![]() ![]() Like every other L460, our 345bhp diesel puts its power through a ZF eight-speed automatic gearbox, has Land Rover’s latest Terrain Response 2 stability/traction control system and rides on height-adjustable air suspension that works in four modes over a range of 135mm, lowering the car at speed to cut drag and raising it for off-roading. Also offered is a pair of six-cylinder petrol-electric plug-in hybrids, plus a big-power version featuring a 4.4-litre V8 that JLR now buys in from BMW. All are turbocharged Ingenium units, but only some are mild hybrids. There's a slightly bewildering array of 3.0-litre straight-six diesel and petrol engine options. Its 2209mm maximum width makes it one of the widest cars on the road. It's strengthened by strategically placed steel components, notably across the front bulkhead and in the body pillars.Īt 5052mm overall, the standard-wheelbase model is 75mm longer than before but still around 90mm shorter than the Bentley Bentayga. To recap, the new Range Rover, codenamed L460, sits on a new-design, mostly aluminium chassis called MLA Flex (curious name for a structure “up to 50% stiffer”). Ours is an uncomplicated mission: to drive a day-long route involving 150 miles on the roads around southern England, punctuated by about 90 minutes’ much tougher testing at Eastnor, in the same vehicle, wearing the same tyres as it tackled A-roads and motorways.ĭemonstrating road-tyred vehicles on a wide variety of terrain at speeds from mud crawl to motorway cruise has always been Land Rover’s special way of demonstrating their versatility. Land Rover Range Rover road test review. ![]() Range Rover plug-in hybrid 2023 long-term test. ![]()
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