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00:00 (car engine)
00:02 (upbeat music)
00:07 The Jeep Wrangler and the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon
00:11 have a lot in common.
00:13 Both are enjoying a current surge in popularity
00:16 that boggles the mind.
00:18 The Wrangler was the 16th best-selling vehicle
00:21 in the US last year,
00:22 whereas the new G-Wagon already has a year-plus waiting list.
00:27 Not bad for a couple of old-school body-on-frame trucks,
00:30 huh?
00:31 Come on, Johnny, there's no way this Beverly Hills wannabe
00:35 is gonna be able to go where that American icon can.
00:38 There's only one way to find out.
00:40 (dramatic music)
00:43 (gentle music)
00:45 It's time to head up the trail
00:48 to finally put these vehicles to the ultimate test.
00:51 (gentle music)
00:55 (engine revving)
00:58 This is getting,
01:02 this is getting.
01:04 Okay, I want to avoid that boulder.
01:09 (gentle music)
01:11 No problem, baby.
01:20 (gentle music)
01:23 (Jethro laughing)
01:25 Come up where Kevin is.
01:26 Go up there where Kevin is.
01:28 We're not going up there.
01:31 (Jethro laughing)
01:34 Are we going up there?
01:35 Oh, shit.
01:37 We're going up there.
01:38 (Jethro laughing)
01:39 I think you'd hang to your right a little bit, Jethro.
01:42 (engine revving)
01:45 Yeah, so this is a good time
01:47 to have your sway bar detached
01:49 for maximum articulation.
01:51 It's pretty dang good.
01:52 - Yeah.
01:54 (Jethro laughing)
02:00 Oh my God.
02:02 Well, Mr. Bobbington, that was impressive.
02:04 Now, if the G can get up there,
02:06 I'll just, I'll be shocked, but.
02:09 (gentle music)
02:15 (engine revving)
02:18 Oh my God.
02:20 Easy.
02:23 (Jethro laughing)
02:27 - Like, what else can we do to them?
02:31 I mean, I think on rocks, they're, I mean.
02:34 - I'm just going to launch off the edge, see what happens.
02:36 (Jethro laughing)
02:39 Whoa.
02:40 That looks insane.
02:44 (Jethro laughing)
02:45 That looks completely insane.
02:47 Oh, that's a fun one, Jethro.
02:49 (engine revving)
02:56 Okay.
03:03 (gentle music)
03:06 Ah, it's my bad.
03:21 Thought I was going to get stuck then.
03:24 Probably a bit embarrassing.
03:25 Yeah, I just got a little beach there,
03:29 but I think I was on the wrong line,
03:31 so I'm coming through.
03:32 Holy cow.
03:34 Whoa, that looks tight.
03:37 This looks unnatural.
03:44 (Jethro laughing)
03:47 (gentle music)
03:53 Oh.
03:59 (engine revving)
04:02 Easy, boy.
04:05 (Jethro laughing)
04:06 Easy.
04:07 He's cool.
04:09 (engine revving)
04:15 (gentle music)
04:17 (gentle music)
04:20 So we made it to the roof of the world.
04:32 - Yeah.
04:33 - I mean, this is incredible.
04:34 - This is incredible.
04:36 - You have to get out here and see it.
04:37 It's just, it's hard to believe.
04:38 I'm looking at it.
04:39 - I'm hard to believe.
04:40 - It feels like you should be able
04:41 to just grab it or something.
04:42 It's like a painting, but these two vehicles.
04:46 - I know.
04:46 So I don't know, man.
04:47 I'm a bit stymied because the only rule
04:49 we have in head to head is no ties.
04:51 - Okay, so the only way to separate them,
04:55 see which one flies best.
04:57 (engine revving)
05:00 (thunder rumbling)