here we go then top gear's top five SUVs
from the Frankfurt Motor Show and rumor
has it we've got to keep this one quiet
that Land Rover might be unveiling
something quite important of this show
maybe even a new defender there it is
look the brand new defender had to start
with this one didn't we I've already
done a full walk-around of the 110 and
the 90 that's already on our YouTube
channel already on top near comm go and
check that out for all the details but I
think it's still worth having a little
look around Land Rovers stand because
they've gone big this year and there's a
few details a few accessories a few
different versions that I want to show
you starting with this which is the 110
fitted with the Explorer pack so that's
the full house off-road accessory pack
snorkel roof rack roof ladder a kind of
panty a box on the other side that
you'll see knobbly tyres this is the one
that will take you across the Sahara
Desert what's interesting about this car
is I've now had a few hours to digest
social media reaction to it and the
overwhelming feeling is positive people
like this car I love this car said it
already in the other video but there are
a few bud comments that have been aimed
at air one that I heard that I
particularly liked was that it looks a
bit like the Skoda Yeti hmm the other
one is it looks a bit like the Fiat 500x
wash your mouth out don't be so silly
it's a fantastic looking thing it's
doing just what it needed to do it's got
the boxiness
it's utilitarian it's modern though it's
a new defender it's got all the
technology anyway don't get me started
that's the 110 come down here because
there's a few interesting versions I
think you need to look at the first of
this one here so this is a a 90 model
follow it round and you'll see what
makes this one different on the steel
wheels as I've already said these are
the ones to go for how often do you say
that the standard wheels because the
wheels you get chucked in for free
anyway other ones you won Land Rover
Defender but this is the commercial
version so I'm told it will go on sale
next year in about a year's time for 35
grand plus v80 in the UK no seats in the
back just load carrying ability and
that's a nice little touch isn't it
Wilks brothers 4x4 specialist since 1948
a reference to the Wilks brothers the
founding fathers of the lam Rover brand
who made the original iconic series one
not a fan of this spec if I'm honest big
wheels black bonnet not doing it for me
but this is the thing about the defender
that's not a bad thing there will be
lots of people out there who want that
kind of calm fully modded twisted look
to their defender and they can have it
do what you like maybe another 90 model
this is finished in the green with the
matte wrap this doesn't have the steel
wheels on it this has got the 22 I
believe the biggest wheel so this is
kind of the urban spec this is the one
that's taken on the cons and giving
people that won't leave the kingsroad
the ability to Swan around on big wheels
and not have to worry too much about
off-roading
a couple of things I want to mention in
the video I said oh yes this is the
five-door model and the 110 is a
seven-seater obviously that has a slip
of the tongue
this is a three-door with five seats or
six seats if you go for the extra jump
seat in the front the 90 that featured
in our video had the winch on the front
now it's a cool thing is a cool
accessory but this is what the front end
of the car really looks like I realized
that we didn't give you a proper look at
the defenders new face prices now this
starts from 40 grand
the 110 starts from forty five grand but
of course by the time you've put the set
of wheels on you want you've added a
jump seat in the front you've had a few
little choice options like this matte
wrap or well anything really that price
is going to go up and up so there have
been a few comments saying it's too
expensive well you know what it's a
modern premium SUV loaded with
technology it can't be priced in line
with the old defender those days are
gone this is a new car yes it's
expensive but by god is it capable okay
so we're almost getting used to the fact
that say it and spun off its performance
arm Cupra
a separate entity and you know what if
they keep making concept cars that look
as good as this one we might let them
off the hook entirely this is called the
Tavor scan concept I hope I pronounced
that right an all-electric SUV concept
it's built on the same meb platform as
the VW id3 the production version of
which is just across the hall the
interesting thing about this is because
VW Group has now established its
electric box of bits its platform its
technology is set in stone now it can
start in fun and messing around with the
top hats that it puts on top of that
skateboard platform and of course we're
gonna be seeing a lot of SUVs in the
future but I'll tell you what isn't it a
good-looking thing this and what's
interesting is when you try and change a
combustion engine car to electric where
you have to blank off grills that were
there for air intakes originally but
this one no you can design it from
scratch you can have more fun with the
front-end you can make it concave you
can give it dimpling you don't need to
suck in air through there because
batteries have less cooling requirements
