The Range Rover

The full size luxury SUV market has in the recent times seen some new faces with the new Mercedes-Benz GLS and the new BMW X7.But there is one car that has managed to stay at the top of its game since the say it was launched back in 1970,the Range Rover.Which one,you might ask that but just the Range Rover,not the Evoque,not th Velar and yes not even the Sport.Just the Range Rover.The flagship luxury SUV of Land Rover saw a facelift a couple of months ago with a complete overhaul of headlamps,taillamps and a new front and rear bumper.Range Rover is a name synonomous among those who love luxury full size offroad SUVs.With Hollywood celebrities like Jennifer Aniston,Oprah Winfrey,Robin Williams,Sean Connery,Tom Brady,George Clooney,Beyonce,Paul MacCarteney,Ralph Lauren,Jim Carrey and we could go on and on.Almost every Bollywood celeb also has a Range Rover.With starting prices of around Rs1.96 Crore and going all the way upto Rs4.65 Crore for the 5.0 litre supercharged SV Autobiography Range Rover,no one should wonder why celebrities are one of the few people who buy them.Most common among these celebrities is Queen Elizabeth the second who has been driving a Land Rover since 1965.On the front the Range Rover is a very imposing car it has the iconic Land Rover honeycomb grill and also the very iconic daytime running LED drls.Range Rover is a car that is instantly recognisable all over the world and cannot be mistaken for anything else.Nothing looks like a Range Rover.The side profile of the Range Rover is instantly and very easily recognisable.At the rear the Range Rover is as imposing as on the front.There are many colour options available on the Range Rover including Silicon Silver,Rossello Red ,Yulong White, Narvik Black, Portofino Blue, Carpathian Grey, Eiger Grey, Byron Blue, Aruba, Santorini Black, Fuji White and Indus Silver.The interior of the Range Rover is as luxurious as on the outside with me not being able to find a single cheap bit of plastic.Only the best materials are used in the making of the Range Rover.There are also very few buttons on the centre console of the car which is great but the thing is that to change the temperature we have to reach down to the lower screen and take our eyes off the road for too long which is not ideal.The middle row is the place to be in the Range Rover,there is plenty of headroom and legroom.I dont know why but the Small Wheel Base model has sufficient legroom in the back so why someone would buy the Long Wheel Base variant.The glorious sunroof makes the cabin feel light and airy.The driving position of the Range Rover is very very good,its an easy car to park with loads of visibility out of the rear and large door mirrors.The Range Rover is possibly the best luxury offroader in the world,mainly because of Land Rovers idiotproof Terrain Response System.You can choose from 5 different offroad selections that includes grass,gravel,snow,mud and rock,mud and ruts.The basic selection is auto in which the car knowswhat to do when you dont which is just great.It doesnt have low range and differential lock.This is because the Range Rover has something called viscous coupling which in simple words is just an automatic differential lock which decides the right amount of lock that the differential should have.It can also wade upto 33.5 inches of water which is better than a Toyota Land Cruiser.The Range Rover has more than 300 bhp in all variants and more than 700 NMof torque.At last we talk about reliability,yes,the Range Rover is the least reliable car on the face of the earth but do you really care about all that after all the things I mentioned about earlier.No I dont think so.And yes the boot is 707 l large which is just fine.My final verdict is that if you have the money to buy a Range Rover, just buy it, it is really the king of all SUVs.