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.

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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".

LR Defender is built to run over a poor elk, not to avoid it.

lol second that^.. i dont like this car less for this test..
heck who is as stupid to drive 60 through tight bends with a monster like this?

PS
The brake issue is worrying though

I third that.

With the Defender you don't swerve around the elk YOU SIMPLY DRIVE THROUGH IT!

I'll forth the dude up there ...!

I like the way the Defender looks -- they should fix its problems -- and modernize it. It's the closest thing to a G class there is ----so it must be cool.