around the back another little
interesting design feature this 3d
taillight signature that runs right
across the back it even makes that coupe
for a stamp logo look pretty cool
I'm not ready to forgive them for that
quite yet but we're on our way they're
carbon fiber trim everywhere copper
detailing as is the Cooper way and on
the inside well it's standard concept
car fare twinky lights everywhere lots
of carbon fiber and one interesting
feature I wanted to point out in the
middle of the dash a 13 inch screen that
can tip towards the driver or towards
the passenger so there's no need of an
additional passenger screen plunked
above the glovebox
what lit to 280 miles on a charge naught
to 60 6.5 seconds the numbers are good
and the signs are good for this card you
know what I'll bet my house and it in
two years they're going to put one of
these in to put
apologies for the lighting that looks a
bit like we're in a brothel but how
clever is this BMW has found a way of
hiding it should we say dubious looking
x6 in plain sight look at that it's
covered in a special kind of paint
developed by a British company no less
called Surrey nanosystems I think the
paint's called vantablack it absorbs all
but naught point naught 35% of light
that shines on it which basically just
makes it look like a hole in the
universe it's a material a spray a
coating if you like that's been used on
various components that have been sent
into space because it has heat shield
properties - but hey anything that can
turn the BMW 6 into a black hole has to
be a good thing because I like to make
things as difficult as possible for our
cameraman the next car on our list is in
the glass box with glass that flashes
and goes opaque occasionally that's
because if you peer through here it's a
curl in camouflage but like any old car
this is the second production model from
the VW ID family so the id3 is being
revealed today in production form this
is the next one it's going to launch
next year and it's based around the idea
cause concept so surprise surprise it's
an SUV this one here looks like the
normal shape as you'd expect there is
going to be a coupe a version basically
the same car just with less Headroom and
less boot space in the back I don't know
why either now the point of this car is
they want to sell a hundred thousand
all-electric ID bwz a year by 2020 and
to do so they need to sell quite a lot
of them in America this is the carbon
that it's going to appeal to American
buyers because they love an SUV the
difference to the id3 that is rear-wheel
drive only so the most powerful model is
200 horsepower rear-wheel drive this
4-wheel Drive of course so 200
horsepower motor on the rear axle and
then 100 horsepower motor on the front
axle four-wheel drive 300 horsepower and
83 kilowatt hour battery in a range of
over
300 miles anyway there we go it's a
stripy car in a box get some nice shots
tape Cheers
nope this isn't actually a moon buggy
this is our DS latest off-road SUV
concept it's called the AI trail and
what's significant here is that is part
of a family of four cars over there
you've got the AI race kind of the
future of the r8 an electric race car a
supercar if you like this is the
off-roader down there that AI me which
is the small city car and down the far
end the a icon which is the level 5
fully autonomous car the idea is that in
the future you could potentially have a
subscription to all four of these and
then just pick the one you want
depending on whether you're you know
doing the north coast 500 in your
electric race car or you want to go and
drive up a mountain which is what this
car should do and it's got some
absolutely brilliant features on this
thing firstly it's all electric of
course obviously a motor in each wheel
1000 Newton meters of torque which
should be pretty handy these wheels yes
they self inflate and self deflate
depending on whether you're driving on
sand or Road or whatever situation it
detects you're in and there's also
dampers built into the tire so you get
an extra two inch of suspension travel
just from the wheels they're really
pulling their weight these things up
here this is very cool you'll notice the
car doesn't actually have headlights no
that's because it's got drones instead
yeah up there a couple of drones that
deploy when it gets dark and fly ahead
of the car illuminating the road in
front of you and then when you get to
your picnic spot your camping spot well
they can fly over the campfire and
illuminate whatever you're doing their
genius climbing up into the AI trail
concept a couple of things I want to
mention first is there is basically no
dials in front of you everything runs
through your smartphone so in the future
your smartphone is going to become even
more important and probably even more
addictive instead of that you've got
this huge luggage space in front of you
where the - and all the dials and
screens would normally be handy and
behind you it gets better because while
these seats look pretty mean for rear
passengers compared to the front seats
well actually when you get
camping spot you can remove these and
use them as hammocks for chilling out
while your drones fly overhead and
illuminate your lovely twinkly evening
it's all quite clever isn't it
I think the new defender needs to pull
its finger out