![]() Lane-keeping assist also provides a small steering adjustment, although that can be turned on and off. Blind-spot assist is always on, a welcome nanny with a vehicle this big. My tester arrives equipped with the Drive Pro package, with all the tech to make driving this beast a bit easier. Good thing there's a physical rocker switch on the panel, or I never would have gotten any sunshine. The backup camera didn't work the first time I put the vehicle in reverse, I saw multiple flashes and blips on the main gauge cluster and the gesture-controlled sunshade for the moonroof was persnickety to a fault. Overall, the tech in my Range Rover proves to be frustratingly glitchy. It's not quite as nifty as Audi's Virtual Cockpit, but it's still one of my favorite features. The 12-inch configurable gauge cluster can put navigation front and center and allows for easy access to media and phone settings from new capacitive steering wheel buttons. A swipe of the finger can send information from one screen to another, which is pretty slick, and the top screen can be tilted if there's too much glare from the panoramic roof. The top has a traditional home screen and all functions while the bottom is reserved for climate, seat and vehicle settings and the Terrain Response modes. Having said all that, the infotainment system looks awesome, housed on two 10-inch touchscreens on the center stack. Overall, I found the navigation system to be slow, poorly laid out and frustrating to use (although not all my colleagues share my feelings). Instead I have to tap Show Place Details and then I can tap Start. There's no Go or Start icon to get things going. It's finicky, difficult to use, and full of frustrating quirks that just has me pulling out my iPhone for the blessed simplicity of Google Maps. Unfortunately, the InControl Touch Pro Duo navigation system is not much help. You'll rue the day you miss a turn in this land yacht. The long wheelbase makes for a 42.8-foot turning radius, guaranteeing three-point turns on all but the widest intersection. Trade those 22-inch wheels for some smaller 19s wrapped in some aggressive rubber and the Range Rover will legitimately take you most anywhere in the world. A selectable terrain response system adjusts throttle and transmission points for Grass/Gravel/Snow, Mud/Ruts, Sand and Rock Crawl. Those aren't Jeep Wrangler Rubicon numbers but still, nothing to sneeze at, especially for a luxury SUV. Approach, departure and breakover angles are 34.7, 29.6 and 26.1 degrees respectively when raised to off-road height. For a vehicle with a 10-foot plus wheelbase, the off-road geometry is pretty great. The Range Rover is equipped with air suspension that lowers for easy entry and exits, and can be raised up 3 inches for any off-pavement excursions. ![]() I left the stop/start feature on to help conserve fuel and, aside from a few instances of a heavy right foot, kept the pace on the slow side, resulting in 16.9 mpg during my week with the car. The Land Rover gets an EPA fuel rating of 16 mpg in the city, 21 mpg on the highway and 18 mpg combined, numbers that are pretty much in line with the Cadillac Escalade and the Lincoln Navigator long wheelbase. However serene the ride may be, you'll predictably pay for it at the pump. I've never been one for overly large vehicles, and piloting a 17-foot-long, 6-foot-tall gargantuan SUV through the crowded city streets of San Francisco is akin to steering an elephant around an ant farm. My tester for this review is a slightly-less spendy Supercharged trim. Prices start at $87,350, which seems downright cheap when compared to the SVAutobiography's starting price of $207,900. Though there is easily room for three rows of seats, the Range Rover only comes with two. The Rover is available in standard or long wheelbase specification, and all models are four-wheel drive and feature an eight-speed automatic transmission. A plug-in hybrid P400e joins the fray in 2019. The base model and HSE are available with a 3.0-liter supercharged or turbodiesel V6, while a 5.0-liter supercharged V8 is on tap for the Supercharged, Autobiography and SVAutobiography Dynamic trims. Translation: it's the biggest, baddest, most expensive Land Rover you can buy. The Range Rover is the ne-plus-ultra of the Land Rover lineup. ![]()
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