That nets you a pair of reclining, 24-way seats - nay, thrones - that heat, ventilate and massage you on command, while offering enough legroom for Kareem Abdul-Jabar to relax. More specifically, though, you'll want the version with the SV Signature Suite, which is only available with the long-wheelbase body style. The Range Rover has nothing to be ashamed of in terms of its capabilities.although anyone planning on maximizing them definitely should choose their tires wisely. Important as it is for the Range Rover to maintain its reputation as a go-anywhere vehicle, those who plan on doing actual off-roading on a regular basis in this day and age are more likely to buy a Defender. Otherwise, the combination of full-time four-wheel-drive and Land Rover's suite of mechanical and electronic off-road gadgetry delivers its usual remarkable level of capability, enabling this SUV to scramble over obstacles and through terrain where most vehicles this price would fear to tread. With the air suspension jacked up to maximum height, the ride turns a bit flinty, as it seems to be pushed to the limits of compliance still, that's an edge case, one only likely to occur in shorts bursts at low speeds. Still, in the limited time we were able to take this new SUV off the beaten path, it demonstrates the aplomb and capability you'd expect. First up in the next year comes an incipient plug-in hybrid variant that combines an inline-six with a 38.2-kWh battery that gives it a claimed 62 miles of all-electric range on the admittedly liberal WLTP testing circuit a bit further down the line comes a fully electric Range Rover EV, based on the same chassis as the gas-powered versions. If those choices don't float your boat, don't sweat: there are not one but two other powertrains coming soon that make greater use of electrons. Unlike that V8, however, this new one is twin-turbocharged to crank out a claimed 523 horsepower and 533 lb-ft of torque.and Bimmer's turbo motors often turn out to be underrated from the factory.

The V8 variant is something of a throwback in terms of legacy, if not technology like the eight-pot found in the Range Rover a couple generations ago, it's made by BMW. Base models come packing the mild-hybrid 3.0-liter inline-six that's quickly become a familiar face across the Land Rover lineup, here making 395 horsepower and 406 lb-ft of torque. Under the hood lies a choice of two different gas-powered powertrains, at least to start in the United States. So, here in 2022, how does the vehicle once so memorably described on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as 'a transporter of gods' hold up in the face of a changing world and fresh competition? We headed to California to find out.

The era of gasoline powertrains is coming rapidly to a close in favor of electric vehicles, so the Range Rover is finding ways to go green the world's wealthy are growing wealthier, so the Range Rover can push upmarket and, perhaps most notably, the SUV has now become the de facto vehicle of choice in nations across the world, so the Range Rover now needs to offer even more all-around family-friendly capability on top of everything else it does well. But this Range Rover faces a very different future than any of its predecessors. No, a new version of the 'true' Range Rover has only come around five times in human history the first debuted in 1969, the second followed a whopping 25 years later, the third arrived in 2001, the fourth in 2012.Īnd now we're here a decade after that, once again faced with an all-new Land Rover Range Rover. Of course, when I say that, I'm referring to what Land Rover snobs would probably refer to as the real Range Rover - that is, not one boasting a suffix like Sport or Evoque or Velar, but the one that can trace its lineage all the way back to the days of the Apollo missions, when it arguably pioneered the then-silly-sounding idea of a luxury sport utility vehicle. It's a rare day when a new Range Rover debuts.

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