Imagine that you are the kind of man who has a safari hat. Imagine that you live in an English castle, that you have a bunch of friends in Congo, that you have repeatedly traveled by a helicopter in rural Thailand and have driven across the wild, hunting wild animals whose names you cannot even spell ...
Now imagine that you do all this in a Land Rover. It is the natural order of things: Jeep is the best for Moab in Jordan, Toyota Hilux for climbing the steep volcanoes, and Land Rovers are best used in the dusty parts of the adventure world, often (but not always) with people who have a lot of money. If LR4 looks familiar, it's because it is. Land Rover looks like this since the first Bush administration. LR4 looks like LR3 2005-2010 which were produced before it, which also looks like a Land Rover Discovery that existed before that (outside the U.S., LR4 is simply marked as Discovery 4).
LR4, by contrast, is not at all similar to the Land Rover Defender, bare-Jeep vehicle which exists in Britain for "a million years" now. This is intentional. Defender is designed for rough driving in Africa. Discovery LR4 can usually achieve the same thing, but with heated seats and adjustable air suspension for a much more comfortable ride. Land Rovers have long been "mountain goats" of the SUV world, and the 2012 LR4 is no different. 5.0-liter engine with direct injection, 375 hp V-8 is placed under a large hood, and a new interior is matched with a revised chassis and updated suspension.
Despite the curb weight of 2610 pounds, it accelerates to 100 km / h in 6.6 seconds. Of vehicles like this, you get exactly what you'd expect - strength, excellent off-road driving, interior nicely done, even though a bit cramped. The fancy four-wheel drive system is standard, electronically controlled center differential has two speeds which allow shifting in a moment. Standard air suspension works in accordance with the standard six-speed automatic and Land Rover Terrain Response electronic management system, adjusting everything from ride height, and there is a terrain button on the center console. (There is an application for Sand? Mud? - pictogram and adjusting the terrain.) If land underneath became really strange, you can configure the system to offer a huge 9.4-inch ground clearance.
However, most people will not use any of it. But from experience, we can tell that all of this is really nice to have. This is an impressive car that will impress you on every surface. Not that there are shortcomings. Optionally, a package with seats in the third row, which includes things such as navigation and satellite radio, offers a bench in the third row, which is a little scary, because it does not provide any room for your feet. Optional navigation system needs a lot of time to respond to simple commands and screen often blocks for no apparent reason. Finally, the quality of the interior-grind, unequal slits in the interior – that is all a bit questionable.
However, Land Rovers are emotional things, and if you want one, you will probably be ready to disregard some issues. What we have here is a tractor for intellectuals, a tent with all the comforts of home ... Who is a potential buyer? Anyone who can afford it, and at the same time he likes weird stuff. What do they do with it? Anything they want. After all, that's the point.
