Land Rover Range Rover Vogue

A long history has delivered some lemons, but the current generation Rangie is the best yet - comfort, understated style, luxury. If you're in the market for a large posh saloon, take a wildcard ride in a Rangie before you buy an S-class. If you fancy something other than a large limo, try a Range Rover. The ride is one of the best in class, killing bumps and massacring road imperfections, especially in the variants with higher aspect-ratio tyres. The supercharged V8 is trying to be sporty and loses some of the comfort, which is a shame. Is it cool to have one? Billionaires and pop stars, rappers and English landowners all rate the Range Rover. You should too. It's the most regal 4x4 out there. Land Rover has banished the quality gremlins with the latest Range Rover. Well, almost; early air-suspension niggles should now be sorted. The interior is simply superb, great finishes and top end design makes it a fabulous place to spend time - you will genuinely never get bored of sitting in here. A real surprise. Very little body roll (air suspension again) and a totally surefooted stance mean that you can clip along at a respectable pace -it's bulky, but you'll be surprised by its nimble reactions. Off-road the Range Rover is still well up with the best thanks to Land Rover's 'Terrain Response' system which alters throttle maps and traction control to give you the best possible grip - only subsequently hampered by road-biased tyres. The steering's slightly numb, but we'll forgive it that when parking. The split tailgate means that you can spread a picnic. When not persuing the country, you can take advantage of massive space for five, a 535-litre boot and the knowledge that if you were to fold the seats down, you'd have 2091litres to play with. You won't be delivering many washing machines, but it's nice to know that you could ... Read More