MP3 Player. Interior Trim Bucket Seats. Cloth Seats. Leather Seats. Leather Steering Wheel. Premium Synthetic Seats. Vinyl Seats. Woodgrain Interior Trim. Comfort Head-Up Display. Navigation System. Steering Wheel Audio Controls. Power Liftgate. Power Mirror s. Adaptive Cruise Control. Automatic Parking. Climate Control. Cooled Front Seat s.
Cooled Rear Seat s. Cruise Control. Hands-Free Liftgate. Heated Front Seat s. Heated Rear Seat s. Heated Steering Wheel. Keyless Entry. Power Driver Seat. Power Passenger Seat. Remote Engine Start. Remote Trunk Release. Seat Memory. Universal Garage Door Opener. Keyless Start. Navigation from Telematics. Cross-Traffic Alert. Rear Parking Aid. Blind Spot Monitor. Lane Departure Warning.
Lane Keeping Assist. Night Vision. Tire Pressure Monitor. Brake Assist. Stability Control. Traction Control. Would the rest be worth it? The Range Rover is like that house. Need a date-night chariot? Something in which to schlep dogs to the vet? One of our editors even threw a mean, one-eyed groundhog he trapped in his backyard, cage and all, into the cargo area to set free near our office.
More regularly, staffers road-tripped their families all over the country in it. Due to its popularity, the Rover cleared 40, miles in just 54 weeks, a few months sooner than is our average for a long-term test. This diesel-powered example even averaged a nearly unbelievable 26 mpg.
Inside and out, no matter what you looked at or touched, the Land Rover reaffirmed its superiority. Throughout the test, drivers and passengers were frustrated by finicky electronic snits, most of which centered on functions managed through the 8.
Whether listening to satellite radio or Bluetooth audio, the displayed song details often fell behind the actual music playing by several tracks, sometimes freezing altogether, forever stuck showing one song as the audio for another continued on unabated. Worse was the wonky navigation behavior or total screen blackouts. Other Jaguar Land Rover products, such as our own long-term Jaguar XE sedan , have begun receiving a newer touchscreen setup with sharper graphics and supposedly better software.
At just under 34, miles, the digital gauge cluster joined the touchscreen in boycotting functionality. The screen went dark with the Rover plodding down the highway at 80 mph—in the dark. Three thousand miles later, the same thing happened to a different driver. Electronic hiccups are one thing. Then at least we could replace the components and hope for better.
Non-electronics-focused complaints were few. Indeed, the tall, heavy Range Rover is no dynamic star. If you can deal with the sensation of sailing the high seas, the payoff is a quiet, comfortable ride quality. There was the day that, despite the suspension performing just fine, the Range Rover nonetheless displayed a suspension-error message that sent us packing for the dealer. Aside from an annoying low-speed accelerator delay, the turbocharged V-6 went largely unnoticed and provided good passing power once underway.
It has more than enough torque to tow and haul people and their stuff, and it sips fuel on the highway more like a mouse than an elephant. From inside the car, the diesel is barely audible, its clatter indiscernible from that of many gasoline-fueled, direct-injected engines. Given its long, 16,mile service intervals, the Range Rover is all but guaranteed to need diesel exhaust fluid DEF additions to a tank under the hood between scheduled dealership visits.
This is no problem for owners who heed several stages of dashboard warning messages that appear as the tank nears empty. Land Rover figures most owners will see the messages and bring their cars into their local dealers for a DEF top off.
Easy peasy? Not so fast. We chronicled each warning in a separate test in which we ran the DEF tank completely dry to see what would happen. Should the DEF run out, the computers prevent the engine from restarting until the fluid is replenished, to avoid running afoul of emissions regulations.
Land Rover makes the process neither intuitive nor obvious, as we explained in an earlier update. Whereas our diesel-powered long-term Nissan Titan XD pickup gives drivers an easy-to-read digital DEF gauge, the Rover forces owners to navigate a fiddly gauge-cluster menu that appears only when the vehicle is in its accessory power mode.
Even then, the readout shows only miles to empty, not a more useful gallon figure, which would make it easier to gauge pun intended how much fluid to purchase and add to the tank. At least the Rover required little else.
The hit-and-run tore off the corner of the bumper, shattered the taillight, and grooved the aluminum body aft of the wheel opening. Nearly every Jaguar Land Rover product that passes through our parking lot suffers from similar touchscreen maladies and curious fritz-prone electronics.
Recent unseasonably warm weather has helped, too. The alternative, of course, is to wield a preferably extendable snow brush like a peasant who has no business owning a Range Rover.
In fine Michigan tradition, the roads are slowly disintegrating as spring approaches. Had we splurged on fancier, larger-diameter rims with their attendant thinner-profile tires, we surely would have bent a wheel or bubbled a sidewall by now. As it is, the Rover glides over even the gnarliest potholes and cracks. Also during warm-up, some have complained of a diesel-exhaust scent seeping into the cabin at idle in cold weather. Aside from the Rover requiring repair to its air-spring suspension controls—which was covered under warranty and reported in our previous update—many drivers have encountered persnickety, intermittent electronic episodes.
Other times, the screen has locked entirely, only to return to normal later or after the engine is restarted. Senior technical editor K.
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