BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW OF THE NEW L460 RANGE ROVER...

Here is my brutally honest review of the newest generation L460 Range Rover, after spending a good amount of time with the car and covering almost 2,000 miles in it!

[itsjoel]

It appears that they may well be an access mode button, just ahead of the electric window switches, can be seen at 10:59 … can anyone confirm that’s what this is? Seems to be a different symbol to usual. Anyway, if that is the case, my apologies! I can’t believe I missed it… Thank you all so much for watching, liking, sharing and commenting!

[henrymouland]

As a JLR employee, always interested in hearing attitudinal feedback. Very balanced review, and infortainment comments are very relevant.

[aerotus]

Best review of a range rover I've ever seen. We need more honest reviewers like yourself instead of the usual marketing bs! Well done mate!

[janjander]

Excellent review, I’ve possibly watched every L460 review in English and you noticed issues no one else has reported. Your history with RR’s comes through with your appreciation of Range Rovers and I value your take.

[Bluebottle_GB]

@10:50 isn't that a haptic button for access mode at the bottom of the shot, under the seat controls on the plate with the wing-mirror control?

[jj]

What a detailed honest review. We have a D300 on order and it’s great to know some of the points you’ve raised, ahead of collection. As has been said, you’ve spotted stuff that no-one else has mentioned before - let’s hope the non-responsive buttons on the wheel and the seat adjustment/infotainment issues can be sorted with a software update. Excellent work - keep it up!

[AutomoTom]

What a great review. As a long term L322 owner, this is much more informative than the normal overviews. In the end it is all the little niggles that can make or break a car when you own it and at this price point they really need to up their game to compete with Bentley and Rolls et all. I hope LR are listening to the potential software issues, unfortunately they did not make the most of the driver screen in the 2010 model despite their launch marketing videos which never materialised in the real car, and have not updated the software since, so their short-termist view might also be an issue here.

[JC-xwml]

They’ve just done an over the air update to the system, you can now have Apple/android sat nav in the digital driver display, just got it in my 3 year old defender, works a treat. (And not had a single problem with it, used every day as a work Van basically)

[swissroll]

You’re absolutely killing it Joel! Such a pleasure to watch. I do like your diplomatic version of “I feel like a bit of a knobhead driving one” - I’d still take an L322 anyway but maybe when I’m older and care less what people think, the L460 will be the way to go!

[hallga]

Joel, I think that this is the best video you have made and gives the kind of detail that prospective owners would never find on a regular short test drive, but could drive one crazy after purchase. We could have more Katie btw!

[philedwards]

Just taken delivery of Sport D350. What a engine. Accept your concerns about D300, however the 350 resolves those issues. In terms of highbeam assist, one possible reason may be where the headlights have been set. Having just returned from France I was able to set headlamps for right or left hand drive. No one has flashed me yet. Is yours set for driving on right side of road?

[CraigK]

Biggest issues with all range rovers here in the UK is insurance prices and thefts. There’s now only a handful of companies that will insure a land rover products and those that do charge an absolute fortune. So many of these cars getting stolen because the poor security system, kids can literally steal these cars in seconds and JLR simply aren’t interested, this has always been the issue with JLR, same with quality problems, the lack of care. Plus the dealer network for the most part is difficult to deal with. Such a shame as the cars are simply stunning 🇬🇧

[lfoggy]

Good review thanks.
The steering wheel buttons on mine work perfectly. Never noticed any lag or failure to register

[simonspall]

Hi Joel, a really interesting review. I have one of these, I ordered it on the launch day and I've had her nearly a year now. D300 MHEV HSE Belgravia Green, Caraway interior.

I found some of your comments pretty interesting, but the complete opposite of my vehicle. As you say, there is an access button on the door to lower the suspension, I checked the finish around my steering wheel and it's completely smooth, no sharp edges. The buttons on my steering wheel function immediately, no lag whatsoever. I think you may of been unlucky with the car you borrowed, throttle response on mine is instant, no lag plus my engine is whisper quiet, when I heard the engine on yours it sounds like a tractor, something not right there. When mine is up to temperature and you get out and listen to the engine, quite frankly it's barley audible.

