"Now, on "Top Gear"..." "We race from the beaches of California..." "That was awesome!" "To 11,000 feet above sea level..." "Keep digging, honey!" "To find out which is the best luxury SUV." "Holy (Bleep)!" "California is one of the few places on earth where you can go from a sunny beach to a snow-capped mountain in just one day." "Only one vehicle is made to function equally in everything from sand to snow... the SUV." "When they started out in the 1930s, they were built like trucks, tough and good off-road." "But these days, they seem to be more about luxury." "So "Top Gear" challenged us to find out which of today's luxury models still deserve to be called SUVs." "We met up on Pismo beach, near the town of San Luis Obispo." "The 2012 Range Rover sport super-charger." "In an age when a lot of SUVs are turning into these gaudy shopping mall grocery carts, the fact is, Range Rover has somehow maintained this beautiful elegance, this understated performance, while still having bona fide off-road credibility." "And it's the only SUV on the planet that deserves the "u" for "utility."" "Pretty much just the opposite of that." "Awesome." "My ride to the airport is here." "The king has arrived." "You completely missed this." "Behold, my friend, the Cadillac Escalade ESV." "The big girl is almost 19 feet long." "I got room for 8 people, plus cargo." "Every option known to man." "And she's quick." "0 to 60 in 5.5." "5.5?" "Where are you getting your numbers?" "Take a look." "What do you see?" "Lingenfelter." " The drag racer." " Yeah." "The tuner." " Supercharged." " You completely cheated." " I didn't cheat." " You... you can't have a like souped-up version." "This is about SUVs you can just buy." "I could just buy this." "Where do you think I got it?" "Well, you've gone the wrong direction." "You need to go off-road." "That's what SUVs are about." "Not in this." "You go off-road in this and your second car has gotta be a tow truck." "This thing breaks down when it rains." "What in the Sam Hill..." "Really?" "Now, this is what happens when you combine two legends." "One of the most popular SUVs of all time, the Jeep Grand Cherokee, plus the iconic hemi V8." "470 horsepower in an all-wheel-drive Jeep, with a track mode." "You get the mean-looking and mean-driving" "Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8." "Why the hell would you take a Jeep to a racetrack?" "Here's the thing." "It's like..." "it's not good on the racetrack." "Mm-mmm." "And it's not good off-road." " It's not good at anything." " Mm-mmm." "It's just sort of stuck in the middle there." "This is the kind of thing that, a, you only get for your wife." "She only takes it to, say, go get her nails done." "If a guy buys that, you get one of those tiny backpacks, you know, it's only like that big." "That's what..." "With drawstrings on the top." "And I assume your shuttling the Kardashians around." "I could get all of them." "And more horsepower than you." "You're gonna need it for that big thing." "Big girl can run." "So what are we doing with these things?" "To put our vehicles to the test, we traveled 544 miles, over sand dunes, through the winding roads of the foothills, and up to the 11,000-foot peak of Mammoth Mountain near Yosemite National Park." ""On the way, you'll cover all types of terrain," ""but now you must drive 40 miles to the gazebo in Paso Robles."" "Yeah." "See ya." "So I guess it's a race." "Rut took off down the beach to the main road, a 7-mile journey." "That is awesome." "I opted for the one-mile shortcut straight over the dunes." "All right, traction control is off, and now...the game is on." "Whoo!" "Yeah!" "I was having a blast." "Then, I saw something behind me." "Tanner, he always takes a shortcut and he always wins." "Well, I'm not letting him out of my sight this time." "Why is Adam following me?" "This is a bad idea." "Those 22s are gonna hook into the sand and he's gonna be upside down." "Oh, my gosh, this is a big one." "You know, oh, (Bleep)." "What are you doing?" "You going in circles?" "Guess what..." "I can go in circles, too." "In less than 3 short minutes, the inevitable