Land Rover’s elegant new Range Rover defines modern luxury and provides more refinement, customer choice and scope for personalisation than ever before.
According to Motorpress, the Range Rover is the original luxury SUV, combining serene comfort and composure with all-conquering capability.
With a variety of powertrain options – and a pure electric Range Rover set to join the line up in 2024 – plus a choice of four, five or seven-seat interiors available across the Standard and Long Wheelbase body designs, the new Range Rover is at home in any environment thrown it’s way.
The new luxury SUV will be available in South Africa in a choice of HSE and Autobiography models. The first edition will be available throughout the first year of production, based on Autobiography and features a unique specification.
It will be available in a Sunset Gold Satin finish, among a choice of five exterior colours. Both Standard (SWB) or Long Wheelbase (LWB) body designs will be available with five seats, while the new Range Rover LWB model will be available with a third row for the comfort of up to seven adults.
The new Range Rover SV model is available in both SWB and LWB body designs, with exclusive features including new SV Serenity and SV Intrepid design themes and a four-seat SV Signature Suite configuration.
Powertrains
In South Africa, the new Range Rover will be available in a choice of new Extended Range Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) powertrains, the P440e and P510e, and the Ingenium diesel D350 engine.
The powerful new petrol flagship -“ the P530 Twin Turbo V8 -“ delivers increased refinement and performance and is 17% more efficient than the previous Range Rover V8. The new Range Rover is the first Land Rover to be powered by a new 4.4-litre V8 engine, with two parallel twin-scroll turbos – one for each cylinder back – to minimise any turbo lag and optimise efficiency.
The new engine produces 390 kW with 750Nm of torque, enabling the Range Rover to go from 0 – 100km/h in 4.6 seconds and a top speed of 250km/h.
The D350 diesel delivers 257 kW and 700Nm of torque, powering the new Range Rover from 0 – 100km/h in 6.1 seconds.
The new Extended-Range PHEVs combine the inherent refinement of Land Rover’s in-line six-cylinder Ingenium petrol engine, in a choice of 323kW or 375kW outputs, with a 38.2kWh lithium-ion battery -“ with a usable capacity of 31.8kWh -“ and a 105kW electric motor integrated with the transmission.
Together, the powertrain provides up to 100km of near-silent pure-electric driving. With instantaneous electric torque, the new P510e (375kW) accelerates from 0-100km/h in 5.6s.
The state-of-the-art PHEVs can reach up to 140km/h allowing customers to enjoy the New Range Rover as an EV-only model for most journeys in town and country, with overall CO2 emissions lower than 30g/km9. Typical Range Rover customers will be able to complete up to 75% of trips using electric power only6 if they begin each journey with a full charge.
The clever packaging of the battery, beneath the vehicle and within the wheelbase, ensures both luggage space and all-terrain capability are uncompromised.
The use of advanced eHorizon navigation data also allows the hybrid system to optimise energy usage across a journey, to provide a peaceful arrival at a destination on electric power, while also optimising EV usage for travel in low emissions zones.
All powertrains are driven through a smooth and responsive eight-speed ZF automatic gearbox and twin-speed transmission, which provide a set of low-range ratios essential for towing or off-road driving when more control is required.
Interior
The new Range Rover SV will provide customers with more scope to create an individual vehicle with a choice of exclusive design themes, details and material choices.
This hand-crafted model will be the first vehicle to carry the new ceramic SV roundel and simplified naming strategy -“ known simply as SV. The SV roundel represents the distillation of Special Vehicle Operations’ design and engineering passion for modern luxury, performance and capability. The SV roundel will identify all-new Land Rover vehicles launched by Special Vehicle Operations in future.
Both Standard and Long Wheelbase body designs -“ including a five-seat LWB configuration for the first time -“ are available with specially curated SV Serenity and SV Intrepid design themes, which introduce two-tone front-to-rear contrasting colourways to Range Rover.
Exclusive materials include lustrous plated metals, smooth ceramics, intricate mosaic marquetry and soft near-aniline leather, as well as sustainable non-leather Ultrafabrics.
The sumptuous new SV Signature Suite option on LWB models epitomises the heightened luxury and craftsmanship of Range Rover SV, providing a peerless travelling environment for its most discerning customers. Its uniquely cosseting seats feature 24-way adjustment with massage functionality while an elegant electrically deployable Club Table rises theatrically from the fixed full-length centre console on beautifully engineered supports to provide a convenient workspace when required.
The Range Rover SV will be available with the refined new P530 V8 Twin Turbo, P510e Extended Range plug-in hybrid (on SWB) and the efficient D350 straight-six Ingenium diesel.
The New Range Rover will be launched in South Africa toward the middle of 2022 with pricing to be available closer to the time.
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