Land Rover Range Rover Review 2020. If all you had to do was look at this beauty in the parking lot or sit in it, it would be fabulous unfortunately, you also have to drive it and that’s where the romance ends. I purchased a P400E, the plug in hybrid, which purports the ability to select a “full electric” drive setting.
Despite selecting this drive mode, the car has never driven under full electric at any time. Typically, only 25% of any trip is under electric power when selecting the “full electric” “EV” position. Land Rover has tried to explain the car has “certain algorithms” that force it into gas engine mode. While I agree that my Volvo PHEV also turns on the engine for a short burst if I accelerate hard, it turns it off fairly quickly and returns to full electric mode. This cannot be said for the Range Rover Sport which seems to turn on the engine randomly in addition to a hard acceleration. Black screens.
The Sport’s two center information panels also have a mind of their own turning themselves off at will. Occasionally, the screens reset themselves after a few minutes at other times, one must turn off the car to reset them. Additionally, under normal operation, they are slow to respond making access very clunky. Back up camera. Another feature that works about 90% of the time, but when you spend 90K for a vehicle, you would expect something 100% reliable.
Other issues throttle response inconsistent, parking brake occasionally activates by itself at when leaving a parking space, electric plug sometimes does not release (locking and unlocking the car a couple of times usually fixes it).
Bottom line, pass on this vehicle. If you are really need this brand, skip the Sport as I know other people that have returned theirs due to similar electronic gremlins. If you’re looking for an SUV PHEV that works, try the Volvo.