happened." "Uh-oh." "Uh-oh." "Dig it out." "Dig it out." "Dig it out." "You're not stuck." "Ok." "You're stuck." "Oh, man!" "They're gonna name this bowl Escalade after you, I think." "Talk to you later." "All right, fine." "Good." "Get out of here." "Who needs ya?" "I'm not worried." "This isn't bad." "This is bad." "Those guys think they're gonna beat me by going through the dunes?" "Psst." "Good luck." "Oh, water!" "Oh, this is awesome!" "With Rut taking the grandpa route and Adam stuck," "I had some time to play." "This is the machine that is actually made for this." "This is very symbolic of the British conquering" "India and the Middle East." "Range rovers are still king over there." "Check that out." "Rooster tails off the Range Rover?" "That was awesome!" "Ha ha ha!" "After a quick tow, I decided following Tanner was not a good idea." "So I struck out on my own, confident I could still beat Rut." "All right, looks like 20 miles left to Paso Robles." "Come on, baby." "The reason I picked the Jeep for this journey was because they invented the SUV in 1963 with the Wagoneer." "Today, there's over 100 SUVs on the market." "200 if you include all the crossovers." "But none of those are as bitchin' as this SRT8 Grand Cherokee." "'Cause this thing has the Jeep DNA and a whole lot more." "This is the fastest naturally aspirated SUV on the planet." "I really feel like I'm in a sports car." "It just happens to have an extra set of doors, room for a bunch of stuff in the back, and it can tow 5,000 pounds." "Sign me up." "15 miles back, and despite having broken his own record for fastest damage to a vehicle," "Adam was still in the game." "Ok, so, it's not that good in the sand, but she's not a dune buggy." "Look, we've known each other long enough to know that if I can get a Cadillac, I will." "Hence, the Escalade ESV." "Cadillac took a gamble when it introduced the Escalade." "Back then, an SUV made by Cadillac?" "It was unheard of." "But they're still counting the money." "Last year alone they sold over a billion dollars worth of Escalades." "This car's got everything you need." "I'm up high." "I can see everything." "I mean, like a luxurious supercharged tank." "Despite playing for half an hour in the sandbox," "I was closing fast." "Freeway driving, just after bashing through sand dunes, and it's amazing." "And smooth." "And opulent." "And perfect." "And luxurious." "I mean, if you really think about it," "Range Rover invented the whole "posh" SUV segment, anyway." "So it makes total sense they're the best at it." "The Range Rover and Land Rover in general has had a problem with reliability in the past." "That's a thing of the past." "And it could be argued that it's expensive... $75,000." "But look what you get for the cash." "I've got Oxford leather, real wood, 17 speakers, and a GPS system that's even designed to not get me lost after the pavement ends." "Not sure what else you can ask for." "I entered town, and there was no sign of Rut." "I had this race in the bag." "This looks like a main street here." "Yeah, I got 'em now." "All right, I just got off the highway." "I need to find downtown and find this gazebo." "Come on, come on, come on, come on." "Where are you?" "Was that... was that Adam or is that just an SUV?" "I think I just saw a white Escalade, which means it's either Adam," "Tiger Woods, or a hip-hop mogul." "Come on." "Come on." "No one's in a hurry but me?" "Paso Robles." "Must be Spanish for slow-walking people!" "Gazebos are usually in a park." "Ok, where's the park?" "Oh, is that it?" "Oh, yeah, that's it." "There it is!" "Come on." "Come on, get out of my way." "Come on, come on, come on, drive!" "Come on." "Oh..." "I see one Rutledge Wood." "Damn." "Oh, this is awesome." "This guy." "What happened?" "I went over the dunes." "Maybe it wasn't such a good idea." "So you followed old captain thunder pants." "Yeah." "He lured me into a trap." "I took the bait." "Ok, park, gazebo, and... (Bleep)." "They're both here." "Look behind you." "Oh, yeah, there he is." "Whatever." "Let's get it over with." "I'm trying to remember that goofy arm thing that