Range Rover Autobiography Ultimate Edition, luxury off-road

Entertainment - Motorsport

Thursday, 10 February 2011 15:30

Tired of your Maybach 62 to become stuck in the snow? Tired of your Rolls-Royce Phantom gets dirty every time you go to your cottage? The Range Rover Autobiography Ultimate Edition is the solution to all your problems. Under this long name hides the most expensive version, more exclusive and more luxurious than the British manufacturer has offered their veteran all-terrain ... and that as the flagship model history did not start just yesterday . Could be considered, in fact, a tribute to the more than four decades has been making the Range Rover, a tribute which has been spared no resources to offer, as its name suggests, the ultimate version of one of the SUV more selling of all time, a feast for the senses.

At first glance, if you look on the outside will not see any distinctive feature that tells us that this version is "different" from others. Only the colors - Red and Otago Roussillon Stone - are unique to this model as well as air vents on the sides or the unique 20 "wheels. The interior, by contrast, has undergone a considerable makeover. For starters, the rear bench has been replaced by two individual armchairs, Oxford leather finishes of the highest quality, featuring electric control. And is that the objective of this model is that the occupant to feel at home ... or better if possible.

Besides the two individual seats, the rear is characterized by a virtual mobile office. A center console, finished in a unique timber name Kalahari, lies a small mini-bar inside and a table for the laptop finished in aluminum, while in the multimedia section, highlight the two iPads offered as standard on this exclusive version . As you can see, the goal is to offer an exquisite product that combines aluminum with the best materials - leather and wood - and where the lucky occupants do not throw anything at fault. Needless to say, in this respect that the production of this model is purely handmade in the purest British tradition of other brands such as Bentley or Rolls-Royce, and that it will take place in the UK.

Under the hood, the lucky owner of this salon keeper can choose a 4.4 TDV8 of 313 horsepower (and 700 Nm of torque!) Or a more powerful 5.0i V8 Turbo 510. However, I do not think this is a crucial decision to instruct the model because it is more likely that the owner will always sit comfortably in the rear. Both engines are linked to an automatic ZF 8-relationships, a perfect combination capable of delivering large doses of driving pleasure, without ever renouncing the speed: 7.5 and 5.1 seconds respectively, to reach 100 km / h is a proof of it. Traction is addressed - obviously - to the rear wheels, by contrast, and Terrain Response system, able to adapt to the needs of the moment drive.

If you are thinking of buy one, you had better hasten: Land Rover plans to make only 500 units in the Range Rover Autobiography Ultimate Edition, which will be marketed in over 20 countries worldwide. I gives me that most of them will go to places like Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Qatar. The price has not officially transcended, but Coach so figure around the 153,000 €. Given that the Porsche Cayenne Turbo, with nothing extra, as will the 133,000 €, the Range Rover so special I do not look a bad deal.