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Top Gear
13-05-2025
- Automotive
- Top Gear
Land Rover Range Rover Review 2025
The Range Rover is one of those vanishingly rare cars that defies the industry's traditional product cycle. The previous gen model arrived in 2012 and even in these unpredictable times it was still hitting the spot with its high-end client base a decade later. But then you see the current L460 – only the fifth generation in 51 years – and you realise there are some things even the Range Rover can't out-run forever. Namely, the march of technology and connectivity, and more pressingly the need to future-proof it as climate change ceases to be a debate and becomes a genuine existential emergency. Advertisement - Page continues below On its reveal in late 2021, this was an all-new car in every aspect with a critical reappraisal of its place in the world. Key here are two plug-in hybrids, badged P460e and P550e (that equates to 454 and 542bhp respectively). These combine Land Rover's 3.0-litre six cylinder petrol engine with a 31.8kWh battery feeding a 105kW (141bhp) electric motor to deliver 'up to 75 miles' of pure electric driving with CO2 emissions as low as 16g/km. 50 miles in the real world is more plausible. Land Rover reckons that typical Range Rover customers will be able to complete 75 per cent of their journeys without ever bothering the internal combustion engine. Not quite a 'get out of jail free' card, but a big improvement. Want more e-range? A fully electric version is on the way with a 117kWh battery pack and 542bhp. Click these words here for our initial impressions from the passenger seat of a prototype. Alongside the PHEVs sit a pair of mild-hybrid diesels badged D300 and D350 – making 296bhp and 345bhp respectively – and two mild-hybrid petrol twin-turbo V8s sourced from BMW. They're known as the P530 and the P615, with the former getting 523bhp and the latter a hefty 607bhp for a 0-62mph time of 4.5 seconds. Oh, and the intakes have been reconfigured to enable a 900mm wading depth, plus a few other robust mods. Seriously, has anyone ever taken their Range Rover into a chuffing river? Well, except Her late Majesty. It has to have the chops to do it though to live up to the reputation. Same for the upcoming EV, although that's even less likely to go swimming up the Severn. Advertisement - Page continues below Everything. The previous L405 Range Rover remains such an archetype that the scale of the challenge here was substantial. There are five fundamental visual pillars on the Range Rover: the falling roofline, pronounced waistline, the rising sill, clamshell bonnet and floating roof. They were all reimagined for the current car, although you need to see new and old side-by-side to grasp just how ingeniously nuanced the changes are. The panel gaps and shutlines are fabulously tight, and the flush glazing abuts the bodysides in memorable fashion. The rain guttering is hidden, too. Design pushed engineering – and vice versa – and the result is as much an ode to metal-beating and manufacturing technique as it is aesthetics. This is a car that will be at its imperious best sweeping along the motorway like an automotive super-yacht. The car's rear end taps into that idea, and is the area of the car that's most obviously different to its predecessor. Check out the vertical tail-lights, and the way the whole thing is resolved. It's also notably aerodynamic for a big SUV, with a drag coefficient of 0.30 and a smoother frontal area. Americans might spot shades of Kia's impressive but not-for-Europe Telluride, but that's no bad thing. It's a great looking car, that. And what tech lies beneath the skin? Land Rover says it took out 125 patents for this generation of Rangie and carried out a rigorous development programme that encompassed 140,000 hours of computational analysis. It's also connected up the wazoo, has a sophisticated air filtration system, active noise cancellation tech in its headrests, and Standard and Long Wheelbase iterations are available, with the option of seven seats for the first time. None of which are cheap. It's also important to distinguish between the regular trim levels – SE, HSE and Autobiography – and the SV opportunities. That last one is a whole different ball-game, offering 'curated' luxury in the form of Serenity or Intrepid packages. While prices for the Range Rover start at £105,675, the fully loaded SV long wheelbase with the 'Signature Suite' – that's the one you need a chauffeur to fully enjoy – is double that (plus the aforementioned chauffeur's salary). "Much of the investment and engineering inside has gone into the tactility," SVO boss Michael van der Sande told TG at the latest Range Rover's launch. "This is about amplifying the luxury remit and the new car isn't trying to be something it's not. We want to avoid mixing our drinks too much." This is important information. The new iteration pushes Range Rover even further upmarket, leaving the Range Rover Sport to be more, erm, sporty. A target it doesn't hit nearly as cleanly as this nails the luxury brief. How is it to drive? Commanding. That sums it up in one word. It's not rapid even with a