he does when he wins." "Oh, yeah, he does that." "Aah..." "And he goes..." "Why are you both celebrating?" "Did you both get here at the same time?" "No, but we're both ahead of you." "He won." "Thank you." "Thank you." "'Cause I made the right choice." "He did." "He made the right choice to chicken out of the sand dunes." "Where you would leave a brother for dead." "Which is fine." "No." "Don't you have a shovel in there?" "More importantly, I won, I have the best SUV." "What's next?" "As we headed to our next challenge 15 miles away," "Rut was full of confidence." "The srt8 grand cherokee is built to go fast, have fun, and haul a bunch of stuff." "When you say a bunch of stuff, what do you mean, like feathers, balloons?" "That Escalade's never gonna be anything more than a suburban with a little dress-up kit on there." "It's an SUV." "Utility." "You need the room." "You guys do not have the room to carry anything, to carry people or cargo." "$90,000, though, for that thing?" "Listen." "All right, that's a lot of money." "I'm not gonna lie to you." "But 63 grand for a Jeep, Rut?" "Do you know what a 2000 range rover sells for, Tanner?" "Uh, no." "$300 at a junkyard." "Not a running version." "Yeah, a running 2000 Range Rover?" "That's actually an oxymoron." "I don't have a comeback, so I just tried to make a weird laugh." "I might have lost the first battle, but with vineyards, mansions, and rolling hills, this is Range Rover country, and I wasn't about to lose the war." "This vineyard looks awesome." "Man, that thing's fun to drive." "Whatever." "How classy is this place?" " The perfect place for..." " A Range Rover." "A Cadillac." "Give me a break." "Let's see what we're doing here." ""High-end SUVs demand not only speed, but luxury." ""To test the ride quality and comfort of your SUVs," ""you will now drive couples to a romantic spot" ""where you will host a picnic for them." "Most satisfied couple wins."" "Oxford leather." "It's over." "Sorry." "That satisfies you." "What do you look for in a picnic?" "I look for Oxford leather." "That's the sign of a great picnic." "How do you know they're satisfied?" "Like what's an indicator?" "He's never known that in his life." "I'm gonna go get some wine." "Ow!" "Now that, that was funny." "Coming up... 3, 2, 1, go!" "We find out just how fast our SUVs are when we line up for a flat-out drag race." "Track mode!" ""Top gear" had sent us to California to find the best luxury SUV." "To test them out, we were in the midst of a road trip, from the state's pristine beaches to 11,000 feet up in the high sierras." "Rut's Jeep had already won the sand and road race." "So next up, we test our SUV's ride, quality, and comfort by taking 3 couples on a romantic vineyard picnic." "Hello." "Hello." "My guests were Kerri and Matt." "What an awesome day for a picnic, right?" "It's perfect." "They'd come to Paso Robles for their first getaway as a couple, and were they in for a treat." "Since the Range Rover was from jolly old England," "I'd put together a traditional British menu." "Behold." "Your chariot for the afternoon." "Thank you." "As a further test of our SUV's ride quality, we had to put half of our picnics on the roof." "Cheers, dear." "Cheers, oh, so nice." "Here we go." "My couple, Gary and Triana, had just come in from the Bay area." "This, uh, beautiful centerpiece there," "I call that the leaning tower of chocolate." "That's Napa leather and suede there." "You know, a lot of wine made in Napa." "I'm sure you noticed the connection there, Gary." "My couple was Kevin and Charlene." " There you go." " Whoa." "Don't worry." "I got buckets of this stuff." "Great." "You comfy?" "Perfect." "Let's roll, dawgs." "All right, we're gonna have fun." "Do we need our seatbelts on?" "Sure." "If you want, please put your seatbelts on." "Safety's first." " Cheers." " Cheers." "The picnic spot was 3 miles away, and I knew a smooth and informative ride was crucial to victory." "It's called the SRT8." "470 horsepower." "That's why you need those nice seats back there." "Don't worry." "Everything's fine." "Ohh!" "Something happened." "No, no, everything's