As always, it depends. If you want a luxury off-road SUV, and can afford to buy one new, yes. Although many owners never use the Range Rover to its fullest extent, it really is equally at home in the city and countryside. But if you're shopping for a used SUV, a Range Rover probably won't be worth it.
All of the latest Land Rovers, ranked from worst to best
- Land Rover Discovery Sport ($37,795)
- Land Rover Range Rover Evoque ($41,800)
- Land Rover Range Rover Velar ($49,900)
- Land Rover Discovery ($52,090)
- Land Rover Range Rover Sport ($66,750)
- Land Rover Range Rover ($87,350)
Along with the overall low reliability ratings in terms of every Range Rover model, the Range Rover Evoque has had numerous problems and has been recalled numerous times as well. Newer models of the Range Rover Evoque have earned just two stars out of five in terms of the reliability ratings for the 2019 model.
In 2018 the group identified the Land Rover Range Rover as one of the most unreliable vehicles on the market due to its high fault rate. The survey revealed nearly half of Range Rover owners with a model less than three-years-old were forced to spend money having faults fixed on a vehicle over 12 months.
It's heritage, luxury, and marketing allow it to be one of the best selling luxury off-roaders produced. The real answer is: Range Rovers are expensive because the people who can afford them fall in love with the brand, their real story, their heritage, and their luxury.
With that in mind, you can't go wrong with a Honda or a Land Rover. Those brands won the mainstream and luxury vehicle honors in the 2020 Residual Value Awards given out by ALG, a subsidiary of vehicle-deals site TrueCar. And Land Rover vehicles are the least likely to depreciate quickly among luxury brands.
Range Rover difference is simple: Land Rover is the brand of the vehicle, with seven different models in its lineup. A Range Rover is a specific Land Rover model, so it's full name is the Land Rover Range Rover–just like the full name of the Mustang is the Ford Mustang.
The most expensive new Land Rover is the Range Rover SVAutobiography petrol which lists at $398,528.
Land Rover is a British brand of predominantly four-wheel drive, off-road capable vehicles, that is owned by multinational car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), since 2008 a subsidiary of India's Tata Motors.
The Range Rover Sport, introduced for the 2006 model year, has been Land Rover's most successful model ever in the United States. It quickly overshadowed both the “full size” L322 Range Rover and its own little brother, the mechanically identical LR3.
Price GuideThe Land Rover Range Rover Sport 2019 prices range from $104,971 for the basic trim level SUV Range Rover Sport SDV6 SE (183KW) to $294,540 for the top of the range SUV Range Rover Sport V8 SC SVR (423KW).
