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The Range Rover has been with us since 1970 with the primo Autobiography grade first appearing in 1994.
The current Autobiography is available with a variety of powertrains including a turbo-diesel six-cylinder, petrol-electric plug-in hybrid six and monstrous twin-turbo V8, with prices ranging from around $300,000 to $340K.
The line-up currently starts at $296,427 for the Range Rover Autobiography Phev P460E SWB (339KW) and ranges through to $339,314 for the range-topping Range Rover Autobiography P530 LWB 7 Seat (390KW).
The most expensive new Land Rover in Australia is the Range Rover SVAutobiography LWB supercharged V8 petrol which lists at $403,670 and boasts 405kW of power. A high percentage of that cost, however, is down to luxury-car tax and other import duties, and the Australian government loves to slug car lovers. That said, countries such as Singapore which have extortionate fees and taxes just for the privilege of buying a car would have higher Land Rover and Range Rover prices.
However, my money for the world’s most expensive Landie would be on the original Land Rover prototype used to develop the original off-roader way back in 1947. This protype actually featured a central driving position and had the nick-name the Centre Steer as a result. Opinions differ on whether it still exists as some say it was broken up as production started in 1948 while others surmise that it could be hidden in storage somewhere in the UK. If it does exist, it would surely be the most valuable Land Rover in the world.
Beyond that, I’d say another prototype named Huey (named for its registration number HUE 166) from 1948 would be a close runner-up in value terms. Huey now resides at Land Rover’s Classic workshop in Coventry in the UK.
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Coming standard across the Range Rover line-up are LED headlights, 22-inch alloy wheels, semi-aniline leather upholstery, a 13.1-inch media screen, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, a Meridian sound system, sat nav, a digital driver display and head-up display, a power tailgate and proximity key.
The Range Rover's interior is practical, luxurious and modern while retaining a cabin design which remains traditional to this model with its long flat dashboard and low window sills. All grades from the HSE to Autobiography come with semi-aniline leather upholstery.
There are four powertrains to choose from: a six-cylinder diesel known as a D350 and making 258kW; a petrol electric plug-in hybrid making 338kW; a V8 turbo-petrol engine also known as the P530 making 390kW and another V8 petrol above that making 452kW.
The Range Rover comes with five seats or in the case of the long-wheelbase Autobiography - seven seats.
For the seven-seater Range Rovers with all seats in place there is 229 litres of cargo space still left in the boot, but with those back seats folded flat you have 713 litres of capacity. For the five seater the boot has a capacity of 725 litres.
The Range Rover's 0-100km/h time ranges from 4.5 seconds for the standard wheelbase SV grade with the twin turbo V8 to 6.4 seconds for the six-cylinder diesel long-wheelbase Autobiography. Top speed ranges from 217km/h to 250km/h.
The Range Rover can travel from 760km with the V8 petrol engine and up to 1000km with the petrol electric plug-in variant.