fine." "I just need..." "I just need one second." "While Rut was busy taste testing..." "Oh, that's good." "Oh, that's hazelnut." "I was showing off the limitless luxury of my Cadillac." "It's a little warm in here." "Do you have any air?" "Sure." "Of course." "Are you kidding?" "I have 3 different climate zones in here." "I can make it warm, I can make it hot," "I can actually make it snow in the back if you want to go skiing later." "Meanwhile..." "Tanner had forgotten all about his passengers." "Ohh!" "It's a pretty quick little car." "You'll be pretty surprised." "Oh..." "Nice performance here." "Oh, there's a tree." "Oh, wow." "Oh!" "The traction control on this thing, it's ridiculously evasive." "Oh!" "Sorry." "Oh, my God." "If you think about it, it's a good thing we have this particular vehicle." "This is gnarly if we had like an inferior vehicle." "So, this is our spot." "We have arrived." "Ok, kids, let's have ourselves a romantic picnic." "Oh, my God, I think we've made it." "Thank you." "Why don't you guys have a seat" " And I will unpack." " Ok." "A little chocolate to get you started." "You know, they say it's an aphrodisiac." "Hey, well, the spot's gorgeous." "Yes, it is." "While my couple savored the scenery..." "What a view." "I put together what I'd been assured was a sophisticated picnic of kippers and stilton, an ideal English pairing." "The smell was a little more intense than I had expected." "Should I check on him?" "I'd rather you stay with me right now." "I'm not quite sure about him." "You guys doing ok?" "Thank you." "Here, we'll just get started." "Let's get started with this right here." "To show off the Escalade's superior capacity," "I'd made my picnic super-sized." "Wow, it's a big ham." "Yeah, well, I wanted to make sure we had enough." "I didn't know how hungry you were." "For the lady." "Thank you." "There you go." "Taste it with the wine." " Mm-hmm." " All right." "Now..." "Mm-hmm." "Mm-hmm." "Good, huh?" "Yeah." "Mm-hmm." "Mm-hmm." "I decided to keep my picnic simple with some good old-fashioned comfort food." "Ok, you two, I got a little..." "a little treat." "Um, we have the finest of dried meats here." "But I do have one more thing." "It's all about pairing, so... a lot of people get hung up with bringing cheese out here and what it takes..." "I mean, look at this." "It's imported." "You just put a little dab'll do you." "There you go, Gary." "Try that." "You're serious." "Tri, I'm sorry." "I'm leaving you out." "Just hold out your hand." "Just a dab." "There you go." "Yeah." "Oh, ok." "Is that good or what?" "That's real cheddar." "The drive, the way that this thing handled the hills, this is probably turning out to be one of the best picnics ever." "What's the matter with you?" "I've been traumatized." "We had given each of our couples comment cards to score us." "And now it was time to find out who had impressed the most." "What a great day." "Magical." "Yeah." "That was amazing." "Yeah." "Did you guys get your comment card?" "Listen to this." ""The perfect pairing of wine and food, just like the hemi with the grand cherokee."" "Look at this." "Look at this." ""A match made in heaven." "Clearly the man has been touched by God."" "What?" "What?" "Right there." "See?" ""Amazingly good food." ""Refined host." ""Car smell was alarming at first, but turned out to be pretty good."" "What's it say?" "That is not what..." ""horrible food." Horrible food." "Horrible food." ""Terrifying ride." ""Host was uninformed and unrefined." "Would not recommend."" "It's not about the hospitality necessarily." "It's about comfort." "Give me that." ""Rutledge was a little annoying..." "And overbearing."" ""Strange that our driver ate our food."" "Be fair." "He skipped lunch." ""Things went downhill when we got out of the car."" "That's a surprise." ""Not coming back."" "Ok, ok." "They said things went bad when we got out of the car, which means they loved the car." "Look, the only thing that's important to us here" " is the vehicle comfort, right?" " Absolutely." "Fine." "So, give me mine, this is yours." "What'd you get for vehicle comfort?" "I got