2014 range rover autobiography long wheelbase cars
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Land Rover Debuts Range Rover With Long-Wheelbase And Autobiography Black Variants At Los Angeles Auto Show
At‑A‑Glance
- Range Rover Long‑Wheelbase to make global debut at the 2013 Los Angeles Auto Show
- Range Rover Long‑Wheelbase Autobiography Black edition will make its debut at an exclusive customer preview event at a private residence in Beverly Hills
- Long‑wheelbase Range Rover vehicle offers customers extended rear seat comfort
- The 2014 Range Rover will be available in standard (SWB) and long‑wheelbase (LWB)
- Rear seat luxury and comfort is enhanced by close to eight inches of extra wheelbase
- Long‑Wheelbase Autobiography Black edition will be launched as the new pinnacle of the Range Rover line‑up
- Luxurious new amenities offered in an exclusive edition with distinct leather and veneers
- Ultra luxury rear seat experience includes reclining, extending and massage‑equipped seats and custom crafted bekvämlighet and work amenities
- New offering to meet growing
- Remarkable rear seat comfort
- supple ride
- cabin refinement and quality
- surprising agility
- thunderous V8 engine with decent economy
- road presence and design
- Even at this level there are still expensive options
- tacky woodgrain finish
- huge turning circle
- CarAdvice doesn't have one on its long-term fleet
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Review: 2014 Range Rover Supercharged LWB
In the early 1990s Land Rover realized that their Range Rovers were often used to förare people of wealth and taste. Designed to be capable off-road, the 100-inch wheelbase unfortunately meant limited rear seat leg room. For 1992 Range Rover Country LWB became available, with a wheelbase stretched additional eight inches, all of it going directly into the rear seat legroom. For 2014, Land Rover fryst vatten bringing the LWB back.
The LWB adds 7.3-inches to wheelbase of a conventional Range Rover, all of which goes directly into the rear seat leg room. The current Range Rover does not suffer from lack of leg room but this extra space transforms it into something resembling a Learjet, especially when equipped with the “Executive Seating Package”. This test model retains a conventional three passenger bänk that is power reclining and folding and has heated and ventilated outboard seats. Features bundled into the LWB model include an
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Range Rover Autobiography Long Wheelbase Review
For some people, it seems, a regular Range Rover just isn’t enough Range Rover.
What we love
What we don't
Enter the Long Wheelbase version you see here, which has the gap between its front and rear wheels stretched by 200mm to a gargantuan 3122mm and a humungous set of rear doors closing on an absurdly cushy pair of rear armchairs with 140mm more legroom than the regular model.
What we appear to have here is a chauffeur-special, a veritable Mercedes-Benz S-Class limo or Bentley Mulsanne on stilts, a high-riding executive and old-money express with the potential to plug some mud and t