Land Rover Range Rover 2007
January 1, 2007
The range-topping Range Rover hasn’t changed much since the days when BMW owned the company several years back. This, for the most part, is a good thing. The Range Rover is the quintessential (and arguably the first) luxury SUV, and the current generation is easily the best version in the model’s history. Last year, the Range Rover had its BMW-built V-8 replaced by a choice of two V-8s—one naturally aspirated and one supercharged—sourced from Jaguar. That change, particularly when one chooses the supercharged version, quiets our one complaint about the Range Rover: its relative lack of power. Other luxury SUVs, such as the Cadillac Escalade, offer more space than the Rover for less money, but no competitor can touch the Rover cachet, driving dynamics, or sophisticated good looks. And few vehicles on the market can match the Range Rover’s gorgeous interior. It equals or beats the most expensive luxury sedans on the market.
PRICE: $92,750
ENGINE: 4.2-liter supercharged V-8
TRANSMISSION: 6-speed automatic with Commandshift
POWER: 400 hp at 5,750 rpm
TORQUE: 420 ft lbs at 3,500 rpm
CURB WEIGHT: 5,842 pounds
0-60 MPH: 7.1 seconds
TOP SPEED: 130 mph
PROS: Luxury, good looks, and even off-road ability (should you
care)
CONS: Small by big-SUV standards
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