a 6." "What did you get?" "I got a one." "How is that... how is..." " There's no way." " A one." "They're probably allergic to Oxford leather." "I got a 7." "Which is clearly the winner." "Really?" "Right there." "Ohh..." "A 7." "I win, because why?" "That is an LUV, gentlemen, a luxury utility vehicle." "Good God." "I didn't eat... it doesn't say I ate all their food." "I just had a sampling." "It says it seemed strange that you ate some of it." "They were probably expecting you to eat all of it." "We'd only managed to cover 55 miles of our journey, but it was time to turn in for the night." "Early the next morning we pointed our SUVs north and headed through the central valley towards the sierras." "Just as we hit the foothills, the heavens opened." "The muddy back-road route to our next challenge was no problem for our SUVs." "How about these roads?" "Man, this is like a fish just being let back in the water." "This Range Rover loves this stuff." "My Range Rover hadn't won anything yet, but this next challenge was my chance to get back in the game." "That looks like a runway." "It looks like a drag strip to me." "It's supercharger time." "Ha ha ha!" "There was only one small problem with my plan." "What's up, dude?" "Why are you stopping?" "Are you freaking kidding me?" "Hey, why are... it's leaking out of the dome light." "Ha ha ha ha ha ha!" "I'm sorry, what?" "Is that thing really leaking water from the dome light?" "Yeah." "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury," "I rest my case." "That car is a piece of crap." "Hee hee hee hee!" "Let's keep moving." "Good lord." "Oh, that is a lot of water down there." "Sketchy." "All right, so, what are the rules?" "Well, it doesn't look that long." "Maybe we should do it there and back." "Let's go down, turn around, come back, first person wins." "Ok." "The finish line is that kind of broken-down stop sign over there." "Copy." "And Tanner's leaking roof wasn't his only issue." "His air suspension was acting up." "And you're gonna be going to whole way with your ass up in the air like that?" "You look like JLo with your ass up in the air." "It's got a little bit of a mind of its own." "Yes, and it's attracting cows." "You know, Tanner, if you just threw some rims on there, man, you could go to like some low-rider show." "People'd be like, "oh!" "Charlie got that Range Rover bad, son."" "Bounce, baby, bounce." "Now it tells me the maximum speed I can go is 30 miles an hour right now." "So let me restart it." "Rut, are you shocked that Tanner's having difficulty?" "Why, no, Adam, I'm actually not surprised at all." "I'm sure it's really simple to find a dealership." "I mean, there must be as many as 10 or 12 across the U.S." "Or, because it's owned by the TAT company, which is in India," "I'm sure you could call Mumbai and get tech support." "Ok, normal height selected." "All is well." "Uh, you guys ready to get an ass-whuppin'?" "All right, let me just do a little adjustment." "Nice folded-in mirrors, Adam." "That's gonna help." "Aerodynamics, baby." "All right, here we go." "In 3, 2, 1, go!" "Oh!" "Ha ha!" "All right, I got a jump on him." ""Top Gear" had sent us to California to find the best luxury SUV." "To test our choices, we were driving from the pacific ocean to Mammoth Mountain." "So far, Rut's Jeep had won the sand and road race." "Oh, water!" "While Adam's Escalade had somehow pulled off the comfort challenge." "Wow." "That's a big ham." "But as we lined up for a drag race," "I knew it was Range Rover time." "All right, here we go." "In 3, 2, 1, go!" "Oh!" "Ha ha!" "All right, I got a jump on him." "Come on, Edward VIII, dig in, baby." "Track mode!" "Oh, that's ok." "510 horsepower is doing its job." "Yeah!" "That's what I'm talkin' about!" "Oh, there he goes." "Damn it." "Oh, where's the Range Rover coming from?" "Wow, did that thing get fast all of a sudden." "See you!" "Ooh, (Bleep)!" "I'm all over the place." "And..." "Braking." "That's as deep as I'm going." "Whoa." "All right, here it is." "Here it is." "Oh, and Adam's right there." "I'm cutting in front." "Oh, he shortcutted it." "He's