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The fifth-generation Range Rover was chosen by a panel of expert jurors, including design leaders from Polestar, Lamborghini, Volvo, and Lucid, for its reductive design and the way it combines a modern luxury aesthetic with an iconic form that links the new vehicle to its unrivalled 50-year lineage. The fifth-generation Range Rover was the clear winner among the shortlisted vehicles, all of which were launched between April 2021 and September 2022.
“Range Rover is the original luxury SUV and a vehicle of peerless distinction,” said Prof Gerry McGovern OBE, Chief Creative Officer, Jaguar Land Rover. The exceptional form of the New Range Rover embodies modern luxury, and its elegant proportions and optimised volumes are hallmarks of our Reductive Design philosophy. This approach was first introduced with the Velar in 2017 and has since spread throughout the Range Rover family.”
With seamless laser-welded roof joints, flush glazing, and innovative hidden waist finishers where the door panels meet the window glass, the new Range Rover is clean and elegant. The floating roof graphic is an important part of the Range Rover DNA, and the split tailgate features hidden shut lines that communicate a new level of precision.
According to judge SangYup Lee, Senior Vice President and Head of Hyundai Global Design Centre, the New Range Rover is built on a new flexible mixed-metal Modular Longitudinal Architecture (MLA) with a range of powertrains and a drag coefficient of just 0.30, the lowest of any luxury SUV.
New Range Rover was also praised by fellow judge Maximilian Missoni, Head of Design at Polestar, who said:
“For someone who knows what a challenge maintaining purity throughout the process can be, this car and its creators have my full respect.”
The Range Rover SV and Defender teams were also recognised in the Car Design News People Awards, where they were jointly presented with the accolade of Best CMF Team. The Colour, Materials and Finish teams claimed the award for the innovative use of materials and colour to create strong, clear aesthetics that unify the exterior and interior designs of their vehicles.
Further recognition came as Jaguar Land Rover designer Ken (Yujian) Gan received the Undiscovered Talent Award for his exceptional work. Gan, a Master’s graduate in Automotive and Transport Design from Coventry University, claimed the title ahead of four other exciting young designers.
The multiple award-winning New Range Rover is priced from R2,966,600 in South Africa