V8. It's too heavy (around 2.8 tonnes depending on spec) to be able to haul in a straight line, and too ponderous around corners. It really needs the 48v anti-roll system that is only fitted as standard to flagship models. But accusing the Range Rover of not being dynamic is to miss the point – it's not intended to be. Instead it is calm, relentlessly comfortable and batters its way through bad weather like nothing else. Is it still capable off-road? Well, duh. This is Range Rover's non-negotiable talent. A 911 GT3 has to be exceptional on track, a Range Rover has to mix it in the rough. And this one does, with a full suite of off-road accoutrements: low range gearbox, Terrain Response, height adjustable air suspension, ground cameras, locking diffs and, for the first time, four wheel-steering to really sharpen up the turning circle. That's actually handier in Knightsbridge than in the back of beyond, mind you. How's the cabin? Well, it was arguably even better than the exterior, but a model year update for 2024 added the new 13.1in touchscreen for the infotainment and thus removed lots of the physical buttons and the excellent heating controls. Ah. So yes, the interior has the same reductive design language as the exterior, with a clean aesthetic that's attractive but now slightly less easy to get on with than it was at launch. There are a lot of haptic controls on the steering wheel too and they're occasionally frustrating to use. At least the screen is responsive and logical. Plus it feels luxurious to sit in, and the view out is wonderfully open and commanding. For the full luxury experience, you need the long wheelbase version which features limo levels of legroom. Bear in mind this does reduce practicality as the seats don't fold as flat as the regular cars. The boot is generous and at least this Range Rover still has the iconic split tailgate.
Yahoo
27-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
You Should Bid On This Range Rover With A $22,000 Color-Shifting Paint Job On Bring A Trailer
Range Rovers can be pretty special vehicles. Sure, a lot of them have spotty reliability, and yeah they can be pricey to fix, but there's something charming and alluring about the luxurious British off-roaders. Used late-model Range Rovers can be tempting buys, too. Their unreliability and high maintenance costs means you can score used ones for dirt cheap if you're brave enough, and every new generation that debuts makes the generation preceding it even cheaper. The current L460 generation of the Range Rover replaced the previous L450 generation in 2020, and the L450's near-decade run means there are a ton on the market that are not only cheap, but you can find ones with awesome specs. Many Range Rover owners of this generation had deep pockets and got unique options fitted through Range Rover's Special Vehicle Operations division. One of those bespoke Range Rovers has just popped up on Bring A Trailer with one of the most unique paint jobs you'll ever see, a color-shifting paint that cost as much as a new Nissan Kicks. Read more: The 2024 Lexus GX 550 Turned Me Into A Believer Whoever originally owned this 2019 Range Rover Autobiography had interesting taste. The SVO-exclusive paint job is called Spectral Blue, one of a handful of different Spectral paints that Range Rover offered (and still does on new ones, too). The fantastic color shifts depending on which way the light is hitting it — in the main photo the paint is a mix of green and purple at the same time, in another photo from the rear the paint looks to be dark purple, and in another view from the side it appears to be dark green. Given that this paint job was a $22,000 option, all eyes should be on this Range Rover when it's going down the street. The Autobiography trim also means this was the almost the cushiest Range Rover money could buy, just behind SVO models like the clunkily named SVAutobiography. This one's interior is covered Ivory semi-aniline leather with Navy leather accents and walnut wood trim. There's heating, cooling and massage functions for both the first and second row seats, and ambient lighting, a panoramic sunroof and a Meridian Signature sound system help set the mood in the interior. As luxo-barges like this go, the rear seat is the best seat in the house. Even though this is just a short-wheelbase model, it still has quad-zone climate control and power adjustments for the rear seats, including power footrests. For even more privacy and comfort, there's a deployable rear center console and power rear sunshades. All the usual Range Rover capability is here in the form of the brand's excellent Terrain Response system, a suite of driver-safety aids, a two-speed transfer case, an electronic locking diff and a supercharged 5.0-liter V8 with 518 horsepower. It doesn't seem as if the previous three owners of this thing enjoyed any of those 518 ponies enough, as this Range Rover has just 16,000 miles on it. If you're like me and this Spectral Range Rover is calling your name, there's still plenty of time to bid on it. As of this writing there's six days left on the auction with the high bid currently at $15,500. Read the original article on Jalopnik.
