Tiger is Right —— Land Rover Range Rover Sport Edition 3.0T

Perhaps the most embarrassing thing in the world is that before the Lunar New Year, I saw a middle-aged man in his fifties in a BMW 4S shop, wearing a wrinkled suit and a pair of pure white coconuts on his feet, and bought a new X5 with a full credit card. It's not that everyone who buys X5 must be a frustrated retired racer, but I feel a little embarrassed to see such a scene, that's all.

Try to imagine that in the evening rush hour after work on Tuesday, or when you enjoy driving on a sunny forest road on Sunday, your rearview mirror suddenly appears with a dazzling low beam or daytime running lights nearly two meters long and hanging high on the horizon. What was your first reaction?

Anyway, for me, subconsciously I will hold the steering wheel with both hands, and then pull the gearbox to manual mode to prepare for the battle. It's not that I have any prejudice against these million-class SUVs, but that in the city where I often drive, these owners really don't care about the time cost of repairing cars. Turn signals and rearview mirrors don't exist for them at all, and it is common for them to merge lines forcibly. Driving etiquette? How come...

One of the cars that makes me most nervous is the Range Rover, and none of them. This stupid face in the rearview mirror often means a heavy brake. Because every Land Rover Range Rover Smart will be inserted into the gap in front of your car with a brake when the speed limit is over 30%. It's natural to encounter this situation. I decided to take a white car when I was in Changchun half a year ago, but in the end, because the car was not my own, my brother driving Land Rover was really afraid to turn under the viaduct, so he was afraid. In the end, Brother Land Rover sped away on the viaduct with a speed limit of at least 80 120. This kind of thing happens too much. Every time I see Land Rover, I can only assume that the driver has something urgent at home or sincere greetings from the heart.

If there is one thing that embarrasses me more than "X5", it must be sitting in the driver's seat of Lan Yun and appearing in the traffic. In order to challenge my limits, I also drove this car around two different cities, which made me feel strongly uncomfortable at any time, and some details were also very intriguing.

First of all, in a heavy industrial city in the northeast, all the exhibition cars with adjustable suspension height have been artificially adjusted to the highest position, and all the cars have no pedals to get on and off. So is the test drive. The hanging height is artificially set at a height that makes me uncomfortable, that is, the height of "looking at other people's roofs".

The experience brought by this driving mode is simply devastating. Although the powertrain is really smooth, most power requirements can be well met. However, the body on stilts is like an iron ball pushed up by a spring. When changing lanes, you can keep swinging in place for half an hour, and the body can't keep up with the direction of the steering wheel at all. At the same time, it is really difficult to judge the distance by looking at other people's roofs. I forgot to turn on the turn signal along the way, for fear of meeting others. After all, there is no younger brother to repair my car. And this attempt to imitate the driving state of local Land Rover owners really turned me into a real Land Rover owner, and it was a sin to offend more people along the way than the total reception volume of the city's bathing center that day.

In another central city slightly south, the Land Rover owners here are also unruly (slightly lower than in the northeast), and they all seem to like to set the air suspension to the lowest gear. When driving the Land Rover Range Rover Sport Edition, the experience has also undergone earth-shaking changes.

As if in an instant, the car showed a completely different personality, the control response became extremely direct, and the road information feedback was so much that even a stone could clearly feel it. With the powertrain, which is very good in its own training, I even feel ashamed of turning one corner after another under the flat road. Although it's definitely not as accurate and fast as X5, it does have a sporty taste, which is rare without affectation. At the same time, the comfort performance has become a mess. After all, the suspension stroke is only a few centimeters, which is understandable.

However, there are still some problems with this V6 powertrain. For example, it is difficult to cross the stop line gracefully when starting, and you need to raise your head with a very ungentlemanly spin speed. In short, I don't want to sit in the traffic jam in Lan Yun, even in the driver's seat.

Aside from all my own prejudices about the Land Rover brand, it still drives well, which I must admit is not a bad car.

The interior is very beautiful, with a sense of advanced and technology all online, and the layout of the steering wheel and seats can also meet the driving needs of almost everyone.

Rally, the electronic gear mode of BMW, is convenient for drivers to Cosplay when they want to go crazy. Driver.

Although the back row is small, the space performance is acceptable.

The rear seats are even comfortable, much better than X5 and Q7.

There is enough space in the trunk to put a dozen or twenty bottles of brand-new Maotai or millions of cash.

Although I hate Land Rover very much, I have to admit that the Range Rover Sport Edition is really good in terms of the product strength of the new car, at least higher than GLE.

But anyway, I don't want to drive the Range Rover on the road, really, although this driver's seat also symbolizes some kind of driving pleasure for me.

I can only drive like this if I have to. All the hoods say "range? Rover's square SUV, because I hate Land Rover owners instead of Land Rover (including but not limited to Range Rover and Aurora), I don't want to be one of them.

Because apart from uncivilized behavior on the road, it is really too common for a car to occupy two places in a public parking lot (the picture shows a hospital parking lot, taken the day before writing an article). For me, the brand Land Rover has been firmly linked with the words "nouveau riche" and "wealth without virtue". Why do A8L, S-class, 7-series and equivalent SUVs, even 9 1 1, have to observe the minimum driving etiquette on the road, not just Land Rover owners? Just curious, why are all kinds of uncivilized behaviors under the brand Land Rover so high?

This is not necessarily a single phenomenon in China. In all kinds of European and American movies, Range Rover and Range Rover often appear as villain cars, and are often arranged to stage a rampaging car chase in urban areas.

Back to the topic, my only dissatisfaction with Lan Yun is that I don't agree with the Land Rover brand or the mainstream customer values of Land Rover. It is true that the Range Rover owner is a big shot who can casually "promote me in three days", but I still advise you that no matter what car you drive, dangerous driving is not only irresponsible to the members in your car, but also irresponsible to other traffic participants. In any case, safety is always the most important, which is actually the focus of this article.

There is nothing to say. Finally, I will give you a year in advance, and the topic of million-class SUV can come to an end.

I hate SUVs, especially Land Rover, but if you like Range Rover, this car is really good.

General comment: four stars

Performance: four stars

Comfort: four stars

Interior: five stars

Practicality: four stars

Price: four stars

Advantages:

The appearance is very solid;

The interior is very luxurious;

It is very compact to drive;

Sound insulation is also good.

CONS:

Under different suspension heights, the chassis personality is seriously divided;

Although the space is enough, it is basically at the bottom of the same level;

Driving this kind of car basically equates uncivilized driving with yourself;

It is suggested to search "P400e" to see the official attitude of Land Rover towards consumers.

postscript

This article doesn't mean anything to anyone, but when it comes to Land Rover, all I can think of is all kinds of uncivilized driving, so I just let myself go at the beginning. There are indeed a few Land Rover owners who are also very civilized in driving, but the number is particularly small.

For a car like a million-class SUV, the final choice is often to look at the preferences of the owner rather than the product itself, so the starting point of this topic is to talk to you about the car map. If there is a real purchase demand, I can also provide some immature suggestions, but I don't think it is meaningful to write it in the article now. After all, most of these cars are bought for fun.

Finally, the Spring Festival is coming. There are thousands of roads, safety first ... always remember that life safety is in your own hands, and there is no room for negligence.

peace

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