A BMW-sourced twin-turbo V-8 caps the lineup, but the new Range Rover will get an electric version in 2024.
The 2022 Range Rover doesn’t copy its copiers. Instead, the king of luxury SUVs pushes the luxury envelope even further, adds a long-awaited seven-passenger version, and smartly updates its powertrains.gives the Range Rover one of the few things it’s lacked—all the better to take on the American truck-based SUVs—while a SV model pushes $200,000 to battle the ultra-luxury rivals with even higher levels of luxury and personalization.
Powertrain performance is just one bullet in the Range Rover’s varied performance arsenal. With its hallmark all-wheel-drive system, six-mode terrain-management system, 48-volt active roll bar system, and active locking rear differential, the Range Rover doesn’t backtrack from its off-road roots.
The off-road mechanicals also improve the on-road behavior. Dynamic mode firms up the standard twin-valve Bilstein adaptive dampers and stiffens the active roll bars to help control body lean in turns. The 2022 Range Rover has grown substantially. A new platform made from 81 percent aluminum with high-strength and ultra-high-strength steel in key places improves torsional rigidity by 50 percent despite a wheelbase that is about three inches longer in the standard body style and 11 inches longer in the long-wheelbase version. The stronger structure allows for softer suspension tuning, which is important because the Range Rover now offers 23-inch wheels with wide 285/40 tires.
If the outgoing Range Rover had sculptural qualities, this one’s overtly sculpture. It’s so shorn of extraneous lines and the surfaces sit so flush that it cuts a coefficient of drag of just 0.30, down from 0.34. That, plus the switch to the BMW engine, improves V-8 efficiency by 17 percent.A grand cabin
The Range Rover’s first third row, offered with the long wheelbase, checks in as useful but not overly spacious. A pair of adults will fit back there provided they’re under 6 feet and they come to an agreement with the second-seat passengers for a balance of space. In turn those in the second row may have to negotiate with first-row occupants to delegate space equitably for all rows.
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