Check this out...
That car is so pretty!
By the way, this has a 108-megapixel camera...
I think, the highest megapixel for a phone camera in the world...
Very cool...
My turn, check this out!
Wait, what?
Are you going to take pics with that?
Of course!
Well, I have a better idea!
Why don't we send this camera high up there?
And these amazing phones, they could be yours...
Do watch the whole video right to the end...
Tell me...
How do you plan on getting a phone onto...
Dare to leap...
I don't plan on doing anything, Ninja...
The Defender here plans on taking us places...
And the Defender will take this camera phone high up there!
This makes sense?
No, it doesn't. I'm kind of lost...
I mean the very car that has done multiple barrel rolls...
In a James Bond movie is the almighty Defender, right now, in our hands...
So, what you're saying is the Defender barrel-rolled its way out of a James Bond movie...
And on to PowerDrift screens!
It's a very special place to be!
I mean, just look at the commanding position...
The amount of eyeballs, the amount of necks it's turning like that person there again...
It's immense!
This seems like that kind of a car which will break more German necks than James Bond himself...
I don't think any other car on Indian roads has this kind of a road presence, period!
It's like I'm sitting on the bridge of a ship...
If ergonomics had an Oscar then the Oscar would go to, tada, here the Defender!
Because just look at it, everything is so well laid out in its position...
In fact, more shelves here than in your library!
By the looks of it, I might probably lose this phone by the end of the day...
There's so much space in here and so many...
No, don't lose that phone!
Cubby holes and nooks and crannies...
You're gonna need that phone...
The dash itself is a grab rail...
Can you count how many grab rails we have?
One, two, three...
I have one...
Four, five...
Two...
Six...
Three...
Seven...
Wait!
Eight, nine...
No!
Ten, eleven...
It's like they almost took the book of car interior design and threw it out the window...
Yeah...
And then created industrial art!
Exposed metal, exposed screw heads...
The brochure says that the materials used on the inside are made to last for 30 long years...
It's just wonderful!
Let's talk of the suspension...
It's got air suspension...
Which means, it's gonna get that intelligent brain that's gonna check 500 times a second...
Just to make sure that the ride quality is just astounding...
The 2.0-litre inline four-cylinder petrol engine out here...
Is not turbocharged...
Yes, because it has a supercharger, you know it!
That is why every time you hit the accelerator I hear a whining sound...
The snorkel has been seamlessly integrated into the A-pillar over here...
You can hear that...
It's amazing!
How cool!
The Defender has come a long way...
We've come a long way, do you see where we are?
Do you think in that pursuit of comfort and luxury...
It's kind of lost its edge?
What?
Some people tend to believe that the Defender is not as off-road friendly anymore...
It's not as good as it was...
Off-road...
Get out!
I'm saying some people, not me!
No, seriously...
If you think that the old Defender can be compared to the new Defender...
And I get it, because of how barebone, basic the old Defender was...
Yeah!
Well, then we have to compare this car to that one!
So get out!
Let's do this!
You're not really doing justice to these cars on these roads...
But we are climbing up a mountain, a huge one at that...
And once we get up there, you are going to see the sense to this whole exercise...
You wanted to say that the old Defender was a capable off-roader, a bare-bone one...
Just like the one that you are in right now...
What's your ground clearance?
It is around 236 mm...
The ground clearance on the new Defender is 220-ish mm...
Only, wow!
I knew you'd say that!
At the press of a button, I can raise the body height...
Remember air suspension?
Well then, the ground clearance is 291 mm...
But yes, that is quite impressive!
What about the approach angle?
It is about 38 degrees...
The new Mahindra Thar has an approach angle of 42.6 degrees...
So basically, that means it has got the old Defender beat, it's got your Defender beat...
And also the Wrangler!
Yup, king of the hill!
The Defender, by the way, is a monocoque chassis...
Your's is a ladder frame...
Once you have the Thar on its home turf, which is...
Off the beaten path...
Then that is where this car comes alive...
See, the steering is so responsive right now...
I can feel exactly where my wheels are!
You can feel exactly where your wheels are?
Guess what? I can see exactly where my wheels are!
Okay, now it's just showing off!
The biggest creature comfort, by the way, is this rearview camera that is mounted on the shark fin...
That right now is telling me that you're picking your nose!
Yeah, well, there you go showing off all your fancy features again...
And also, could you enlighten us as to how many cameras you have on your car?
One, two, three, four, my own car is a whole big camera!
The Defender sure needs them but not the Thar...
You have a proper panoramic view of the whole world around you...
Panoramic view? Let me show you what panoramic view means...
He's gonna show off his sunroof...
Sunroof baby!
Are you going to be playing Rs 1 crore here...
You know, and then gonna take it off-road, but yes you would!
Okay, I don't wanna scratch the car...
We don't have to worry about that part...
I can deliberately scratch the car...
And it will just buff out!
And, we are atop the mountain, by the way...
Ninja look to your right...
I think we have arrived...
There's no time to lose, the winds are looking good, quickly strap on everything that there is...
Wait, what?
Yeah, told you!
We're going to send this camera high up in the air!
And, we're going to strap it on to you!
Just dare to leap!
Click some good ones!
Alright Ninja, race you to the bottom!
Make sure you get a good picture of the Defender on your way down...
I'm a masterpiece who got into this!
Now, that is how you turn a boring Sunday into one that will be forever...
Etched into your memory as the day that you dared to leap!
Rohan got to experience the legendary comeback of the Defender...
That too in its natural habitat...
And I got to face my fears and got some epic pictures to show for it...
I'm sure this could have been done in a much simpler way without having to risk a 2000 foot drop...
But hey...
It wouldn't have been nearly as fun!
Thanks for joining us on this little adventure...
We'll see you again on the next one!
Goodbye!
Can't believe I've managed to hold on to this phone while I was up in the air...
Sadly, I'm gonna have to say goodbye to it because we are giving away these two phones to two lucky viewers...
And here's how it goes...
We've used the 108-megapixel camera on this phone to shoot three very unique moments on our video...
And all you've got to do...
Is to comment below with those specific time stamps...
And stand a chance to take home your very own...
Realme 8 Pro!