It’s easy to compare performance vehicles. Line them up and let them race, and the quickest car wins. However, judging off-road vehicles is more involved than running a drag race. Carwow does a lot of drag race videos, but its latest highlights two off-road-oriented vehicles – the Toyota Land Cruiser and the mighty Mercedes-AMG G63. Both have superior off-road chops, but that doesn’t mean they are equals in the dirt.
The video puts the two SUVs through a series of challenges designed to test their off-road capability. There is a massive price gap between the two models, and that’s evident under the hood. The Toyota has a 2.8-liter turbodiesel that makes 204 horsepower (152 kilowatts) and 309 pound-feet (420 Newton-meters) of torque. The Toyota has a manual, too. The AMG G63 packs the brand’s 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V8 that produces 585 hp (436 kW) and 626 lb-ft (850 Nm) of twist.
