1998 Land Rover Range Rover review from North America

Not a whole lot! the original owner took great care of it. The original owner has had no problems with it.

The only problems I've had are the Water pump and a Windshield wiper relay.

Other than that just regular maintenance.

This vehicle is a pleasure to own. To minimize problems, the original owner had the air suspension replaced with standard gas shocks. The ride isn't as smooth, but it's much more durable and not something to worry about breaking.

The power isn't great, but it's enough. It's fairly quick with the smaller engine, but it won't set any land speed records. It sounds great as well, especially when you really romp on it. I won't even mention gas mileage, because, well, it's a big SUV. The brake feel is incredibly intuitive, there is little pedal travel before the brakes catch, but it's not jerky or too touchy and I can feel exactly what's going to happen as well as when. For such a large SUV it sure handles well.

One thing that really does not impress me is materials quality. For the most part, the only soft surface other than the cloth headliner and lower door trim is the dashboard, which is the same that is used in BMWs for most of their surfaces. The door panels on my RR for example, are crafted of hard plastic with no real soft surface to rest your arm on. This low quality seems to pass throughout the whole cabin. However, since it was such a good deal I figured it was something I could deal with. There's not much to complain about for $8000 and low mileage, in prestine condition.

The outside is deep forest green which still sparkles like new and the sport rims look great. I love the solid whump sound the doors make when they're closed. It seems to be built very well, just with not the highest quality parts for it's $52,000 sticker price. The creme color interior still looks as good as new with no blemishes. I enjoy the stock sound system quite a bit actually, plenty of power and comes through clear as a bell.

I bought it as something nice to drive the family around in, and it certainly hasn't failed us there. It's been off road quite a few times and it does well there, as it should. Seems to crawl through whatever Hell I can throw at it.

Overall it's a great vehicle which I hope I can keep for many many years!