In the German elk test, The Land Rover Defender flipped, doing only 60 km/h - trying to avoid an elk in the road.
The test blames the bad weight-distribution, bad shock-absorbers and that it's very hard to get a feel of what the front wheels are doing..
The brakes is also reported to be "the worst brakes on a car -ever". The Germans criticize :
- no ESP (stability system)
- no Airbags, even after the last refurbishment of the model
Other cars that have flipped over in the Elk-test is the Suzuki Jimny, Dacia Logan - and the most famous one: The Mercedes-Benz A-klasse - in 1997.
Source: and more photos at: News, Auto + Produkte- Elchtest: Land Rover Defender kippt um - auto motor und sport
What sort of cornering ability the Germans were expecting of such dinosaur?
It's a 59 year old car victim of the British disease what Jeremy Clarkson cleverly described as
"Mini Syndrome".
Over the years, the United Kingdom have developed an unfounded obsession for "traditions".