Land Rover Rewrites the Book on Interior Luxury

Tata Motors Ltd.’s Land Rover unit has updated its Range Rover SVAutobiography SUV to include more passenger amenities and room.

The long-wheelbase model, which is built on the base Range Rover’s platform, provides 47 inches of rear legroom. The deep-foam rear seats can recline as much as 40° and include heated calf- and foot-rests along with a hot-stone massage function.

Other goodies include twin electrically deployable rear tables with integrated 10-inch touchscreens and 4G wi-fi connectivity. A refrigerator between the rear seats can hold two wine bottles or four 20-oz bottles.

The right-hand rear seat folds to accommodate long items. The center console extends the full length and includes a high-end Zenith clock inspired by the watchmaker's Elite 6150 timepiece.

Occupants can close the doors at the touch of a button. And an optional power veneer load-space floor is designed to make cargo handling easier.

Three powertrains are available, starting with a 4.4-liter V-8 diesel that generates 334 hp. The mid-range turbocharged 2.0-liter 4-cylinder unit is teamed with an electric motor in a plug-in hybrid variant that produces a combined 398 hp. The top-of-the-line model borrows the 557-hp supercharged 5.0-liter V-8 from Land Rover’s high-powered Range Rover SVR and SVAutobiography Dynamic.

The SVAutobiography will be hand-finished at Land Rover’s Special Vehicle Operations technical center in Warwickshire, England. Pricing in the U.K. starts at nearly £167,900 ($224,000).