Test drive Land Rover Range Rover 2005 - 2009 SUV

And a whole luxury is not enough

Near Otara the new Range Rover stops. Its driver offers a shepherd: I will guess how many sheep you have, and you will give me one. He agrees. A person from Range Rover takes out a laptop, camera, takes pictures, conducts complex calculations and gives an exact result: in Otar is exactly 1568 sheep. Then takes one of them. The surprised shepherd asks him to give him a chance to recoup and promises to guess the profession of a visitor for the same sheep. You are a journalist, ”he says, and explains his insight like this:“ You fell like snow on your head. ” You tell me what I already know. And you do not understand anything in my business. And in general, I want you to return my dog.
I heard this joke at the presentation of the 2006 model year Range Rover and told me one of the organizers. He also noticed that in the original it was a business consultant, replaced by a journalist laughter for the sake of. He joked, well, I laughed too. I said that sometimes the old and new car differs from each other no more. What you can’t say in a joke conversation, but the presented machine from the point of view of external changes from the predecessor really differs little. Other headlights and rear lights, other cladding of the radiator and air intakes, the altered bumper - the range of services with which cars are rejuvenated is standard. But here: if the face is originally cute, then he does not need cosmetics. And you can’t fix the freak with any facelift.
Range Rover, let’s say, a prominent car, will not be lost in the crowd. The latest edition is represented as the pinnacle of the evolution of this model (although this advertising slogan in Russia is used for another related Range of the car). Evolution has occupied nearly 35 years. Initially, the concept of the machine was more lengthy. The first RR was four in one, that is, he combined the luxury of the sedan, the dynamics and handling of a sports car, the capacity of the station wagon and the proprietary properties of Land Rover SUVs - fortress and versatility. In recent years, the concept has come down to two main elements- luxury and multifaceted. It turned out Tough Luxury - a harsh luxury, equally appropriate in both the Bolshoi Parking and on rough terrain.
Such was found in the vicinity of Barcelona at the estate of Les Comes. A place with a rich history that originates from the Moors, and ending with an athlete Pep Vila, who drives a truck on the Paris-Dakar and Barcelona-Dakar highway, and who bought this territory at 2800 hectares ten years ago. It is appropriate to recall that the first Paris Dakar was won just on Range Rover. Well, Les Comes, among other things, is also used as a landfill for training adventurers Land Rover G4 Challenge, a reckless event such as trophy and other raids.
The new Range Rover completely retained its harsh off -road virtues. And on a log crossing, and in a deep pit, and on a rocky cooler, he gives a chance to any category driver to feel like a seasoned jeepper. And there seems to be nothing like that in his off -rock set, which would not be in one form or another of competitors - a constant 4x4 drive, reducing, changing road clearance, Hill descent control (traction limit systems) - but here about Range It is easy to say solidol, but it is difficult about many others.
I made a reservation, claiming that Range Rover has nothing special. There is. This is a portable video camera, which, in theory, should also help to cope with kanavas. In principle, when you turn on the back, on the display automatically appears a picture of what is happening behind your tail. But thanks to a small remote control - it is found in a niche under a mess - you can also see what is happening in front and on the sides of the car, and even in the salon itself. The algorithm is this: taking the remote control in his hands, one of the passengers (leaving or remaining in the car) begins to shoot the surrounding road atmosphere for the driver. The driver sees on his monitor even hiding the folds of the relief and thus better than through the windshield, evaluates them. The infrared ray of the remote control, which, incidentally, can also serve as a flashlight, is enough within a radius of 10 meters. Some colleagues in the workshop, however, could not adequately evaluate the novelty, and, not finding it worthy of use, began to explore the folds on the skirts of nothing suspecting villagers. This erotica could even be brought to the sensory screen.
The screen is an interface for the audio and satellite navigation system, on-board computer and mobile phone. By the way, using the keyboard displayed on the screen, you can exchange text SMS messages. As options-game consoles, MP3 and DVD players with automatic chainer on 6 discs and two 6.5-inch screens mounted in the head restraints of the front seats. Other usefulness available for surcharge: a system of adaptive head lighting with a turning ray of headlights and a tire pressure monitor.
Range Rover, although a harsh, but still luxurious car. And luxurious is also a quiet car. The 2006 model is characterized as the quietest for all times. The front door windows are made of laminated glass, and the profile of the rack is specially changed. As a result, wind and other noises became less audible. The quietness of new machines is all the more amazing that they have become much more powerful. Yaguarovsky, but specially improved for RR, operate in new machines. The 4.4-liter atmospheric engine of the V8 with a capacity of 225 kW (305 hp) surpasses the current both in power and in focus. Accurate data on acceleration time from 0 to 100 km/h, the manufacturer for an incomprehensible reason holds in secret. It is only known that it decreased by about half a second compared to the result of the predecessor. The secret and indicator of the maximum speed of the new Range Rover.
Of course, the picky drivers requiring an instant gas reaction will be habitually growing about the thoughtfulness of a 4.4-liter rangge. The answer is grumbling - Range Rover SuperchaRged, having a 4.2 -liter engine with a supercharger. Its power is 291 kW (400 hp). SuperCharged accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h per 1.5 seconds faster than the old Range Rover. A more powerful car has the front brakes of Brembo. But this is not the only secondary sexual sign of SuperCharged. You can recognize the super-charged by mesh cladding of the radiator and air intakes, sports pedals, as well as 20-inch alloy disks. The owner of SuperCharged can distinguish, choosing one of the two exclusive interior offices: all black or a combination of black with ivory color. Severe, but luxurious.
Text: Khasan Ganiev, photo Ford Motor Company
Range Rover 4.2 SuperchaRged
 
Gasoline V8 gasoline V8 V8
Working volume (cubic meter) 4394 4197
Power (L.S. at rpm) 305 at 5750 400 at 5750
Moment (Nm at rpm) 440 at 4000 560 at 3500
The permanent drive is complete
Gearbox 6-speed automatic
Length/width/height (mm) 4972/2034/1902
Wheel base (mm) 2880
Equipped mass (kg) 2557-2696 2632-2728
Maximum speed
(km/h) no data
Acceleration to 100 km/h (c) no gives
Fuel consumption (average,
l/100 km) no data
Price in Moscow $ 100 900 $ 125 900

 
 

Source: "Autopilot"