Joe Bruzek forcars.com land rover has introduces some compelling models
over the past few years including the Evoque and the new land rover range
rover the 2013 lr2 is also redesigned for 2013
and they're trying to capture some of that evokes momentum with this new model
including a shared engine and some new technology from the voc on the inside
but is the lr2 too far out dated to keep that momentum going
despite having a ton of ground clearance and maintaining its off-road
capabilities
the lr2 drives very car like and that's helped by the 240 horsepower
turbocharged four-cylinder now that's shared with the folk and the engine has
great acceleration in this car gas mileage is improved compared to the
previous six cylinder engine but it's still not too impressive you're looking
at 20 miles per gallon combined with the standard all-wheel drive
now that's not exactly the best in the segment the BMW x3 has great gas mileage
24 miles per gallon combined and lr tues gas mileage isn't even is great is the
of book which is 23 miles per gallon combined the driving is practically
flawless except for lag that happens from standstill when you really need to
get out of traffic quickly you can match the accelerator to the floor and there
is a lot of hesitation between hitting the accelerator and actually going
it's not noticeable once you're driving the six-speed automatic transmission is
pretty good at downshifting but that noticeable hesitation is really
off-putting especially when you need to get out in the traffic quickly
the lr2 starts at around thirty seven thousand dollars with destination now at
that price the interior doesn't have the niceness as some of its competitors like
the volvo xc60 the cadillac SRX for the BMW x3 now at that price what you get
are the turbocharged four-cylinder the automatic transmission all-wheel-drive
leather and a panoramic sunroof
perhaps most defensive is the lr tues plastic interior now plastic can be done
well it can look good and have good material quality and texture and this is
not done very well and its most parent in this center cluster area
now there are some soft touch materials like on the armrest
but they're very thinly padded and they're not very comfortable the rest
your elbow on longer drives now all is not lost what the land rover lr2 gain
for 2013
is this 7-inch touchscreen from the book and it works really nicely
the graphics are good it works as you would expect that it's easy to use and
also mlr to the seating position is really high and the windows are tall so
you have great visibility all the way around you don't get that a lot of small
issue these but you have very good visibility in the lr -
bel-art is heated windshield is a feature that we are not a fan of in its
in a lot of land rovers the defroster 'he's that run vertical up and down the
windshield are extremely distracting and create halos around stoplights and
bright lights at night
it's it's extremely distracting and the thing is it is paired with the heated
seats so if you want
heated seats you have to get this windshield and shell out a thousand
dollars
Bell r 2 is on the smaller side of the
compact luxury SUV segment and that's most notable in the back seat and the
cargo area
i'm pretty comfortable back here and that's with the driver seat or i would
drive but I don't have a lot of extra room
the cargo area has plastic moldings that kind of intrude on the width of the rear
cargo
in addition there is no power liftgate even optional on the hell are two and
this as equipped is a forty-four thousand dollar SUV
we recently tested thirty-eight thousand dollar midsize SUVs in almost every
single one had a power liftgate it's a clearing omission in the lr - now
unfolding received this is a pretty common way they did years ago and some
still do
now if you just fold the seat like this it's at an angle
it's not completely flat so to fold it completely flat
the headrest have to come off and then with the headrest off you can flip up
the bottom cushion and now you have a flat folding cargo area but not without
a little work first
well there's a lot to like in how the land rover lr2 drives that signature
land rover luxurious pneus just isn't there in the lr -
and at forty five thousand dollars as tested you can find that luxury and a
lot of other cars including land rover zone evoke
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