2014 Land Rover Range Rover Long-Term Update 4 - Motor Trend
I’m still tingling from a recent dawn patrol in Alfa’s scintillating little 4C, but on this particular early morning I was in the Range Rover. But I wasn’t expecting how well the big Rangie would cope with sports car roads either. I found a quick dab of left-foot braking helped tuck the big Rangie back onto line if I arrived at a turn a little too hot. It was up here, in the mountains, that I realized how much DNA the Range Rover shares with its Jaguar cousins. Twist the central selector into Sport mode, use the steering-wheel-mounted paddles, the eight-speed automatic transmission will execute smooth, crisp shifts, and hold the gear you want for as long as you need it, as in any Jaguar sedan. In the Range Rover, the 340-hp engine is nicely responsive between 3000 and 4000 rpm, and as revs build there’s the merest hint of the cammy snarl that Jaguar goes all “Spinal Tap” with in the F-Type and dials to 11. But the most impressive thing... Rapid direction changes in old, softly sprung Range Rovers were an adventure. A quick left-right-left won’t leave you fighting. Source: www.motortrend.com
