Here's Why the 2018 Range Rover Is Worth $125,000

This is a long wheelbase supercharged

2018

Range Rover and it is the latest version of the Range Rover that has just been updated for the

2018

model year. The sticker price on this one is just under 125,000. I remember 10 years ago you used to can. to get a

range

rover

for 75 80 000 those days are gone, this new one now starts at 88.5 and with popular options you can easily enter the realm of 105 one hundred thousand fifteen thousand dollars today I will show you why it is

worth

every penny you I borrowed this 2018 Range Rover from RLB Auto Group

here

in Fort Worth, Texas.

RLB has a great inventory of some very recent models like this and some interesting vintage classics. You can check their inventory by clicking the link in the description below. Now, like I said, the 2018 Range Rover just came out and today I'm going to show you how it works, but first a quick overview. Now, as I mentioned, this is a long wheelbase supercharged Range Rover, which means the base price of this model starts around 110,000 and yet, this is not even the top model in the

range

. Next is the Autobiography which starts at 143,000 and then t

here

is the SV Autobiography which starts at 179,000 and can be equipped up to over 200,000, not for a Ferrari or a Bentley. or a rolls royce for a range

rover

so today i'm going to take you on a tour of the 2018 long wheelbase supercharged range rover and show you all the cool quirks and interesting features of a range rover 125 000. then i'm going to put it on the road and I'll drive it and then give it a dig score and for more of my thoughts on the 2018 Range Rover, click the link below to visit autotrader.com oversteer.

It's going to start under the hood the engine is like I mentioned before the supercharged range rover now the interesting thing about that is they are all supercharged even the base model now has a supercharged v6 but this is the only supercharged range rover it's kind of like there is a porsche 911 turbo even though the entire porsche 911 line is turbocharged anyway, the base model has a supercharged v6 with around 350 horsepower, this thing has a 5 liter supercharged v8 with 520 horsepower, sports car numbers on a range rover The next step now, although this is a completely new 2018 model, this is just an update, not a complete redesign, so the exterior of this car is practically the same as before.

However, there are a couple of interesting things I've noticed, one is Now virtually all cars have a little molding on the edges of the windows, like the front windows here and the rear windows at the beginning here, that's very common, but if you come back here and take a Look at this, you'll notice that there are no more decorative pieces, it's just a solid window until you get here, it's like a modern skyscraper, it's all glass and it looks really cool. Next is an interesting element with the wheels now like virtually all vehicles. This one has the Land Rover branding in the middle of the center cap, but unlike most other vehicles, if you look at the valve stem caps, you'll also see that it says Range Rover Ferrari sometimes puts a horse on the valve stem caps. valve stem caps.

This car. I put the words range rover in there in case you forget what you're driving when you're doing a quick tire change. Next, we have to talk about the taillights, which are new for 2018 and are already among my favorites in the automotive industry. Check this out when you're driving at night, the headlights are on the tail lights, the tail lights turn red, that's obviously pretty standard, but check this out, you turn on the turn signal and the part that was red suddenly turns orange, It's like magic and It looks really cool, you have to admit it's a nice look that I've seen before on very high-end cars like Bentleys and Rolls-Royce and I'm not done with the rear end because there's more cool stuff back here, check this out , this car has a camera on the back to serve as a parking camera, obviously all cars have it now, but this car also has a rear windshield washer.

You can activate it at the front when you wash the rear window. It also washes the rear camera to prevent dirt and grime from building up. on your rear camera and clouding your view when you're in reverse, that's a pretty awesome feature now, one of the most obvious features on the exterior of the 2018 Ranger is an updated LED light pattern that's a little tighter and a little more angular than the previous one, but that's child's play, we seasoned quirk and feature watchers will focus our attention on the grille, which has this kind of modern and interesting design that has exactly the same pattern throughout, except in one place, a small line that is supposed to be flat. instead, it is shaped like an egg to represent the Land Rover logo.

Below, some other interesting items in the lot. Look at this. It now has a power tailgate. It may not seem that special to you, largely because most cars have a power tailgate, but here's the thing. about Range Rovers is that they have a clamshell, one opens up and the other opens down. Now in the past Landover said they couldn't make a power tailgate simply because owners want it for picnics and the tailgate of their Range Rovers. and that was very difficult to understand with the electric operation, but they have discovered it and they check this: you press the small button to close the electric tailgate and both elements close automatically so that you do not have to do any work yourself afterwards. in the cargo area you probably saw all the stuff back here, you might be wondering what exactly all that is.

