- Doors and Seats
5 doors, 5 seats
- Engine
4.4DTT, 8 cyl.
- Engine Power
250kW, 700Nm
- Fuel
Diesel 8.7L/100KM
- Manufacturer
4XC
- Transmission
Auto
- Warranty
3 Yr, 100000 KMs
- Ancap Safety
NA
2013 Range Rover Vogue SE SDV8 Off-Road Review
2013 RANGE ROVER REVIEW | Photos: Jan Glovac
Vehicle Style: Five-door luxury SUV
Price: $217,100 (plus on-roads), $225,290 (as tested, plus onroads)
Engine/trans: 250kW/700Nm 4.4 litre turbodiesel V8 | 8spd auto
Fuel Economy claimed: 8.7 l/100km | tested: 13.8 l/100km
OVERVIEW
If you view it as a luxury car only (and nothing else), the Range Rover Vogue can hold its own against uber-premium limousines costing two or even three times as much.
But its reason for being is not just 'luxury transport'. It also has a formidable reputation as an off-road machine.
This, of course, means that the new Range Rover has a lot to live up to.
So, rather than just heading to a dusty track somewhere, we decided that it needed to show us all of what it’s made of.
After all, this isn’t just an SUV which shudders at kerb-hopping. It has a V8 under the bonnet; it has low range, and it has height adjustable suspension.
Sand, mud, water, rocks – why not try all of it? Yep, that’s exactly what we did.
INTERIOR | RATING: 5/5
Quality: Simply put, there’s no off-road machine which can hold a candle to the Rangie’s build or quality of materials. Everything about it is perfection.
From the beautifully grained leather, through to the metal finishes and even the plastics, the material selection and build quality is superb.
Comfort: Is it possible for a Vogue to be uncomfortable? We think not.
Its combination of masses of room for passengers and supersoft seats means that, like the SDV6, it’s a glorious way to travel. With all its semi-aniline leather seats electrically adjusted, heated and cooled, you’ll want for little.
Equipment: The Vogue SE climbs one rung above the Vogue and comes with a stack of included features.
On top of the Vogue (which itself is not lacking), the SE offers hydrophobic (eeek!) front windows, privacy glass for the rear windows, adaptive Xenon headlights which dip automatically, and 21-inch wheels.