Faults:

Air suspension system! When that fails, the car is next to dead.

Heated front screen, patchy demisting.

Air con died.

General Comments:

A physically huge machine! Massive road presence!

The turbo whistle is gorgeous, but basically, this car is Brian the Snail. The six cylinder turbo diesel unit is massively under powered.

The comfort levels are unsurpassed in my view. Big arm chair seats and lots of leg room. You could travel from Mercury to Mars, and be very comfortable indeed.

Load capacity... Hmmmmmm, there are lots of intrusions from wheel arches and window sills, and the rear seats don't fold flat or come out. The ceiling is high, but do you really want to load it that high? There are no securing points in the floor either.

The split tail gate... good or bad? Great for cooking on, sitting on but for loading, it's a pain, you have to stretch into the boot. The height of the 'tank' means no bending, but I'm not sure about how much of that cavern is usable.

The Range Rover handles like a 1930's cinema, but that could be part of its charm. The build quality is questionable, the old cart vibrates at certain revs, and rattles and squeaks.

All the above being said, the Range Rover is a fifteenth century pile, full off wood, leather, and personality. It's all the wooden beams and bits that don't make sense. It's annoying and brutally slow; the North American continent will out accelerate this monster. Definitely a tug you buy with your heart and not your head.

The 4x4 ability is fantastic! But, how often are you going to challenge this beast?

Buy a Volvo XC70, it is a better machine in every way with the exception of REAL off road stuff.

Faults:

Only a puncture I picked up while driving on the French Auto-route.

19 to the gallon.

General Comments:

The Range Rover is seriously good car for most purposes, it is not a fun car to drive hard on tarmac but is an effortless cruiser that will swallow all of your essentials and go anywhere. I used it recently to carry me and my girlfriend's luggage, 2 snowboards, and full equipment all the way to Austria and the Rover proved faultless.

My only real gripe is insurance, my premium is £2,800 for fully comprehensive cover, due to the fact I'm 19. The purchase price; the thick end of £30,000 as a dealer approved car was reasonable.

The performance from 4.6 litres of V8 is perfectly capable of gaining 60 miles per hour in around 9 seconds and top end cruising of 100 MPH+.

The new clear indicator lenses are pretty cool and give the car a classy look. The ladies seem to like it too with plenty of room inside.