Now that you’ve seen the photos of the 2013 Range Rover, no doubt a few of you will want to know just how much lucre you’ll need to put one in your five-car garage. The number you’re looking for is £71,295 ($114,140 U.S., but that includes Britain’s hefty VAT and other taxes) for the 3.0-litre Vogue TDV6 diesel on the lowest rung.
That is not even £1,300 more than the erstwhile base model, the 4.4-liter TDV8 Westminster. The 4.4-liter remains on the offer sheet but intermediate pricing hasn’t been released yet, so when we can compare like with like we’re sure the price gap will be larger. However, even though the power goes down on the TDV6 to 254 horsepower from 323 hp in the TDV8, with 900 fewer pounds to lug around the TDV6 in the 2013 Range is faster than the TDV8 in the previous body, and gas mileage is up by more than 20 percent. Neither of those diesels will be coming to the U.S.
The margin isn’t so slim at the upper end, though. The asking price for the Range Rover Autobiography 5.0L Supercharged is £98,395 ($157,525 U.S.), a jump of £11,470 ($18,363 U.S.) over the outgoing model and perhaps a more accurate sign of just how much has gone into the new status symbol.
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