Promoted as being ‘the most luxurious Range Rover ever’, the specification suggests that it’s aimed at those who prefer to be driven, rather than drive themselves.
In the back, the usual bench is ditched in favour of two individual electric seats, between which is a centre console featuring a machined aluminium laptop table and drinks chiller. Land Rover even throws in a couple of Apple iPads as standard.
Naturally, the seats are covered in leather, as are the door casings and the dashboard top. The opulent effect is completed by Kalahari wood veneers. Not even the luggage compartment escapes the luxury treatment, with its floor getting a yacht-inspired teak covering.
On the outside, two unique paint colours - Roussillon Red and Otago Stone - are available, and exclusive 20” multi-spoke alloy wheels are fitted. The side vents and radiator grille have a dark atlas finish, but that still fails to mask their overly fussy design - a glitch shared with the rest of the current Land Rover line-up, Defender excepted.
Engine choice is either the 308 bhp (230 kW / 313 PS) 4.4 litre LR-TDV8 diesel, which boasts 700 Nm (516 lb/ft) of torque and is coupled to a ZF eight-speed automatic transmission, or the 503 bhp (375 kW / 510 PS) LR-V8 5.0 Supercharged petrol unit. Both come equipped with Land Rover’s Terrain Response system.
Buyers of the Autobiography Ultimate Edition certainly won’t have to worry about exclusivity, as only 500 examples are going to be built for sale in over twenty markets worldwide.
Pricing has yet to be confirmed, but in the UK it could break well into six figures.
If so, that’s quite a premium over the ‘normal’ £83,145 Range Rover Autobiography, and it’ll pitch the Ultimate Edition against competitors such as the Mercedes-Benz S 63 AMG, BMW 760Li and Audi Q7 V12.
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