The £177k Range Rover SVAutobiography Is Your New Favourite Luxury Land Yacht

If you had an inordinate amount of money and wanted a car to be driven in rather than pilot yourself, what would you buy? The cars of Rolls-Royce or Bentley might be tempting, and there’s always the Mercedes-Maybach. If it was us though, we’d strongly consider shirking the lot and getting the poshest Range Rover possible.

Lots of suspension travel to soak up the worst bumps of our crummy UK road network, a high seating position to let you lord it over all other motorists, and off-road ability that’s well-suited for a posho countryside excursion. It’s a compelling mix of abilities, and now there’s an even plusher Rangie to do all of it.

It’s called the SVAutobiography, available exclusively in long wheelbase form. As such, it has masses of room in the back, where you’ll find airline style ‘Executive Class’ seats. These offer 120cm of legroom, a 40-degree recline, a ‘hot stone massage function’ and - our favourite bit - heated calf and foot rests. Because we just can’t stand un-heated calf and foot rests.

The rear tables in the back are deployed electrically, and feature integrated 10-inch touchscreens. There’s also 4G WiFi connectivity, a fridge, buttons to close the doors (because you wouldn’t want to do anything strenuous like closing them yourself) and a lovely clock by Zenith.

Your driver will benefit from Jaguar Land Rover’s new Touch Pro Duo infotainment system - first seen in the Velar - which uses two 10-inch touchscreens. We haven’t seen the front part of the cabin yet, though - Land Rover has only released these two images of the vehicle.

The price for this JLR Special Vehicle Operations-finished slice of luxury is predictably high. The range starts with the 334bhp, £167,850 TDV8, with the 398bhp ‘P400e’ plug-in hybrid weighing in at £168,015. Or if you can stomach the fuel bills, the 557bhp supercharged 5.0-litre V8 is yours for £177,030.

It’ll make its public debut at the LA Auto Show.