Well, they're all things you get when you buy a new Range Rover. I'll start with one click and that's it. This is a little plastic thing that clips on. on the front seat headrest for rear seat passengers to use, it's basically this universal solution where if you put it in place you can use it as a base for a wide range of different items, for example you can use it as a hook or a Hanger for your clothes that can be clicked and clipped and clicked and hung. You can also attach a stand to it so you can use a laptop if you're in the back seat, or you can attach an iPad stand so your kids can watch. an ipad as you drive them down the street, that's one of the items in the back here, another one is this giant white box that would be the cargo storage organizer, you can stick it here and it will separate your cargo if you come home from the supermarket and you don't want things to roll around, you also have an all-weather rubber mat for the cargo area.

You have your traditional rugs. You also get this little Land Rover bag which is really a lunch box if we're being completely honest with ourselves, but it's a car interior care kit with various cloths you can use to clean the leather and speaking of which, you also get This, this is my favorite item on the back, it's a little bottle and it says on it Land Rover Luxury Leather Cleaner, this isn't just a regular leather cleaner, it's Land Rover Luxury Leather Cleaner. If you are going to buy a Range Rover, you can only have the best Land Rover luxury leather cleaner, but that has nothing to do with it.

The next thing coming now on many luxury SUVs is that there is a button in the cargo area to lower the rear seats if you are trying to load a large item so you don't have to go to the back seat and fumble for a latch. and lower them manually and this car has that, but in most models you press the button and then they just release and fall forward and this is automatic and motorized all the way down or you can press a button and it's automatic and motorized that comes back and, Of course, it gives you the option to do it for the driver's side back seat or the passenger side back seat or both at once, that's a pretty cool feature, but here's an even more cool one if you're walking into the car with something really heavy and you just can't get it over the cargo floor and it's too heavy to lift.

You can press a button and lower the Range Rover from the back. Push it and the Range Rover uses its air. The suspension is lowered a few inches, allowing you to carry that heavy object into the cargo area. Of course, when we're talking about the rear of the long-wheelbase Range Rover, the cargo area is only part of the attraction. , the most interesting thing is what's in the back seat. but before going back up I want you to take a look at the situation of the door. The rear door is absolutely huge, especially when you compare it to the front door.

It's just huge. That's because to make the long-wheelbase model they didn't just stretch the door. a little in the front and a little in the front doors, in the cargo area, instead of all the stretch for the long wheelbase, it was here, in the rear seats, this is the Range Rover you're supposed to have if they drive you. with a chauffeur, okay, get in the back of this car, there are some features back here that are quite impressive and in some cases almost surprising, starting with the tailgate blind spot monitor, yes, there is a Blind spot monitor for rear passengers.

The doors are so big that I guess Land Rover is worried about you opening them to traffic or confronting a cyclist, so there is a blind spot monitor built into the rear doors, it's right next to the door handle rear and illuminates with a little light. orange triangle if there is a vehicle approaching when the car is off and there is someone inside, you might want to get out just to warn you not to open the door at this time, that's a pretty awesome feature, also awesome is this little pad next to the power switch. window control on the tailgate panel look at this, it looks like it just gives you information or shows something but it's actually a button at the bottom of the touch panel.

You will see two different lighting options, one is for a reading light and the other is for a laptop. The light on a laptop comes from the same lamp, but they are different. The one on the laptop is designed to be optimized for a screen, while the one for reading is designed to be optimized to be easy on the eyes and you can really tell the difference when you look. switch between the laptop light and the reading light which is pretty awesome then press the next button up and that controls the sunroof sun visor you can open or close it using that button and finally the button on the top part mutes or unmutes the volume on the stereo system, which is cool, it's not just a power window, it's not just a screen, it actually has cool functions as well next to that panel and the power window switch, you will see a button with a diagram of a window and two arrows, that button allows you to control which window you are lowering if you have the arrow pointing to the right window and you lower the power window, lower the one on the passenger side point to the left , lower the one on the driver's side and if you have both arrows on you can lower both rear windows at the same time using only one electric window control.

Another interesting element is that you can turn the reading lights on and off without using the keypad by simply touching them, which which is great. Next I want to talk about how the rear storage for rear passengers is simply delivered to you. An example of this can be found on the rear center armrest. If you put the armrest down you will see that there is a small rear storage compartment to open it, you just press this little silver button and then the lid opens and gives you whatever items you have in there. It's the same story with the small rear storage cubby located at the back of the front center console.