However, I really enjoyed your review, good to hear someone's honest opinion. As you say though, what a car, this is now my fourth Range Rover on the trot, and this is in a different league to all the predecessors. All the best, Simon

ps - My Rangie has performed two over the air updates in the last 6 months, so maybe these have helped with various glitches.

[davearmstrong]

I have a RR Velar and can say that I have the same problem with the Cancel button. If you take your foot off the accelerator, it works ok, but if you are driving at the time, I have to leave my finger on the button for around 5 seconds before it cancels or touch the brake. I have to say though, that I utterly love my car.

[johnhynes]

I own this car and model and have owned a Range Rover for the last 33 years. I can tell you no matter how polite you drive or well you behaved you are on the road the response of others is quite astounding, you cannot believe the animosity the car evokes in others, I am a working class guy but to understand the average persons (motorists) reaction to this car you have to drive one.

[naturshoot]

Enjoyed the review. I have a D300 Discovery and it's one of the quietest engines I've ever come across, so surprised it felt noisy in the RR. Had a couple of new RR's recently as loan cars and was also surprised how few options there are to configure the display. The Disco has more flexibility. Also on the wheel buttons, the D5/Defender have matt plastic and they seem to work all the time, no misses as you had. I also wasn't so keen on the haptic feedback, I found I had to press harder than normal and often had to do it twice taking my eye off the road to make sure. Even Apple dropped this on the iPhone so I'm not sure it's better. Finally, on the new model year, the rotary AC controls are sadly gone, and moved to the main touch screen. It's not the way forward IMO.

[rodgerslape]

Very nice vehicle. I ordered a new one, in the UK (circa£110k), to replace my 2020 model but I had to cancel it and ask for the return of my deposit because it was impossible to get it insured. The keyless system is too easy for thieves to clone and then steal the vehicle. So insurance companies in the UK are refusing to insure Range Rovers. Land Rover are aware of the problem but seem to be ambivalent. Had to go to Audi Q7 Vorsprung which is also a great car and cost15k less

[iainmaxted]

Bought an L460 Autobiography in Velocity Blue a couple of months ago (after starting my RR ownership with a classic in 1992) - interesting review but you missed out some important issues, albeit this model has improved several of the software defects found in the (my) previous 2019 model. Firstly, to clarify, there is an access mode switch on the driver's door armrest. Problem-wise, the gear selection lever works backwards way around (in common with pretty much every other current JLR product) - you push it forwards to go backwards and pull it backwards to go forwards! Who at JLR thought that was a good idea??? When doing a rapid 3-point turn the gear selection change from forwards to reverse is not nearly responsive enough which quite often leads me to shooting off in the wrong direction. The adaptive cruise control gap adjust is also backwards - you press the top button to reduce the gap and the bottom button to increase the gap - completely counter-intuitive! Worse though, is the algorithm used to control the adaptive cruise control which inspires no confidence whatsoever, to the extent that I never use it without my foot covering the brake pedal. This is particularly bad in what JLR term Queue Assist Mode (i.e. crawling motorway traffic) The system seems to look only at the absolute distance to the car in front and if the gap is increasing then the car accelerates, sometimes very abruptly and then, when it senses that the gap is decreasing, it brakes, also sometimes quite abruptly and quite late. What the algorithm doesn't seem to do is to look at the rate of change of the gap to determine how quickly it should (or shouldn't) accelerate and when to brake and nor does there seem to be very much (any) hysteris built into the system (i.e. as soon as the gap opens a little the vehicle accelerates rather than waiting to see if the gap widening continues or reduces because the car in front is now braking again). Agree completely with your comments on the seat adjust switches - JLR saving money by eleiminating physical switches, but on a £140k+ car - come on! One feature missing completely on the car is the ability to programme the rate of acceleration when using cruise control. Most often the car sets off like a bat out of hell until it reaches set speed, often encompassing one or more downchanges. I would like to be able to regulate this with say, three settings for acceleration. Finally, in case anyone from JLR actually reads this, my new L460 is the second RR in a row that has been delivered with the steering wheel offset at an angle with the wheels pointing straight ahead - whatever happened to factory QC and dealership PDI's?!

[leosheepman]

Great, honest review, really like your style and the way you think about all points regarding driver as well as considering those outside the car, in terms of reaction and the headlights.