cheating!" "Oh, great." "Giant turning radius." "Come on, come on, come on." "That's it." "Ah, damn it." "Come on, baby!" "470 horses!" "There you go!" "Oh, again there he goes!" "How is that happening?" "And the Range Rover wins." "Best SUV ever." "I got beat by one of the most unreliable vehicles that's ever been made." "I lost." "But I'm comfortable." "And that's what's important." "Where did you come from?" "And I got distracted." "I think I had it won, but your car, it's like it was dancing, and I got a little distracted looking at your rear." "It's dynamic suspension mode." "Look," "I've got 6 different suspension and traction modes, which gives me a total of 72 different driving modes that I can have in this vehicle." "But you can't control when it's happening." "It's like you're having a seizure." "81 buttons." "81 buttons. 6 of them work." "19-speaker, 825-watt harman kardon stereo." "How many speakers do you have?" "I have 17 speakers." "Well, I counted mine." "You know how many I have?" " Yeah." " 43 speakers." "That's ludicrous." "If I'm in park, I have 3 movie screens in this thing." "I'm driving a cineplex." "I've got a heated steering wheel." "I do, too." "I have leather and wood in here, baby." "No, you don't have wood, and I doubt that's real leather." "This is Oxford leather, and the wood is actual real walnut grain." "Fine, you have real walnut grain, I don't have real wood." "You know what else you're gonna get?" "Termites." "Look, let's break it down to the basics here." "SUV." "Sport... clearly the drag race was a very effective way to prove that the Range Rover is the sportiest of the 3." "Now it's about utility." "Ok." "We'll just have to see who gets the job done in the mountains." "Follow me." "We'd each taken a challenge as we headed for higher ground." "Ahead, the mighty sierras packed with snow and ice rose between us and our destination." "Oh, that's pretty." "We decided to try to reach Mammoth before nightfall." "But before we got to the deep snow, we stopped for a break and discovered the thin mountain air was having a curious effect on Adam's ability to lie." "How do you think the Escalade's gonna do?" "I'll be honest with you..." "the Escalade, weighing 3 tons and all-wheel-drive, not 4-wheel-drive," "I should be..." "In a lot of trouble." "Oh, a fresh..." "you see that fresh air?" "That's honesty." "That is truth." "That is good." "The thing is fast." "It's got a lot of issues." "And lingenfelter fixed one of them." "Yeah." "Gave it a little bit of power." "I'm not a huge fan of SUVs, but I kind of get it with the Range Rover." "It's like a rolls royce inside, and it conquers whatever mother nature has." "Unless it rains." "Let's hope for no avalanches." "The last 120 miles of our journey would be a climb into a different world." "Look, you guys, there's snow on the ground." "Kind of expected it in the mountains." "If I see snow, is that when I should put it in snow mode, or I should wait till I'm on some snow?" "You know that old snow setting's not really gonna do anything, don't you?" "Well, I know it's gonna split the power to the front and rear equally, and then there'll be some torque vectoring and 470 horsepower." "Just spinning its wheels." "Ok, we finally made it to the top of this little summit." "And it is spectacular." "Oh, look at that!" "Wow." "When we hit Carson pass at 8,000 feet above sea level, we started to notice a difference in performance." "And full throttle." "That's a little sluggish, but not bad." "Supercharger making up for some of that thin air." "Rutledge has gotta be hurting by now." "Since Rut's v8 was naturally aspirated, it should have lost almost a quarter of its power at this altitude." "It feels like it's down just a touch, but not much." "Uh, yeah, big girl's working a little harder." "All right, guys, 10 miles to go." "Race you to Mammoth?" "Let's go." "Ready, set, go!" "Where are you goin'?" "Shortcut." "See you at the lodge." "Good luck." "I ain't following you again." "Let's go, Rut." "Oh, my God, road is closed." "We're doing it anyway." ""Top gear" had sent us on a 544-mile journey across California to find