That we’re only now touching on the Rover’s diesel engine should be telling. We’d say it couldn’t come soon enough to our Range Rover-it was added to this model for 2017-but only if JLR fixes that buggy, at-times-unresponsive system, too. Other Jaguar Land Rover products, such as our own long-term Jaguar XE sedan, have begun receiving a newer touchscreen setup with sharper graphics and supposedly better software. Worse was the wonky navigation behavior or total screen blackouts. Whether listening to satellite radio or Bluetooth audio, the displayed song details often fell behind the actual music playing by several tracks, sometimes freezing altogether, forever stuck showing one song as the audio for another continued on unabated. The display’s pixelated graphics are more abacus than Apple, and its response to touch inputs is consistently inconsistent. Throughout the test, drivers and passengers were frustrated by finicky electronic snits, most of which centered on functions managed through the 8.0-inch touchscreen in the center of the dashboard. In our tainted-house metaphor, it’s the ones and zeros behind the Range Rover’s electronics that give us pause. Inside and out, no matter what you looked at or touched, the Land Rover reaffirmed its superiority. This diesel-powered example even averaged a nearly unbelievable 26 mpg. More regularly, staffers road-tripped their families all over the country in it.ĭue to its popularity, the Rover cleared 40,000 miles in just 54 weeks, a few months sooner than is our average for a long-term test. It surely was the most luxurious experience that woodland creature has ever had, and the Rover’s rubber cargo mat ensured that the smelly varmint’s brief ride didn’t rub off on the interior. Need a date-night chariot? Something in which to schlep dogs to the vet? One of our editors even threw a mean, one-eyed groundhog he trapped in his backyard, cage and all, into the cargo area to set free near our office. Undeniably desirable and eminently versatile, the luxury SUV is as adept towing a race car or moving an apartment full of furnishings as it is wafting down the arteries of the country’s top-earning zip codes. 2018 Range Rover: New Tech, More Comfort.
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