New Range Rover GT to be the most road-focused Range Rover yet
On sale 2027 Price from £100,000 (est)
It’s hard to imagine Land Rover ever offering a vehicle that’s completely stripped of mud-plugging ability, but the new Range Rover GT will be the closest the brand has ever come to kicking off the Hunters and replacing them with a pair of driving loafers.
According to Range Rover’s Managing Director, Martin Limpert, this new electric SUV will be “the most car-like Range Rover ever created”. However, while he promised “grand tourer poise, proportions and long-distance refinement” he said it will still provide “capabilities no conventional GT can match”.
So far, the only exterior image that’s been released shows the car in profile and wearing camouflage. It’s still obvious from this, though, that it will be much lower and sleeker than any Range Rover that’s come before, with a shape more reminiscent of a four-door coupé than a traditional 4x4.
This should be good for efficiency, allowing the GT to go farther between charges than the recently announced Range Rover Sport Electric, which is projected to have a real-world range of around 330 miles. Plus, it seems safe to assume that all versions will have twin electric motors, for four-wheel drive.
What Land Rover has confirmed is that the GT is not a replacement for any Range Rover model currently on sale. Instead, it will be sold alongside the Evoque, Velar, Sport and full-sized Range Rover.
The brand has also released several images of the Range Rover GT’s interior, revealing it to have a very minimalist design. There are no buttons visible on the dashboard, suggesting that almost everything will be controlled through the large central touchscreen or via voice commands – an approach that generally leads to compromised usability.
Other details of note include a high-set digital instrument panel that you appear to look over the steering wheel to see so that it’s closer to your eyeline, and a bridge-like centre console that links the central armrest to the dashboard, and leaves a large, open storage area beneath.
The car pictured is a four-seater, with a control screen and further storage area between its two rear seats, although we expect five-seat versions of the Range Rover GT to be offered as well.
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