4×4 Magazine UK – August 2019

4x4 NEWS

20 | AUGUST 2019 4x4

NEW PETROL ENGINE FOR

RANGE ROVER

P400 3.0-litre straight six • 400bhp, 406.bf.ft •

25.1-26.7mpg, 212g/km • From £90,010 to £109,485

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and Rover has extended

the Range Rover line-up

with the addition of a new

3.0-litre straight six petrol

engine. Already available in the

Range Rover Sport, this now brings

its 400bhp output to the full-fat

model at the top of the range.

Part of a mild hybrid system, the

P400 Ingenium engine is boosted by

a traditional twin-scroll supercharg-

er working alongside a second

electric unit which spools up in half

a second at engine speeds of up to

6500rpm. Between them, they help

achieZe a torUue fi gure of 06lbf.ft

• which translates into a 0-60 time
  of just 5.9 seconds.
  With a stop-start system
  working alongside Continuous
  Variable Valve Lift, which helps the
  engine breathe with maximum
  effi ciency, and a -Zolt battery

charged by harvested energy, the

Range Rover manages to claim

returns of 25.1-26.7mpg (WLTP

combined) and 212g/km (NEDC).

Safe to say Greta Thunberg won’t

be pestering her dad to buy one,

but considering the size, weight and

performance of the vehicle we’re

talking about, these are still pretty

extraordinary fi gures compared to

what we’d have been looking at not

many years ago.

As well as the new engine, the

Range Rover gains a couple of paint

colours – Eiger Grey and Portof-

ino Red – as well as a new 22”

gloss black alloy wheel option. The

Smartphone Pack also becomes

standard across all models in the

range, adding both Apple CarPlay

and Android Auto.

Further new standard features

include Sign Post Dimming on both

Matrix

and

Pixel LED

systems. This

mutes the output

of specifi c 0E(s in the array to

preZent them from re¾ ecting

against road signs and causing glare.

There’s also a new Tourist Mode

feature on the Pixel system, which

allows you to adjust the lights’

pattern to suit driving

on the right or left side

of the road.

The newly revised Range

RoZer line-up starts at †,6,

with the new P400 petrol engine

coming in at £90,010. That places

it aboZe both the 7(V6 and 7(V

diesels in the range. The engine can

be ordered in Vogue, Vogue SE or

Autobiography trim, with the latter

two increasing the base price to

†6,610 and †10, respectiZely.