![]() Land Rover has successfully attacked every one of the RR’s foibles, and even improved some things (like the interior) that didn’t seem to need it. But if you can accept the big, heavy supercharged flagship for what it is, this is undoubtedly the best Range Rover ever, and surely one of the world’s finest luxury cars of any shape or size. Truth be told, the model can look forward to a future of polarising opinions far more than ever. Should I buy one?Ī Range Rover is never going to be all things to all people. It’s all to do with the subtle action of the new dampers, which also improve chassis turn-in and tame the lurches that ordinarily result when a tall, soft-sprung vehicle abruptly stops cornering hard one way, to corner hard the other. Despite all this performance, the engine is still quiet, the wind noise still controlled and at seriously high speeds the Range Rover is impressively stable. The 503bhp Range Rover can sprint from 0-60mph in just 5.9sec and has a governed top speed of 140mph. Use all of the long accelerator travel and you’ll soon find yourself in Porsche Boxster performance territory. Couple that with a supple, unhurried ride and more communicative steering and you have an inspirational driving experience. Range Rovers have always specialised in low road noise, even on 20-inch wheels, and this 2010 edition does it better than ever. Gliding is something you soon discover the Range Rover does plenty of, at motorway speeds and well beyond. Snick the silver-tipped lever into Drive and the car glides away from rest, almost silently. There’s even a towing stability system that can detect trailer sway and tame it with opposite-wheel braking. Improved continuously adjustable dampers (by Bilstein) replace the previous model’s dual-rate items and there’s also a blind-spot monitoring system that helps to prevent you from pulling into a lane occupied by close-following traffic.įive exterior cameras can provide a 'helicopter view' of the car for close manoeuvring, and Land Rover’s now-traditional Terrain Response system has improved rock crawl and sand driving programs. Other refinements? There’s an adaptive radar cruise control that works with Forward Alert and Emergency Brake Assist to provide unprecedented motorway security. Yet despite the new engine’s 16 per cent capacity increase, it still delivers 7.4 per cent cuts in both fuel consumption and CO2 output, following a variety of improvements such as better direct fuel injection technology, variable cam timing and reduced internal friction. These are improvements of 29 per cent and 12 per cent respectively over the old 4.2-litre V8. The new supercharged V8, shared with Jaguar, delivers its peak 503bhp between 60rpm, plus maximum torque of 461lb ft between 25rpm. Off road, the revcounter moves aside in favour of a graphical drivetrain that shows which wheels are being driven, which diffs are locked and much more. When driving normally, the driver sees a speedo and revcounter as normal, the relevant speed and rpm readings highlighted with a unique 'spotlight' feature. The cabin gets even better-quality leathers, even more tasteful brightwork and a general reorganisation and simplification of the switches around a better central screen.Īnd following a major upgrade of its electrical architecture, the Range Rover now has an aircraft-style 12-inch TFT screen for the driver, on which a variety of virtual dials and graphical displays appear. Range Rover L Autobiography TDV8 UK first drive. ![]() Range Rover 3.0 TDV6 Vogue SE 2017 first drive.Range Rover P400e PHEV prototype first drive.Land Rover Range Rover D350 MHEV 2020 UK first drive. ![]()
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