the best luxury SUV." "So far, we each had won a challenge." "Yeah!" "And now we were closing in on Mammoth Mountain lodge, where we'd spend the night before our final test." "As usual, Tanner had taken a shortcut." "Snow setting's activated." "There it is." "Yeah!" "This is a shortcut I know about." "It basically cuts right through these hills, right to Mammoth Inn Lodge." "That's where we're headed." "Those guys have a 7-mile trip up this little 20-mile-an-hour road." "If I can make it through here, it's a win-win." "I'll be drinking beers by the time they even get out of their seatbelts." "While Mr. Oxford leather was off playing in the snow," "Rut and I had reached Mammoth." "Check this place out, man." "It's like "South park."" "Come on, Rut, let's go." "I want to beat Tanner to the hotel." "There's no way he can get here before us, man." "That was straight there." "This is it, Adam." "I don't see any Range Rovers." "I don't either." "I hope we beat him." "No, no Range Rovers." "Ha ha ha ha." "Actually the trail looks like it ends almost." "Oh, now come on." "Come on, come on, come on, come on." "Oh, now, let me... is that as high as I can go?" "How's this, my friend?" "Warm fire, good booze, and not a Range Rover in sight." "Here's to shortcuts." "Salud." "What do you think makes him go and," ""wait, I know a shortcut"?" "What..." "You know who else used to say that?" "Amelia Earhart." "Yeah!" "Really?" "Do that again." "Do that victory run again." "That was good." "How long you guys been here?" "My second drink." "You didn't even get me a drink." "Oh, we got you one." "Would we forget you?" "There you go." "It's called the shortcut." "What?" "!" "Are you... are you freakin' kidding me?" "See?" "That's real whipped cream." "I'm gonna eat that from the side." "How was the shortcut?" "Shortcut didn't work out." "I'm sorry, what?" "It didn't work out?" "Did you just admit..." "did you just admit it went wrong?" "It was gnarly." "The snow was thick, it was heavy." "I mean, trying to blaze trail uphill." "I made it almost halfway." "And last." "Drink up." "You earned it." "Here's..." "cheers." "You don't want a little sip?" "Look, look, I'm just not ready for that yet." "Ok?" "Does this make you uncomfortable?" "Gosh." "The night had brought a fresh coat of soft, powdery snow to the Mountain, making our final challenge even harder." "Is there more snow on the ground now?" "That's the Mountain?" "Wow, it looks a lot bigger in the day." "At over 11,000 feet, this Mountain was going to be the ultimate test for our SUVs." "So we each agreed to outfit our vehicles with snow tires." "Whoever got their SUV to the top first would win." "Since we'd each won one challenge, this would be the decider or who had chosen best." "All right, you guys, just follow the Escalade." "The fact is, in the first 20 feet we're going to learn everything about this mountain." "It's all gonna be about momentum and not getting too much wheel spin." "This is gonna be tough." "And fun." "All right, you ready, fellas?" "All right, I guess this is it." "I'll follow you up there." "Tally-ho?" "Is that what they say?" "Let's go climb a mountain." "And we're off." "Ok, it's not really getting much traction." "Really digging in there." "Here we go." "Snow setting." "Whoa." "There you go." "Come on, baby." "Come on, baby, get up there." "There we go." "Keep diggin', honey!" "The fresh snow was making the going tough, for all of us." "We're...not going anywhere." "Come on." "For the love of all that is sacred." "Oh, my gosh." "It's soft." "My lighter Jeep allowed me to float over the snow." "You got that so easy." "Nice and easy." "Oh, I passed Tanner!" "Rut passing me was one thing." "Watching Adam breeze past in his 3-ton Cadillac was more than I could take." "This blows." "Come on." "Oh, she is wandering!" "And she's stuck." "That's it." "Keep going." "Keep going." "Look at Adam." "How is that happening?" "We were on an epic California journey, from the Pacific ocean to the top of Mammoth Mountain, to find the best luxury SUV." "Rutledge had won the sand and road test." "Oh, this is awesome!" "My Escalade had