Range Rover unveils most expensive model ever

Range Rover unveils most expensive model ever costing £140,000 – with first  class airline style seats and champagne chiller

The most expensive and luxurious Range Rover  ever created by the British 4X4 firm is revealed today – with a right royal  £140,000 price tag to match.

The target audience for the sumptuous  off-roader is royalty – both the blue-blooded real and the ‘tinsel-town’  Hollywood variety – as well as ministers and senior politicians and top sporting  stars.

After his birth, baby Prince George arrived  back from hospital to Kensington Palace with Prince William and the Duchess of  Cambridge in a Range Rover – after his father skilfully strapped him into   his child seat.

The new Range Rover, which will be available in a  premium Autobiography Black version, will be delivered to UK customers in August  2014 and cost £140,000

The car will be the first Range Rover with a long  wheel-base aimed at giving A-list passengers extra legroom while they are driven  by their chauffeurs

The interior will feature leather and wood trims along  with mood lighting and programmable settings for each seat

The new range-topping super-luxury  Autobiography Black derivative of the Range Rover offers rear occupants fully  adjustable reclining first class airline style seats with in-built massager,  champagne chiller, individual electronic tables in black leather, mood lighting  in ten colours, as well as a range of luxurious leather, wood and other interior  trim.

Despite its name, it will also be available  in white and other colours, as ‘Black’ is a term used in the automotive industry  to denote a prestige model.

For the first time in 20 years Jaguar Land  Rover is also offering customers a long wheel-base version of the Range Rover –  giving five and a half inches of extra legroom to occupants in a bid to capture  more of the limousine market for chauffeured VIPs.

A Land Rover spokesman said: ‘This will be  the most expensive and luxurious Range Rover ever.’

It is powered by a 5.0 litre supercharged V8  petrol engine which propels it from rest to 60mph in just 5.5 seconds to a top  speed of 140mph.

The most luxurious Range Rover Autobiography  Black makes its world debut at the Dubai International Motor Show on November 5  and will be available in long wheel-base form only in the UK.

Despite all the comfort and luxury, the new Range Rover  is powered by a supercharged V8 engine and will do 0-60mph in 5.5  seconds

All seats come complete with massagers, the rear chairs  can recline like First Class airline seats and there is also a champagne  chiller

As well as enjoying all that extra space, rear  passengers can also enjoy 10.2in television screens behind the blacked-out  windows

It has been designed and engineered by Jaguar  Land Rover’s new Engineered To Order division to combine luxury, design and 4X4  performance.

It and other long wheel-base models will then  appear later in November at the Los Angeles Motor Show in the US and at the  Guangzhou motor show in  China – both vital and booming markets for the UK  luxury car maker.

Land Rover said: ‘The first Range Rover long  wheel-base in 20 years will cater for a growing group of consumers looking for  the ultimate sports utility vehicle and a unique alternative to the traditional  long wheelbase saloon cars.

‘It represents the pinnacle of desirability  to bring even higher levels of refinement to the world’s finest luxury sports  utility vehicle.’

Range Rover is already the car of choice for  celebrities arriving at red carpet events and film premieres and Jaguar Land  Rover hope the long wheel-base and Autobiography Black versions will be ‘even  more appealing’.

Daniel Craig arrived at the Skyfall Bond  premiere in a Range Rover. Last week Hollywood actor Chris Hemsworth arrived at  the Thor premiere in one. Brad Pitt is currently filming in the UK and has been  spotted being driven to and from Pinewood studios in a Range Rover. 

Range Rovers are already used by a host of the rich and  famous, including Daniel Craig, Brad Pitt, and Prince William

The Autobiography Black, the most exclusive version of  the new Range Rover, will be available in a range of colours, as the ‘Black’  refers to its premium status

The Autobiography Black will make its world debut at the  Dubai International Motor Show on November 5

One insider said: ‘The new long wheel-base  version is also expected to be a big hit with royalty, top politicians and  diplomats who need a chauffeur vehicle which is luxurious but safe. 

‘When the Duke of Cambridge collected the  Duchess and Prince George from hospital his choice of vehicle was a Range  Rover.’

First customer deliveries of Range Rover long  wheel-base versions will be from March 2014 with Autobiography Black deliveries  commencing in August 2014.

A ‘green’ Range Rover Hybrid derivative will  also become available later in 2014. It is the first Range Rover long wheel-base  since the Range Rover LSE which ran from 1992 to 1994.

John Edwards, managing director of the  Individual Products Division said: ‘This exclusive vehicle offers our customers  an unrivalled and luxurious driving experience that provides a seamless  integration between the needs of business and leisure.’

Phil Popham, group marketing director for  Jaguar Land Rover said: ’The Range Rover Autobiography Black is our most  luxurious specification yet.

‘It epitomises sophisticated design with  immaculate attention to detail. The subtle, elegant and luxurious finishing  touches combine with a first class experience for both driver and passengers to  deliver new levels of exclusivity to our customers.’

Land Rover design director Gerry McGovern,  said: ’The Range Rover Autobiography Black is an intensely design focused  response to our customers’ desire for more choice and exclusivity.

‘It represents the pinnacle of desirability  in the world of luxury inhabited by our Range Rover customers.’

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