Land Rover Range Rover
Published · Researched 2026-09-21
Land Rover Range Rover L460 (2022–2026) — honest review
Voice: straight-talking forum veteran, world-weary this time; someone who's read too many "should I buy a used Range Rover" threads to be romantic about it.
Nobody buys a Range Rover by accident, and nobody should buy one without understanding the deal: the finest-riding, most serene SUV on sale, in exchange for electronics with a mind of their own, air suspension that will one day need money, and — in Britain — insurance premiums that read like ransom notes.
The L460 is the fifth-generation Range Rover, on sale since the 2022 model year. The range runs from the P400 straight-six mild hybrid through plug-in hybrids (now the P550e, 550 hp, ~51 miles of electric range) to the P530 V8 and the £200k-plus SV specials. US prices for 2026 run $113,300 to $260,900. Seven seats are available, the long-wheelbase car is properly palatial, and off-road it will still embarrass SUVs that cost twice as much.
What's genuinely good: the fundamentals. Long-term Land Rover owners on fullfatrr — people who've run four L405s — say the L460 "seems well put together and is wonderfully comfortable." The ride on the twin-valve air suspension is the benchmark, the cabin is library-quiet, and the PHEV is genuinely the pick of the range if you charge it: businesscar called it "an already complete luxury package far more affordable to run." Towing, wading, mud — all still best-in-class. When it works, which is most of the time, there is nothing more relaxing with four wheels.
What's actually wrong: the electronics, the air suspension's appetite, and the insurance market — in that order. The Pivi infotainment arrives at dealers without its updates installed; owners report noise cancellation that "definitely doesn't work properly" and a £4,500 Meridian upgrade where "the headrest speakers have a mind of their own and the audio frequently plays through the wrong channel." The plug-in hybrids can be genuinely alarming: one owner's brand-new P460e suffered "two significant hesitations when pulling away from lights and very shortly afterwards went into limp mode" on day five, plus a "rubber band effect at about 2k revs where it keeps thinking about EV vs petrol... very disconcerting at junctions." Land Rover Assist fixed it with software, which tells you everything about where the faults live. Air suspension remains, in a specialist's words, "the single most common reason a Range Rover ends up on a lift" — compressors, valve blocks, height sensors on a 2.7-tonne car. The PHEV's high-voltage battery is a £8,000–£12,000 replacement, and running with a dead pack drops you to 15–18 mpg with cascading-failure warnings. Then Britain's theft epidemic: "the insurance thing has absolutely hammered values," per owners, and depreciation has been "a roller coaster" — overpriced until mid-2023, then the insurance crisis, now heavy discounting. One member crystallised the loss and sold to WBAC, citing the dealer group takeover as the final straw. Skip it if you need predictable costs, if UK insurance quotes make you flinch, or if the idea of a car deciding its own audio channels sounds like a haunting.
The social pulse: fullfatrr is where the grown-ups talk, and the tone is resigned expertise — people love these cars the way you love a brilliant but unreliable friend. Casual social media is less kind: "Range Rover owners… why do you get them when you know it's going to give you problems?" (Threads) is the reputation in one sentence. Nobody on the forums disputes the reputation; they just argue about which model year dodges it best.
Value call: never pay list price — owners report discounts on new cars were "high in H2 2024," and used 2023s start in the mid-$70ks against $130k+ original stickers. The sweet spot is a 2024: the upgraded P550e replaced the glitchier early PHEV, launch-year software issues are patched, and the market has repriced the car honestly. Skip 2022 — launch-year niggles, early-adopter pricing still lingering in listings. UK buyers: get the insurance quote before the test drive, not after. Cross-shop the BMW X7 (better electronics, worse soul), the Mercedes GLS (cheaper to own, dull), and the Lexus LX (the reliability answer, if you can live with the thirst).
The honest tradeoff: unmatched serenity and capability, paid for in software updates, suspension parts, and insurance premiums. Go in clear-eyed or don't go in.