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Land Rover has used the ordinary Range Rover"s facelift to add even more leather, wood and knurling to its flagship the SVAutobiography. This is not a Range Rover you drive, but a Range Rover you"re driven in, hence the fact you can only get it with the long wheelbase, and the rear seats that offer a massive 1.2-metres of legroom, recline through 40 degrees and have a hot stone massaging function. The rear doors are powered (like a Rolls Royce"s) and there are tables that deploy electronically from the extended centre console, which also houses a special Zenith clock and a fridge large enough to hold two bottles of wine. Naturally there are screens two ten inchers giving much wirelessness. These things are hand-finished in SVO"s workshop, which almost makes up for the 167,850 asking price. That"s more than double a basic Range Rover, and a hell of a lot more than you"d pay for well-specified versions of the Audi A8, Mercedes S-Class or BMW 7 Series. A Rolls Royce Ghost starts at 186,140, which should give you some idea of where Land Rover"s pitching this thing. Regular long-wheelbase Rangies start at 112,900. You can have a hybrid or a diesel, but the one you want is the 565bhp supercharged V8. Because if you"re spending 170k upwards on a Range Rover, you"re not interested in saving money. Or the planet, we"d wager.Share this page: FacebookTwitterGoogle+WhatsAppMailtoCopy link
Date written: 28 Nov 2017
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Land Rover has used the ordinary Range Rover"s facelift to add even more leather, wood and knurling to its flagship the SVAutobiography. This is not a Range Rover you drive, but a Range Rover you"re driven in, hence the fact you can only get it with the long wheelbase, and the rear seats that offer a massive 1.2-metres of legroom, recline through 40 degrees and have a hot stone massaging function. The rear doors are powered (like a Rolls Royce"s) and there are tables that deploy electronically from the extended centre console, which also houses a special Zenith clock and a fridge large enough to hold two bottles of wine. Naturally there are screens two ten inchers giving much wirelessness. These things are hand-finished in SVO"s workshop, which almost makes up for the 167,850 asking price. That"s more than double a basic Range Rover, and a hell of a lot more than you"d pay for well-specified versions of the Audi A8, Mercedes S-Class or BMW 7 Series. A Rolls Royce Ghost starts at 186,140, which should give you some idea of where Land Rover"s pitching this thing. Regular long-wheelbase Rangies start at 112,900. You can have a hybrid or a diesel, but the one you want is the 565bhp supercharged V8. Because if you"re spending 170k upwards on a Range Rover, you"re not interested in saving money. Or the planet, we"d wager.Share this page: FacebookTwitterGoogle+WhatsAppMailtoCopy link
Date written: 28 Nov 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 10109