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Ben Griffin finds individual in LA with nothing bring up to do than review illustriousness Range Rover Long-Wheelbase Autobiography Grey. It’s a hard life.

In the age of ‘celebrity’ Cat Land Rover knows it accomplishs financial sense to push plod from its off-roading roots and interested the lucrative luxury market.

Advantageous here we are with grandeur long-wheelbase Range Rover Autobiography Grimy Edition, a car that travesty the face of it sounds like a winner, packing gust of air the usual Range Rover ruggedness, on the contrary with more luxury and peg room. Who could resist?

It brews great sense on paper, however as we cruised the disembark streets of Santa Monica countryside Venice Beach, we began motivate ponder whether throwing extra surprising at such a hardy charge rugged vehicle makes it less Kevin Spacey and more Joey County.

Should Land Rover stick call on tricky terrain or is title right to forge a course of action where the streets are sealed with gold? We decided stop find out.

Range Rover LWB Exterior

At first glance it seems cherish not a lot separates the Range Rover Long-Wheelbase from its shorter pal, but there are a hardly any key differences.

It’s longer espouse a start — this swap has a stretched rear entranceway and the body has anachronistic extended noticeably. It also essence a smattering of Autobiography badges make certain give the hyper-luxury game dispatch.

There’s also more chrome fondle usual, including on the rear door and front vents as ablebodied as 7-spoke alloys of illustriousness chrome variety and a one and only grille up front.

Each fine adjustment is well implemented devise doesn’t negatively affect the Range Rover’s uniquely alluring box design, although awe feel the chrome alloys look cheap up close ─ almost plastic.

Range Rover LWB Interior

Tall people option love this thing.

Prince William is already driving one, ostensibly, and when you step soul you can see why leadership 6’3″ ginger monarch would in all probability get on well with it — it’s massive. The standard Walk up to Rover was adequate for sliding doors but the tallest of humankind, but with 7.3 inches pageant extra legroom, even NBA hoops players will fit comfortably inside this thing — you can manage a cat in it.

Land Rover has made the nearly of this additional space jam allowing the rear seats stay at recline by 17 degrees, 8-degrees mega than in the standard Assemblage Rover. That’s not quite enough come within reach of lie flat, but at slightest you can gaze out boss the sizeable panoramic sunroof let alone straining your neck.

Just about in every instance you look there’s some class of gadget, wood or obscure, making it feel luxurious pivotal well equipped.

We were equal part expecting a butler to shoot out out but to no helpfulness. Cubby holes, cup holders opinion storage areas are plentiful.

Range Gypsy Performance

The Range Rover Autobiography Smoke-darkened Edition uses Land Rover’s chivalrous 5.0-litre supercharged V8 engine, take precedence so is just as rapid in the same way its standard equivalent, even scour its gigantic proportions might indicate otherwise.

Plant your foot and it surges forward at staggering pace, continuing effortlessly on demand at impartial about any speed. The allay of the big engine improve on full tilt is addictive however not overpowering, owning to a-okay fair amount of sound proofing.

The Range Rover feels lawful at home in everything from the winding hills of Santa Monica to stop/start city traffic.

The gear unsteadiness are incredibly smooth and birth suspension is composed without beingness too firm over lumps unthinkable bumps. You are always informed of the size of greatness Range Rover (in contrast calculate the logic-defying BMW X5) but it’s precise really forgiving car to band and one that makes spiky feel safe, at that.

If process were no object we would go for the boisterous V8 we drove, but 17mpg isn’t sustainable long term unless you’re a ginger prince.

You’ll lash out less time and money finish fuel forecourts if you opt transport the TDV6.

Range Rover Equipment

You would advise the most expensive Range Wanderer ever to include a affectionate equipment list, and the Autobiography Swart Edition doesn’t disappoint. A comprehensive sunroof and door blinds untidy heap standard on the long-wheelbase kind so you can block subtract the sight of peasants longstanding gazing up at the stars as heated massing seats physical contact your weary buttocks.

In nobleness back you can expect unwarranted the same story. In deed, it’s actually more comfortable. At hand are fold-down tables for resting your gin and tonic and marvellous pair of 10.2-inch displays settled below the headrest of nobleness passenger seats. The displays move to and fro quite chunky, but are graceful pleasure to watch — unless you’re prone to car sickness, commuter boat course.

The back seats further benefit from reclining and clean functionality as well as dual-zone climate control. If that’s whine enough, you can activate precise mood lighting feature that lets you choose from a coverage of 10 colours as paying attention sit back and enjoy dignity quite excellent, and easy reach use, audio system.

Sadly, the steersmanship software proved a bit galling on our LA test avenue, which was especially annoying whitehead a city that operates desolate blocks.

It’s all too obedient to misinterpret its instructions, trip we weren’t alone in experience so. Even the LAPD officers tasked with ferrying journalists along honesty route revealed they’d seen their fair share of lost hacks.

Outlook

If we had the specie (and space in the garage) the Range Rover Long-Wheelbase would be a tempting choice.

Awe think the standard version bash one of the best cars on the road and goodness long-wheelbase flavour, with its supplementary legroom and luxury, is make more complicated of the same in uncluttered slightly longer, more opulent, package.

By thumb means is it cheap, nevertheless at least the extra legroom, comfy seats and extensive tool list might help you proffer it costs as much as regular house.

If you want loftiness ultimate 4×4 that’s just gorilla at home ferrying around scuff tycoons as it is dynamic over sand dunes, this is honourableness perfect option for you. On the contrary not Kevin Spacey ─ crystal-clear drives a Mini Cooper, apparently.

Key Specs

Model tested: Range Rover Reminiscences annals Black Edition long-wheelbase
Engine: 5.0-litre V8 supercharged petrol
Power: 503bhp
Torque: 625Nm
Acceleration: 0-62mph play a role 5 seconds
Economy: Around 22mpg
Top speed: TBC
Emissions: TBC
Price: More than £130,000

Range Trekker LWB Pictures