hi I'm Kelsey mays for cars.com here with the 2013 land rover lr4 this is an
SUV that replaced the lr3 all the way back in the 2010 model year
it competes with other three row luxury SUVs like the acura mdx the BMW x5 the
audi q7 will talk about utility styling drivability and consider to get some of
those competitors
the other four is Boxxy styling is reminiscent of older Land Rovers from
the two thousands and before
Land Rovers range rover evoque range rover flagship and the range rover sport
of all moved past this now with much sleeker styling we'll have to wait and
see how long it takes for the lr4 to head in that direction
under the hood is a 5-liter v8 good 40 to 60 around seven and a half seconds
land rover says it goes to four-wheel drive gets the car up there about as
quick as an audi q7 not as quick as the turbo v6 BMW x5 but editors driving this
found that the lr4 had a nice soft ride pretty maneuverable given its size
decent acceleration around town and on the highway
the other four does have impressive off-road capabilities
the four-wheel-drive system uses an adjustable height adjustable air
suspension as well as a two-speed transfer case and a locking center
differential there's also an available locking rear differential to get all
those wheels spinning at exactly the same speed
finally land rovers Terrain Response system has different settings that
adjust various drivetrain modes for things like rocks sand snow gravel
locusts volcanoes not really those last two ones either way though back on the
road
towing capacity again another plus year more than 7,700 pounds
thanks to this v8 engine that's more than a thousand pounds past the q7 it
beats the x5 by an even higher margin
it's more than double what the acura mdx gets as far as it's towing capacity to
pay for gas mileage though even though this lr4 does have a six-speed automatic
transmission
epa mileage is 12 miles per gallon city 17 miles per gallon highway so get ready
for some pretty steep credit card bills
the other four is still very tall vehicle
about four and a half inches taller than that mdx a little bit of a climb for
shorter drivers to get up into the driver's seat and once you're up here if
you're taller you might find that there's not a ton of room one editor
found her
six foot tall husband was a little bit cramped in the front passenger seat and
i gotta say I kind of agree
I'm about six feet tall and this is where I would sit to drive the driver's
seat all the way back and so if you're much taller than six feet
it's going to be something you want to check out when you test drive the lr4
let's take a look at the second and optional third rose
the second row is excellent head room but the seat does it a little bit low to
the floor and so adults needs might be kind of dangling up in the air here
which the seats at a little bit higher
given the space up overhead Land Rovers alpine roof here is standard in the lr4
involves a glass panel over the second row and over the third row kind of nice
gives a big sense of plenty of glass around you
unfortunately this method sun visor up here is about as good at blocking out
the Sun as the Cubs are playing baseball
let's take a look at the third row accessing the third row a couple steps
here you gotta put the soup backs down then they tumbled forward gives a
reasonable
I'll to get back here back to come up like so now once you're back here
the other four does offer something that's rare in a three-row SUV and
that's a seat that actually sits high up off the ground from the third row with
good head room to spare
if you have to go to the home improvement store to load this thing
full of stuff the lr4 might convince you to go to your neighbor's house and
borrow his SUV instead
this is a process folding the seats down vault first of all putting the seat
backs down and then you gotta pull this secondary strap here to lower the seats
into a position that's closer to the floor
do the same thing with the middle seat finally the outboard seat put them all
down
and that's just the second row third row here you gotta put the head restraints
down and there's a two-piece situation here
the seat cushion comes down first and then the seat back comes down again
two-handed process
finally get them all down you're looking at about 90 cubic feet of space that's
on par with the mdx it's more than 15 cubic feet past
the x5 and the q7 some pretty good numbers there but man this is a hell of
a process the r4 has become a small player for land rover the range rover
evoque the range rover sport and the range overall out sell it and now with
the new range rover sport offering similar towing capacity with an optional
third-row seat it's hard to see why the lr4 still exists
so wait and see if you are four will be redesigned or maybe you'll get a good
deal on this outgoing one and it might make it worth a look
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