You press the little silver button and then the lid opens to give you your storage. So you don't have to lift any of these lids yourself, the Range Rover will do it for you. Next, there are a few other elements here that are also interesting, although not as surprising, there are two separate rear climate controls. zones so that each person sitting in each rear seat can have their own temperature the rear passengers also have the ability to heat or cool their seats if they press these small circular buttons they can rotate them to cool or heat the rear seat passengers can also recline their backrest electric, of course, in the door, of course, is also evident, but anyway I will say that in the back seat of the long wheelbase Range Rover there is a lot of space, the front seats are currently in a normal position. and I mean, look at this, I can do whatever I want back here and I'm completely comfortable, there's plenty of room Next, moving on to the front seats, we'll start with thefront door panel that has a small touch panel similar to the one in the back, this one is even cooler at first, it allows you to adjust the mirrors, you push the mirror you want to adjust, it lights up orange and then you move the little joystick on the mirror and that's how you adjust the mirrors in this car there's no flimsy little switch to switch from one mirror to another that little touch panel on the driver's door also allows you to fold the mirrors if you press the little button under the mirror joystick, the it folds automatically and then you move them further down on the small touch panel and on the right you will see the child lock, push it and then the child locks for the rear seats activate and finally on the bottom left that button allows you to set a height lower driving position so that when you get in and out of the car the car lowers so that it is easier to get in, all those elements are on that little touch panel which is basically a small screen that they have lovingly placed right next to the windows in the top of the door panel so that if you roll down the window and it even fogs up a little, water will get into that little screen and damage it.

I will say though that I have to admit that I really like the look of the power window switches, they have a really nice high-end vehicle look to them. They are not plastic like in many cars that move further down the road. Door Panel Land Rover has moved the controls from the seat to the door panel just like Mercedes Benz. As you can see, there are many ways to adjust this seat, but check this out, the little switch for the adjustable thigh support stays in place while you move the bottom. of the seat back and forth, you can move that little thigh support regardless of the bottom of the sea, that's a cool look, another cool look appears when you lower the visor, check this out, open the visor mirror and you will see Not just one light is provided to look at yourself, but rather three expensive looking LEDs, as if you were in a high class bathroom, less attractive than that.

However, the glove box situation is that this car has two glove boxes, one upper and one lower. glove box, the lower one is normal, you press the small button with the arrow pointing down and the lower glove box opens up. The upper one is odd, you press the button with the arrow pointing up and the upper glove box opens, but when you go to Open it and you will see that it does not stay open, but closes every time you put it in the open position. I guess he's trying to clamp down on anyone who tries to take whatever you're keeping in the upper glove. box now talking about the glove box the glove box obviously contains the owner's manual for this car.

I leave the owner's manual. I didn't find anything particularly unusual except on page 260 which shows how to use the touch screen and sound system and the artist they chose to use for this demo is Lincoln Park which is a bit strange. I guess they think Lincoln Park fans are buying these Range Rovers. The next page reminds you to listen to music at over 85 decibels for a long period of time. can be harmful to your hearing, that's something I hope is communicated to all the Linkin Park fans who are apparently buying these Range Rovers. Another interesting element on the gauge cluster display is the Winter Park function of the windshield wipers.

Basically, the way it works is the way you select. Park the wipers in winter and then the next time you turn off the car, the wipers go up about six inches to prevent them from freezing on the windshield. Now next we move on to perhaps the most interesting new feature of the 2018 Range Rover and that would be the Center Display Status For 2018, the Range Rover has adopted the latest in center display technology from the Land Rover. Now I already showed off a lot of this technology in my video review of the Range Rover Velar that came out a couple of months ago and I've linked to it. that review in the description below for an in-depth look right now, I'll cover some of the highlights of the Range Rover infotainment system that you can't miss even if you don't want to watch the full vlar video, the basics.

The essence of the center screen is this, instead of just one screen like before, everything in the middle is one screen. There's, for example, this screen for climate controls and you make adjustments with these cool dials or you switch to the seats tab and you can use the dials. To turn on the heated seats or cooled seats, you can also go to the vehicle tab and change the mode it is in, which shows a nice picture of the Range Rover enjoying that mode, while the top screen is used for more traditional features like the The vehicle cameras in the navigation system are also futuristic in the steering wheel control for the gauge cluster, which actually changes based on what's on the gauge cluster screen.

Did you notice that right now it says "OK" in the middle with arrows, but you can change it to control other functions? Depending on exactly what's displayed on the gauge cluster screen, those are the many strange and interesting features and quirks of the 2018 Range Rover Supercharged Long Wheelbase, now it's time to take it out on the road and see how well it drives. when driving the new one. Range Rover It occurs to me that I never did a review of the pre-facelift version of this model, the new Ranger that came out in 13. So this is the first time I've done this.

