Range Rover
Shares rank 3 of 4 luxury SUVs by recommenders
Owners praise its high driving position, big windows, nice driving feel, and parts that are easy to get. Critics agree reliability is poor and running costs are high.
Owners praise its high driving position, big windows, nice driving feel, and parts that are easy to get. Critics agree reliability is poor and running costs are high.
22 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 16
- approval share
- 27%
Recommended in 10 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 0.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 10 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
High driving position and wide view
“Its A-pillars look like strands of spaghetti, making for excellent situational awareness from the driver's seat.”
Comment from 26 May 2026 in “The Cost of Safetyism” “The Range Rover has you quite high up in the air, and has really big windows with nothing that gets in the way.”
Comment from 8 Jul 2026 in “All Cars Sold in the EU Now Require a Camera Aimed at Your Face” “I've got a far better view out the front of my elderly Range Rover”
Comment from 23 Jun 2026 in “The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s” Nice to drive, advanced tech
“they're family cars that combine practicality with great driving dynamics, advanced tech, and a touch of luxury.”
Comment from 12 Oct 2026 in “Citroen revives the 2CV for an electric age” “Reliability is consistently terrible and the vehicles are consistently nice to drive.”
Comment from 26 Aug 2026 in “'Temu Range Rovers' Are Taking over Britain” Fewer screens and distracting beeps
“My 1997 Range Rover has no screens and only 195,000 miles on the clock.”
Comment from 4 Oct 2026 in “Car is a smartphone on wheels. Here's who's listening” “has none of the annoying beepy flashy distract-o-trons”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Things That Annoy Me About Cars”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Poor reliability
“Reliability is consistently terrible and the vehicles are consistently nice to drive.”
Comment from 26 Aug 2026 in “'Temu Range Rovers' Are Taking over Britain” “Range Rovers are extremely unreliable, and maybe more importantly, not suited for what they're being used for.”
Comment from 12 Oct 2026 in “Citroen revives the 2CV for an electric age” “Range Rovers try to maximize scope, often at the expense of scalability and reliability.”
Comment from 15 Nov 2025 in “Strap Rail” - Comment from 24 Sep 2026 in “Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges”
- Comment from 15 Nov 2025 in “Strap Rail”
- Comment from 2 Aug 2026 in “The Silicon Valley Founder Meat Grinder”
Expensive to buy and maintain
“There is no such thing as a cheap Range Rover / Land Rover. I know because I own the latter.”
Comment from 12 Oct 2026 in “Citroen revives the 2CV for an electric age” “both objectively bad vehicles and not best bang for buck”
Comment from 12 Oct 2026 in “Citroen revives the 2CV for an electric age” “they are unreliable and expensive to maintain”
Comment from 2 Aug 2026 in “The Silicon Valley Founder Meat Grinder” Confusing UI and unreliable fault warnings
“occasionally lies about fault conditions”
Comment from 3 May 2026 in “Mercedes-Benz commits to bringing back physical buttons” “If your Range Rover breaks down in a field because a sensor in the air suspension noticed a voltage variance”
Comment from 10 Jan 2026 in “Allow me to introduce, the Citroen C15” “If you want to see bad UI/UX, try a Range Rover.”
Comment from 5 Mar 2026 in “BMW Group to deploy humanoid robots in production in Germany for the first time”
Other luxury SUVs people recommend
The three most recommended other luxury SUVs, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porsche Cayenne | 15 | 9 | 63% | 4 | — | — |
| BMW X5 | 8 | 4 | 67% | 5 | — | — |
| Range RoverThis page | 6 | 16 | 27% | 10 | — | — |
| Porsche Macan | 6 | 5 | 55% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
29 of the 31 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“these are the first three things I think of when I hear "bought a used RangeRover."”
“Range Rover / Land Rover unreliability is often overstated.”
“they're family cars that combine practicality with great driving dynamics, advanced tech, and a touch of luxury.”
“If one of those is cheap, it is a basket case.”
“Range Rovers are extremely unreliable, and maybe more importantly, not suited for what they're being used for.”
“There is no such thing as a cheap Range Rover / Land Rover. I know because I own the latter.”
“both objectively bad vehicles and not best bang for buck”
“My 1997 Range Rover has no screens and only 195,000 miles on the clock.”
“indistinguishable from the ICE version”
“Beautiful, packed with features, terrible reputation for reliability.”
“has none of the annoying beepy flashy distract-o-trons”
“They were terrible cars when owned by the British.”
“Reliability is consistently terrible and the vehicles are consistently nice to drive.”
“they are unreliable and expensive to maintain”
“The Range Rover has you quite high up in the air, and has really big windows with nothing that gets in the way.”
“I've got a far better view out the front of my elderly Range Rover”
“the LCD for the odometer and the heater panel stay dimly lit”
“Its A-pillars look like strands of spaghetti, making for excellent situational awareness from the driver's seat.”
“occasionally lies about fault conditions”
“uses the same three high-pitched beep to alert you that you're getting close to the speed set”
“There are a lot of nice little bits of design like that.”
“If you want to see bad UI/UX, try a Range Rover.”
“had the fewest problems when I was putting around 3000 miles a month on it, all year round”
“If your Range Rover breaks down in a field because a sensor in the air suspension noticed a voltage variance”
“Nobody can operate it. Not even the mechanic who is currently looking into it, again.”
“Ridiculous size and completely unnecessary in rural areas”
“it does everything I need a car to do, and I have a full factory service manual for it and easy access to spares”
“Range Rovers try to maximize scope, often at the expense of scalability and reliability.”
“they're so unreliable that you have to have a second vehicle”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.