First Look at the HSE Range Rover
Your most immediate impression of the Range Rover is its immense size. Yet it does not look big or sloppy. Rather it has a lean, even chiseled look, which is highlighted by side and back panels that are prevented from looking slab-like only by a seam running 360 degrees around the vehicle just above the door handles.The glasshouse is extraordinarily tall -- almost, but not quite, disproportionately so. It will remind some of the glass in the exquisite BMW 2002ti from two decades past. It allows remarkable site lines from each of the four seats.
The Land Rover Corporation has built its flagship Range Rover to stay together in all road conditions. It has a monocoque integrated body/chassis with three steel subframes. The front fenders, hood and doors are aluminum alloy. The rest of the body is double-sided zinc coated steel.
The Range Rover has extraordinary presence. Photos just don't do it justice. I can't call it beautiful because it's certainly not -- at least not in the conventional sense that say, the new Europe-only Alfa Romeo Brera is beautiful. But when you're in it, you feel quite entitled to all the privileges and perks that seem naturally to be extended your way. It's a great feeling. One that's easy to get used to.
