Thoughts on nearly new Range Rover v Range Rover Sport

[SteveM46]

Folks

I haven't been on here a while, so forgive me if this is a well worn topic and I would be happy to be pointed at an older thread although I haven't spotted anything in the last couple of pages.

Having had four happy years with a Range Rover Sport before rashly moving to an E350 Estate, I'm finally getting to the point where I can jump back to an RRS. However, I'm realising that for similar money I could actually get to a similar age Range Rover Vogue, give or take (I'm thinking £40-£45k tops).

Having got the hang of RRS running costs, will I find the jump to a RR still a big leap, or does maintenance come in much higher?

Any general thoughts on the differences? I'm more interested in comfort than sport, and I've got three dogs!

Edited by SteveM46 on Thursday 1st August 15:44

[SteveM46]

Thanks everyone, sensible thoughts. I haven't tried an RR yet so I should do that, but much as I loved the RRS it always felt quite cozy inside without much storage space up front and a boot that was noticeably smaller than my wife has in her Picasso!

FredBrown, good point about the infotainment system so I will look into that. On both my last RRS and the E350 I've got now I've pretty much abandoned using the sat nav as it was/is very poor compared with Google. Trouble is, I end up propping my phone up in front of the infotainment screen with a lead hanging out of it which sort of misses the point (one of the points) of having a luxury car.

I don't suppose you know if the latest infotainment system supports Apple's CarPlay system? I haven't used it, but I presume this would give me what I want...

[SteveM46]

swisstoni said:

No experience of the later infotainment versions unf. The original was certainly not great.
I wouldn’t get too excited about the boot of the RR either.

Thanks, expectations set!

[SteveM46]

swisstoni said:

Cavernous with one or more seats down, mind, but not huge with all seats available.

Is that seven seats available? Or five? I'm not interested in seven seats, and the dogs travel in a basket.

Here's a question for you - is the footwell across the back seats of the RR completely flat like the RRS's used to be? Or is there an axle in the way? I used to find that flat area in front of the back seats really useful for loading/carrying stuff (like a folded dog crate) when you could just slide it in one door and right across the width of the car.