When it comes to luxury, mind you, the Range Rover leaves all competitors in the dust thanks to more solid wood

When it comes to luxury, mind you, the Range Rover leaves all competitors in the dust thanks to more solid wood planking than on anything this side of a Bentley, real metal trim and rich, sumptuous leather just about everywhere else. (Photo: Land Rover Canada)

planking than on anything this side of a Bentley, real metal trim and rich, sumptuous leather just about everywhere else.

In addition to all the technological bells and whistles found your top-of-the-line luxury sedans, the HSE adds a mouth-watering list for 2006, including adaptive headlights, tire pressure monitoring, touch screen controls for audio, phone and off-road driving information, a rearview camera and a six-disc DVD changer with twin screens pointing towards rear seat passengers, integrated into the backs of the front headrests no less. The monitors combine with a multi-speaker stereo for an audio-visual experience fitting for children of the well-heeled.

Outside

the most obvious negative was its rather hopeless fuel economy - rating at 18.7 L/100 km in the city and 12.2 L/100 km on the highway (15/23). (Photo: Land Rover Canada)

distractions should be kept to a minimum too, as the HSE is extremely quiet thanks to all of that extra sound deadening material I mentioned earlier in the review.

Other than the need to take out a second mortgage just to afford the down payment, the most obvious negative was its rather hopeless fuel economy - rating at 18.7 L/100 km in the city and 12.2 L/100 km on the highway (15/23).

Other than gluttonous fuel consumption I figure the only thing wrong with taking the Ranger Rover HSE to Whistler for a day of skiing is that you'd never want to get out of it once having arrived at the lift parking lot. Sounds like a nice problem to have.