Land Rover Range Rover FAQs

The Range Rover has always been known as a capable off-roader, mainly thanks to its smart electronics, a set of punchy engines and adaptive air suspension. The latter helps make the ride quality really impressive, greatly enhancing comfort. Meanwhile, the Range Rover is available with a whole bunch of optional modern convenience-related features to further elevate its comfy and spacious cabin. A wide variety of high-end materials and optional customisation options make for tailor-made and cushy experience while you’re seated in this full-size luxury SUV.
 

While it weighs over 2.5 tonnes and measures over 5.2 metres in length, driving the Range Rover in the city isn’t as challenging once you get used to its size. Aiding its manoeuvrability are features like rear-wheel steering as well as a well-calibrated steering wheel. Other features such as its commanding driving position that provides excellent visibility and high-definition surround-view cameras make driving the Range Rover less of a challenge than most realise.
 

The BMW-sourced 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8 provides enough performance to satisfy most buyers in this segment, while offering refinement and feeling effortless despite this SUV’s mass. However, we found that the Range Rover’s 8-speed automatic gearbox can fumble slightly at low speeds, leading to the engine entering a zone of turbo lag. Considering the Range Rover’s massive weight and its resultant inertia, this hesitation from the gearbox can produce noticeable transmission stutters that can cause the suspension to become unsettled. Also, the braking performance could have been better for an SUV of this size and weight.
 

When powered by a twin-turbo V8 engine and with launch control engaged, the Range Rover can accelerate fast enough to belie its size. It’s also capable of going past 250kph, which makes it faster at the top end than some of its rivals.

The height-adjustable air suspension system of the Range Rover makes getting in and out of this huge SUV a relatively easy task. Once inside the four-seat version of the Range Rover, occupants can relax in the reclining seats that get memory settings, heating, cooling and massage functions along with ottomans. Features like a motorised fold-out table & cupholders, high-quality leather upholstery, soft floor carpets, a central touchscreen controller to manage various seating and climate control functions, glazed windows and high-fidelity speakers exude the feeling of luxury. The split-folding tailgate with the optional fold-out ‘event suite’ further amplifies the sense of luxury, especially if you go out on picnics often.

While customers shopping in this segment may not care much about fuel economy, the diesel-powered variants of the Range Rover offer good enough performance without sacrificing overall efficiency by a big margin.