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