Land Rover Range Rover (2012-2022) review

For ambience, sense of superiority and image, the Rangie can absolutely line up against limos. Legroom used to be what let it down, but the addition of the LWB to the range sorted that. If you want to take it one step further there’s the option of Executive Class Seating for the rear, giving two individual chairs with 40 degrees of recline and a powered centre console that, when stowed, gives a third, middle seat. There’s also three-zone ambient lighting and various multimedia options (including a 1,700w 29-speaker Meridian stereo).

Is it as well built as the Bentayga?

It doesn’t quite have the same sense of solidity as the Bentley, but it’s close, and the cabin is a more open, welcoming environment. Land Rover’s bugbear has long been its infotainment. Simply put, they rush systems out the door before the bugs have been eradicated. But since the facelift arrived in 2018 things have settled down and the Touch Pro Duo system that debuted in the Range Rover Velar and gives you two 10-inch touchscreens stacked one above the other on the console works pretty smoothly and well.

The top one does navigation, entertainment, comms and lots of configurable car features, whereas the bottom one handles climate (but can also do media, Terrain Response and so on) and carries two context-dependant knobs that control temperature seat heating/massage among other functions. The buttons on the steering wheel are irritating to use, so once you’ve got things how you like ‘em, don’t make too many changes. Instead drop the armrests down, sit back and let the car waft you along.

The Range Rover remains a practical, spacious car in any of its specifications, although cargo space is somewhat compromised in the P400e because the batteries live under the boot floor. Lane departure warning and autonomous emergency braking are fitted as standard, but buyers can add blind-spot monitoring, adaptive cruise control, lane-keeping and many more besides.