been victorious in the comfort challenge." "I have 3 different climate zones in here." "And Tanner's Range Rover took the drag race." "And the Range Rover wins!" "So we were all even competing in the final challenge to see who can get nearest to 11,000 feet peak but it was proving tougher than anyone suspected." "Oh, my gosh." "Big soft." "Look at Adam." "How is that happening?" "Come on, come on, come on, come on." "Ok." "Well, I'm not dead." "That's good." "After changing the Range Rover settings to combination 57," "I gave it another go." "Come on." "Come on." "Adam opted for a different approach." "Maybe I shouldn't go straight up." "The skiers slalom." "Maybe I should..." "Do that." "All right, now I'm trying to turn everything off." "Just snow mode." "All right, here I come." "This could be the one." "Just got Tanner off." "Out of the way, Rut." "Slalom." "Slalom." "Nope, I'm stuck." "Don't hit me." "Oh, you're kidding!" "Just by backing up and actually packing the snow," "I'm able to get a pretty good run every time I bash into the powder." "Yeah, that sure sounds like a variator." "Let's see here." "Oh, wow." "That is... that is really stuck." "Rut's fear of getting a chill gave him another idea." "I'm gonna get some coffee." "Whoa." "Good luck to those suckers." "Now it was Range Rover versus Cadillac." "Ok, I am not getting any further this way." "But I got a plan." "Like Adam, I, too, had a plan." "If I just get over this first slope," "I know it's flat after this." "25 miles an hour." "Come on!" "There may have been a brutal 3-mile climb ahead of me, but this mountain was gonna be conquered by a Range Rover." "We're digging." "Real speed 30 miles an hour, actual speed...3." "That's ok." "I'm happy." "We're actually getting somewhere." "At 9,500 feet, I was making good time." "There was no way Moby Dick was catching me now." "That's it." "See?" "Nice and easy throttle." "Constant momentum." "Perfect." "Plan b is working." "That's the key." "Don't panic." "I am gonna make it to the top of this hill in a Cadillac." "While Tanner and I were closing in on the summit," "Rut was conquering his own mountain." "Oh, French toast." "Bonjour." "Real speed's up to 60." "I'd say our speed is about 25." "Now we're having some fun." "I was nearing the treeline and getting closer to victory." "Visibility's definitely getting a little bit compromising." "Holy (Bleep)!" "Almost just killed a snowboarder." "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!" "I'm a little like 600 feet from the top, though." "We're gonna finish this." "That's not gonna work." "I'm not coming this far without finishing." "That's for sure." "Oh, sorry, Oxford leather." "Uhh!" "Not soft." "What the... no freakin' way." "Huh?" "Uh-uh." "No." "See the snow, baby." "See the snow." "There's no way..." "You got up here." "What do you mean, there's no way?" "It's here." "There's the mountain." "Those are cat tracks." "Those are not cat tracks." "That's like a snow cougar or something." "You got your Cadillac ass towed up here." "Look, it just said we had to get it to the top of the mountain." "I got it to the top of the mountain." "I win!" "I win!" "Range rover wins!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Hold on, hold on." "Hold on." "Right there." "Hey, pal." "No problem." "How's it goin'?" "Rut!" "What are you guys doin'?" "Where's the srt8?" "Oh, it's back at the lodge." "I lost, but, boy, breakfast was good." "It's cold out here." "You've been in the lodge all the time?" "Yeah, that was like a 10-minute ride, tops." "Adam, can I get a ride down the hill, man?" " All right, thanks." " Yeah." "You want to get in?" "Sure." "Tell me the caddy's cool." "Caddy's nice." "Tell me the caddy's cool." "I have 3 different climate controls in here." "Wow." "Mine is set on 78." "What would you like, Rut?" "Oh, 74, 75." "We'd completed our journey, and while it may have been the onset of altitude sickness," "I felt we'd proved a point." "Our luxury SUVs had conquered sand and dirt and asphalt." "But if you want to conquer a mountain without cheating, one thing was clear." "You'd need a Range Rover."