The screens are just crazy. I mean, we really have reached the maximum screen here, but I really think it's a good solution. These cars have so much technology now that if you didn't make screens you would just have acres and acres of buttons and honestly I think that would be more complicated than screens because you would have to make the buttons so small for everything to work. Now that you have the screens, you can dedicate each screen to each level. You know there are the seats, the climate and the configuration of the vehicle. You know it in the settings and that way I don't have to worry about trying to cram all these buttons in here and each screen, although they are screens, I don't like screens, each one can be a little simpler, now the handling quality on this vehicle it's just amazing, just going over it a little bit. bumps that soak up the ride incredibly well, oh it feels so nice I don't feel like you get the same king of the road driving feel that you get on my o6 and especially not on the old ones from the 90's. the Range River classic those things just had a little more of an occasion that more upright this feels a little more like a crossover um when you're actually sitting behind the wheel that being said, it's hard not to think about that This is really one of the great SUVs I mean , it's very comfortable here and it's very quiet and the ride quality is so excellent that it may not feel as stately as an older one, but everything else is much better than any previous range. rover or really any other luxury suv, unless you know bentega um, if you want the best, this is the best and it still is and it still feels that way and the new screens and the new text say whatever you want, but the kind of people who lease them the kind of people who buy them and only have them for a few years until the next cool thing comes out this is the new cool thing this is what you want this is the best thing in the car base somehow Land Rover has I'm ahead of all this and they're right up there with Tesla and Volvo in terms of in-car technology.

Right now, this is a supercharged Range Rover. I have to uh, I'm going to have to step on everything, here goes. Wow, wow, that's impressive. I mean, it's not a supercar. I'm not impressed, but for an SUV it's pretty quick and it's a lot quicker than I expected given the size. This is the long wheelbase. This is a huge vehicle that has some. power which was actually pretty impressive, but then we turn a corner and I think the body spins like crazy, it certainly doesn't have the driving feel of a sports car, but if you want to get ahead of someone, wow, wow. that's a lot more power than this thing by half that's aggressive i can't even tell you how well this thing is absorbing the bumps the car i did just before this was a new nissan titan and that's cool you know so i did the nicest model It is a quite comfortable luxury vehicle.

It feels like you're on a different planet in terms of ride comfort. I can't remember the last time I drove a car that was actually this comfortable, far from the craziest Rolls-Royce Bentley type level. stuff and that's the long wheelbase supercharged 2018 range rover here's a newsflash people the luxury sedan is dying from 2002 to 2008 bmw averaged 18,000 sales a year of its 7 series luxury sedan in the united states in the last decade they haven't It got 13,000 once people don't want luxury sedans anymore they want luxury SUVs and the Range Rover is the king of luxury SUVs and now you can see why anyway , now it's time to give it a dug score.

I'm going to speed this up because the comparison In the end, it's really the most interesting part of the Range Rover's Doug Score, starting with the weekend categories and their styling. It's pretty and gets a 7 out of 10. Acceleration from 0 to 60 is 4.6 seconds and that's a 6 out of 10. Handling. it's just okay and gets a 4 out of 10. The cool factor is high, it's still a Range Rover and gets a 6 out of 10. The importance is minor as they make a lot of these and it's not exceptionally special and it gets a 5 out of 10. , bringing the weekend's score to 28 out of 50 and placing it above its closest rival.

I've rated the Lincoln Navigator, but people don't buy these vehicles for weekend driving, so moving on to the everyday categories and features with its excellent screens and wealth of goodies, it gets a 9 out of 10. Comfort It is very good and gets an 8 out of 10. The quality is suspect. I had a display failure on the Velar I tested and we all know the Land Rover's reliability is worrying. Additionally, the Range Rover's interior materials simply don't top the Lincoln Navigator and it only scores a six out of ten for practicality. This thing is huge, but just two rows of seats means it ultimately comes down to just nine out of ten.

The $125k value is a lot of money, especially given the competition, and it gets a 5 out of 10, bringing the total daily score to 37 out of 50. It's now well below the Navigator, but just below the Bentley Bentayga, a lot more expensive, add it all up and Doug's score is 65 out of 100 and this is where it gets interesting compared to his rivals. I personally think the Navigator is much better than the Range Rover, but the Range Rover wins overall because it scores higher on the weekend; meanwhile, it is much faster. the jeep trackhawk is much faster than the range rover but the jeep doesn't come close in the daily score the bentega is better in both areas but it is a hundred thousand dollars more expensive than the range rover which means that if you take into account the all day and weekend price the range rover is probably the best luxury suv or just get an e63 station wagon and you won't have to make any compromises at all.