X A V I ™ Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 There is nothing else like a Range Rover. That’s what the last nine months have shown me. I drove a Rolls Cullinan recently, but I came away thinking that if they were parked up side by side and I could only take one away to keep and use forever, it would be the one built in Solihull. Then I wondered if you could slot anything else in the Royce’s place that I would choose over the Rangey. I thought long and hard, flicked through back issues of the mag, but couldn’t come up with anything. And over a wide spread actually. Not just SUVs from Bentley, Porsche, Mercedes et al, but luxury cars as well. I’ve said before that the current BMW i7 is a masterpiece if you’re travelling in the back. But only if you’re travelling in the back. I wouldn’t want to own one. It’s about fitness for purpose. The Range Rover understands what it’s for and how to do it better than anything else. You see the same in other classes – the Porsche 911 springs to mind, so too the BMW 3 Series and (until recently) the VW Golf. Cars that deliver on their promises so well and so consistently that there’s no point looking further. So here’s my advice. If you want a Range Rover, have one. What’s that? What about all those issues with them being stolen, or uninsurable? Let’s deal with that now. The thefts mainly apply to pre-2018 cars, with keys vulnerable to relay attacks. Land Rover has sorted a software patch, so if you have one, get it to your dealer now. So far of the 12,810 new shape Range Rovers sold in the UK, only 11 have been pinched – 0.08 per cent. They’re immune to relay attacks and more invasive CAN procedures that have had thieves cutting open the bodywork to get to the wiring loom. https://www.topgear.com/long-term-car-reviews/report-9-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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