In its day, the Range Rover L322 was often referred to as the “Bentley” of SUVs. That was, up until Bentley actually released an SUV…
It’s fantastic to drive, amazing to own, and filled with some very amazing and some strange details and quirks. Some of the quirks make living with the Range Rover more special than any other vehicle, while others leave you a bit confused.
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First up, there’s the attention to detail. This isn’t necessarily a quirk but more of a necessity when buying it new for near $100,000. The Range Rover is filled with leather in even the strangest places. Leather lines absolutely everything in the Range Rover - including some places where it wasn’t necessary.
Ever in need of the spare tire or the air suspension compressor? Don’t worry. A nice leather pull will make sure to remind you that you’re not driving some cheap $60,000 Tahoe but rather a $90,000 Range Rover.
Leather lines everything in the Range Rover, and it’s a nice comfort while waiting for the tow truck to arrive while you wait inside for roadside assistance.
There’s also an obscene amount of reminders all throughout the Range Rover that reminds you exactly what you’re driving. It lets the peasants outside know that you’re important and can’t be bothered to ask what you’re driving.
There are TWO badges on every wheel. I have to admit, I love how the weeks have Range Rover engraved into them, but it doesn’t end there. Door Sills? Range Rover. Front grill? Land Rover. Range Rover. Rear tailgate? Range Rover.
Another lesser-known quirk about the interior is that it’s been said it was designed to be easy to use with gloves on. Apparently, Land Rovers are actually utilitarian vehicles - news to me (SARCASM). Because of that, Land Rover made it a point to keep the interior easy to use if you’re wearing gloves on a cold day.
Unlike in the Jaguar XJ of the same generation, the heated and cooled seats are accessible through buttons instead of the infotainment system. Personally, I prefer the knobs Land Rover used in the third generation. It seems to me so much simpler than going through menus to turn them on. The entire point is simplicity and efficiency, and it works really well.
More of this can be seen in the regards that there are shortcut buttons to Navigation, Audio/Video, and Phone. Instead of being a soft touch button like in the XJ, they’re physical buttons that are much easier to use with gloves and much less likely to break. Somehow.
Speaking of easy to use interiors, let’s look at the armrests. Now aside from the Bentley Continental, not many cars have interesting armrests. But in the Range Rover, they can be adjusted to any position. There’s no need to have to conform to the comfort that an automaker THINKS most people will fit into. In the Range Rover, you choose precisely where you want the armrest to sit.
Another strange quirk about the Range Rover is the horn. In most cars, and even most of the high-end luxury cars, you can honk the horn by pressing in on the middle of the steering wheel. Apparently, when designing the L322, Land Rover decided that was for poor people and much too aggressive.
So to honk the horn in the L322, you have a nice aluminum bar running down the side of the steering wheel controls that you simply press when somebody is in your way. This also means you have options for honking your horn. Normal people have to move their hand to alter people to move. In the Range Rover, you simply press a button because you can’t be bothered.
Let’s talk about the TFT display. In modern Range Rovers, you can configure different parts of the display, show the song playing, display navigation, and so on. In the L322, you don’t really have that.
In North American Spec models, you can also change the trip computer to read in Kilometers per hour. Except, instead of changing the entire speedometer, it just adds in digital readout with the speed, which raises a few questions.
Why doesn’t it change the full speedometer IF they had to design it anyway for other markets, and WHY can it move the speedometer over in off-road modes but not SHOW THE SONG!
So with that, there are many different quirks and strange aspects to the interior and exterior of the Range Rover. These are just some of my personal favorites, but the list could go on forever. All of it, though, still makes it one of the best 4x4sxfar.
10 июл 2024
