The Land Rover Range Rover has been and always will be synonymous with posh, coddling luxury. From Dubai to Beverly Hills and every upscale outlet small in between, there will always be a valet-parked Range Rover out front to remind you that your tax bracket isn't high enough. Wherever you see these cruising at five miles per hour, there's no denying that this luxury utility vehicle from across the pond is a dominant force in its market segment for good reason, having always mixed executive sedan-levels of tech and comfort with near-G-Wagon levels of off-road capability. You can argue that many deluxe luxury SUVs bank too heavily on brand prestige and styling to make waves in the market, but the Range Rover stands among the crowd that can actually deliver a rock-solid and refined driving experience anywhere and everywhere. But how does it pull it off?
White-collar commuters rejoice, as the next-generation 2023 Range Rover has arrived to take the paths less traveled to the winery. It arrives with refreshingly sleek styling, a redesigned interior, and a large suite of tech, including a vivid palette of powertrain options. In a segment where brand prestige can be enough to attract customers in hordes, it appears that the Range Rover wants to wipe its slate clean and seek revolution over evolution. That being said, here's a look at why the 2023 Land Rover Range Rover will be the luxury SUV to beat.
The 2023 Range Rover Has A Refreshing Interior
Modern Range Rovers are lovably unique in the sense that Jaguar Land Rover vehicles have interiors that are equal parts high-tech opulence, and plain, easygoing simplicity. There is no fine-line wood trim or massive Pop-Tart-like tablet affixed to the top of the dash, akin to other luxury SUVs. But what you do get in the 2023 Range Rover is a 13-inch, landscape-oriented, curved infotainment screen that's just barely tilted back to allow your hand to fall naturally to it, complimenting the 13.7-inch digital dash.
The leather and wood-trimmed center console isn't burdened with a thousand off-road and drive mode switches, and the entire interior can be had in a variety of tasteful colors and trims that aren't an affront to the eyes. Beside the contrasting shifter lies a small volume knob, and next to that rests a drive mode controller that lowers into the console for a flush, (almost) uninterrupted surface. Climate controls rest quietly and subtly beneath the touchscreen in piano black garb, flanked by two physical knobs, just as the interior design gods intended.
A trip to their configurator can confirm this, if you'd like to see for yourself. Unless gaudy and outlandish is your jam, then Aston Martin or Mercedes might have you covered.
All Range Rovers sport the aforementioned digital dash and infotainment screens as standard, as well as a panoramic glass roof and heated seats for all occupants. Range-topping editions of the new Range Rover can be specced with all your favorite executive sedan playthings such as reclining rear seats, work and dining trays, and a fridge. Noise-canceling headrest speakers are available. Long-wheelbase versions can be optioned with an extra row of seating for shuttling two more board members to the country club brunch buffet.
And speaking of a buffet...
The 2023 Range Rover Has A Buffet Of Engine Choices
Whatever your appetite for power and performance is, the 2023 Range Rover likely has an engine for you. Stay with me here, because there are quite a few powertrains to poke into.
The base P400 engine, if you can call this sort of mill "base", is a 3.0-liter turbocharged straight-six with a mild hybrid assist, outputting 395 horsepower and 406 pound-feet. Next up is the P530 model's 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 pushing 523 horsepower and 553 pound-feet, which are genuine sports car numbers. Set to launch in early 2023 is a mid-tier mild hybrid, good for 434 horsepower and an estimated 62 miles of EV-only range, blowing many plug-in hybrids on sale out of the water.
These powertrains offer a flavor of performance for every driver, which pairs with Range Rover's all-wheel steering, Integrated Chassis Control, and Dynamic Response Pro to create a genuinely dynamic and sporty SUV. That isn't something that can be said about all of its peers. Even so, there's still an EV powertrain option set to debut in 2024 that will thrust the new Range Rover to greater heights.
The 2023 Range Rover Sport Will Satisfy Sportier Drivers Balling On A Budget
By extension, you can't mention the 2023 Range Rover without bringing up its lower-rung companion vehicle, the Range Rover Sport. Both offer elegant and refined styling, inside and out, and appeal to a refined class of people yearning for comfort, quality, and dynamism on any path, on or off-road. The Range Rover Sport slots just beneath the "true" Range Rover, donning a slightly trimmer suit and setting out to deliver slightly sharper performance in a more affordable package.
Keeping it all in the family, the Range Rover Sport utilizes the same powertrains and even the same dash and infotainment screens. Setting it apart, however, is the availability of torque-vectoring limited-slip differential and "Stormer Handling Pack". The Sport is a smaller vehicle and only available in a two-row configuration.
Base price for a Range Rover Sport is $83,000, over twenty-one grand cheaper than the $104,500 base price of the standard Range Rover. Interestingly, this prices both vehicles in a very competitive manner, drastically undercutting the likes of the Mercedes G-Wagon, Aston Martin DBX, Lamborghini Urus, and more. All are SUVs that are debatably far more compromised than the Range Rover, and can't come near in terms of well-roundedness and amenities.
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