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Range Rover vs Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class

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Range Rover
Range Rover

2023 price

Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class
Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class

$89,000 - $200,700

2025 price

Summary

2023 Range Rover
2025 Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class
Safety Rating

Engine Type
Twin Turbo V8, 4.4L

Fuel Type
Premium Unleaded Petrol

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Fuel Efficiency
11.8L/100km (combined)

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Seating
7

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Dislikes
  • Heavy rear doors hard to open for little kids
  • Retractable door handles
  • Centre touchscreen looks aftermarket

  • Misses V8 soundtrack
  • Big price rise over previous model
  • Smaller boot, no spare tyre
2023 Range Rover Summary

Land Rover was making SUVs before they were even called SUVs. 

Range Rovers were ferrying families around in prestigious four-wheel drive comfort decades before Audi, BMW or Mercedes-Benz even thought of doing it, too. 

So, even with all its rivals these days, how well does a Range Rover do modern family duties?

Well the Range Rover Autobiography came to live with my little family of four for a week. We had the seven-seater long-wheelbase version with the twin-turbo petrol V8 engine, and this is what we discovered…  

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2025 Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class Summary

Let’s make one thing clear from the very beginning - this new Mercedes-AMG GLC63 S E Performance is technically superior to the model it replaces. Whether it’s actually better or not, is the real question at the heart of the matter.

Why? Because, like the C63 sedan stablemate, AMG has opted to replace the previous model’s 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 engine with a new 2.0-litre four-cylinder hybrid powertrain. It was a move brought about in part because of increasingly stricter emissions standards in Europe, but also ties-in with the German firm’s success in modern Formula One racing.

While the new hybrid system offers more power, more torque and better fuel economy, as the lukewarm response to the C63 has demonstrated, the hard reality for AMG is that its buyers associate it with V8 and even V12 engines. That emotional pull is hard to replace with logic, even if the new model offers technical superiority.

But how does the new powertrain suit the GLC63 - is it just technically better or is it holistically improved?

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