![]() ![]() The new 10-inch touchscreens handle everything the only buttons that remain are for windows and hazard lights. The air suspension can be set at a step-in height. The front seats are tall and the glass low, so you feel like the king of the road, sitting above them all in luxury and isolation. Leather and glossy wood on the lower models, softer leather on HSE trim, and semi-aniline leather everywhere on Autobiography. The tail is ever so slightly swept up, with a split tailgate. Thanks to slim black pillars, the roof appears to float. The long wheelbase brings more aero to the front, with a windshield very slightly swept back, behind new thin LED headlamps. You’d never mistake it for a Cadillac Escalade. Its profile lends itself smoothly to the box that it is, and looks more classic Range Rover, a box with curves and wraparound headlamps. The short wheelbase Range Rover looks (and is) more balanced than the long wheelbase. Also available are the SV Autobiography Dynamic ($177,200), with the long wheelbase ($207,900). The Autobiography model has a heap of features ($141,995) and is available with the long wheelbase ($148,295). The Range Rover Supercharged V8 ($104,850) is available with the short or long wheelbase ($4000 more). 2018 packages include rear entertainment, head-up display, and active lane control. Range Rover HSE trim ($6700) upgrades with bigger wheels, softer leather, heated rear seats, panoramic moonroof, surround-view camera. Take that lesson, you’ll be very glad you did and it’s a waste of money if you don’t. Also a two-hour off-road lesson from a Land Rover driving school instructors, and every instructor we’ve encountered has been great. Standard equipment includes two 10.0-inch touchscreens for infotainment and vehicle controls, leather seats, and a 380-watt Meridian audio system. ![]() The Range Rover V6 Supercharged short wheelbase ($87,350) is the entry model, available with the Td6 turbodiesel ($89,350). Adaptive cruise control and blind-spot monitors are fitted to HSE and higher trim levels. Every 2018 Range Rover comes with automatic emergency braking, lane-departure warnings, parking sensors, and a rearview camera. However the unique aircraft-like structure, bonded and riveted aluminum, is exceptionally stiff, and the safety equipment both standard and optional is bountiful. Both the 510-hp version and 557-hp get 14/19/16 mpg.Īs with many luxury vehicles, federal and insurance industry crash-testing hasn’t been done on the expensive Range Rover. It gets an EPA-estimated 24 miles per gallon Combined, with a range of more than 600 miles, and can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in a quick 7.4 seconds.Ī supercharged 5.0-liter V8 making 510 or 557 horsepower comes on Range Rover Supercharged models. Then there’s a 3.0-liter V6 turbodiesel, making 254 horsepower and a bulging 440 foot-pounds of torque. It’s EPA rating is 17 mpg City, 23 Highway, or 19 Combined. An all-aluminum supercharged V6 comes standard, making 380 horsepower and 332 pound-feet of torque. The lineup moves steeply to opulence, with HSE, Supercharged, Autobiography, and SV Autobiography Dynamic models.Įvery Range Rover is all-wheel drive, and uses a sharp paddle-shifting 8-speed automatic transmission built by ZF. The entry-level Range Rover has a short wheelbase. Meanwhile it can tow 7700 pounds of horses or boats, even racecars. The Range Rover rides like a tall sedan, while being renowned for its offroad capability, with up to 12 inches of ground clearance and Land Rover’s effortless Terrain Response system, using four modes with sensors dictating traction. Other 2018 changes include revised LED headlamps, more adjustment for front seats with optional massage function, and redesigned rear seats with exceptional comfort for outboard passengers, with long-wheelbase versions adding 7.3 inches of legroom, making the Range Rover feel like an SUV limo. Two big touchscreens with flashy technology replace most of the hard buttons, switches and knobs. Its composure has never lagged: always calm, cool, and collected.įor 2018, the sixth year for this design, Range Rover finally gives in and goes along. We’ve driven this generation of Range Rover in a Moroccan gale, over the Spanish steppes, and in miserable Atlanta traffic. ![]()
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