who makes the best road-going rally car in 2025? We hired out a private rally stage in Wales and brought along the Land Rover Defender OCTA, Ariel Nomad 2 and Ford Ranger Raptor for the ultimate off-road rally test.
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Glad someone finally did a vid on the Defender vs Raptor, my two favourites. Raptor with the Octa tyres and a tune and its a great vehicle!
Defender octa 💪💪💪💪
Had no idea the raptor was detuned so heavily in the UK. It get 405hp stateside, and Ford performanc tune adding another 50hp
No physical mods or parts are needed to get 400+bhp from the Ranger, it's purely a software change. I would be amazed if there aren't tuners all over the EU with the right map to unlock the potential.
James and CAR magazine, this was simply an awesome video. There are so many different approaches to fun off-road driving. ;) I see the Ford Ranger Raptor being used as it should be here in Slovenia, but for the Land Rover Defender OCTA, it's just sad that we already know 99% of owners will never take it off-road but use it as a school run car.
If I had the money for any of them, the Ariel Nomad is the one to get. ;)
ah!!! why why why. When i can finally test my Cross turismo for "off roading", it has to be in the shop. On the other hand, my Prius did just fine during those days hhahaha.
Raptor all day.
Re the Nomad…… I think it will struggle on the school run !!!! Regards Ian 👨🎤🇳🇿🎸🍸🍸
Raptor all day everyday.❤
excellent video
Octa’s of course will only ever be seen on the M1 and in Central London, so few owners take their lesser Defenders out on the rough stuff there will be even fewer who will take an Octa anywhere near a puddle full of muddy water – Regent Street and Waitrose car parks more likely which is such a pity because even the base D200 hard top 90 Defender is huge fun Offroad.
Here in Australia, it comes with 285kW/580Nm, and there’s a Au$6,500 option for 380kW/780Nm, which is somewhere between hilarious and terrifying! 0-100km.h times are 6 and 5 seconds, respectively!
You mean what if you just don’t want to spend £150k on a defender where a raptor will do the same job off road if not better.
Nice product i am impressed for this think
Do they come with hay feeders?
Baa sorry kia ora hello from Aotearoa new zealand where the men are men and the Sheep are TERRIFIED 😘🐑🥰😍 perfect for rounding up the flock
Perfect three car garage
Awesome job team ❤
Awesome video, bit different. Certainly looks like a loada fun too !!! 👍
$$$ r completely stupid… could b having just as much fun 4 $5K… 👎👎👎👎👎
It's a good video.
Great job with this one!
Is this location Sweetlamb ?
Could you please make subtitle translation options activated?
I have a ranger raptor here in the states and it has 405HP, I wonder why it is lighter on power?
I’d love to have the means to own that Nomad (or any Ariel for that matter). Looks like heaps of fun!
Thank you very much for your professionalism and creativity. Your videos always evoke positive emotions.🏞🐈🧋
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