In case you’re in New York and get stuck on a street corner because it has been ‘frozen’ due to VIP movement, as French President Emmanuel Macron did this week, turn around and head towards something much calmer and far more scenic.

During a recent trip to the US, we realised that New York (the state) has so much more to offer than New York (the city).

But you need a car, and in this land of Ethan Hunt, we picked up the second-most famous British icon after James Bond – the Land Rover Defender 130.

The car

The Defender is available in three body types – two-door 90, four-door 110, and four-door but three-row seating 130. Our unit, the biggest, was powered by 5.0-litre V8 petrol engine, perfect for blasting along open American highways . ALSO READ From the corner office to the

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