The 2023 Vary Rover Autobiography begins at $141,100 and is available in 23 colours — way over most vehicles obtainable this yr.
To be honest, some variations are onerous to inform aside — is that Carpathian Gray or Eiger Gray? Oh, it’s Charente Gray.
However the vary of selections is spectacular.
For those who’re not impressed, although, your Vary Rover supplier can now give you 230 extra selections.
1000’s of Mixtures
Vary Rover is launching a brand new customization program that has sufficient choices that you can most likely use it to design a one-of-a-kind Vary Rover not like every other on this planet.
The corporate’s new SV Bespoke service gives “as much as 391 inside materials colorways and 230 colours.” However, if you happen to can’t discover the shade you need, you possibly can ship them an merchandise, and so they’ll match its shade for an undisclosed payment.
The service is obtainable on the 2024 Autobiography and SV trim ranges.
Our check driver discovered the present Vary Rover “stuffed with wealthy supplies and premium options whereas providing a powerful vary of engines, commonplace 4-wheel drive, and excellent off-road capabilities,” however famous that “it’s onerous to disregard the somewhat exorbitant price ticket.”
That’s true even earlier than you begin customizing. Distinctive choices, Vary Rover says, embody “a spread of near-aniline leather-based or sustainable non-leather Ultrafabrics in unique colours and perforations,” distinctive veneers with metallic inlays or mosaic debossing, and customised graphics or messaging on seats and treadplates.
Different Automakers Do This, However It’s Expensive
The service isn’t completely novel within the automotive business. Porsche does one thing related via its Unique Manufaktur program. Extremely-high-end carmakers like Bentley and Rolls-Royce supply near-endless customization as effectively. And Cadillac, with its upcoming Celestiq super-luxury automotive, has supplied customizations via a design concierge service.
However the transfer could also be a part of a brand new imaginative and prescient for the Vary Rover model. Its mum or dad firm, till not too long ago often known as Jaguar Land Rover, has modified its identify to JLR and introduced plans to show a number of of its merchandise into extra outlined manufacturers, together with separate Defender and Discovery showrooms. The plan could embody transferring Vary Rover additional upscale to compete with the Bentleys and Maybachs of the world.
Energy Will increase for 2024
The British luxurious automaker additionally introduced just a few enhancements coming to the Vary Rover for 2024.
The obtainable plug-in hybrid powertrain is getting a extra highly effective electrical motor, bumping the full output to 542 horsepower (up from final yr’s 434). The highest-of-the-line twin-turbo V8 sees its energy bounce from 523 horsepower to 606.