Test Drive
New Range Rover offers a stunning high-tech update to a legend
Nov 24, 2012 | 2:00 pm
Range Rover is more than just an SUV; it's an institution. Updates to it are watched closely by the industry, and the 2013 Range Rover is perhaps the biggest update ever to the 40-plus-year-old nameplate.
Photo by Kevin McCauley
Range Rover is more than just an SUV; it's an institution. Updates to it are watched closely by the industry because the features that appear on the Land Rover flagship usually preview the future of where luxury sport-utility vehicle is headed. Range Rover leads, and everyone follows. The 2013 Range Rover is perhaps the biggest update ever to the 40-plus-year-old nameplate. The chassis is an all-new, aluminum monocoque design — a first in an SUV — and reduces the weight compared with the previous model by a staggering 700 lbs.