turner's torque The Passenger Experience, Expensive Motors & Sneak Peeks
Welcome to November, the time of year when most normal and sensible folk have cleaned and packed away their camping gear ready for next spring. Not us, no, we just grab an extra blanket, head torch and a few more logs for the fire pit. In this month’s issue you’ll be able to check out my photos and thoughts on my day out with the up and coming Ineos Grenadier. Calm down, no one other than Ineos' drivers are allowed to drive it, yet, but I did get to be an up and close passenger seat driver. As you can see from the cover pic, I also spent a few days with the Bentley Bentayga V8, now that was a surreal experience, and you can read all about it later in the mag. As you have probably seen by now, another vehicle that’s caused quite a stir is the 5th generation Range Rover. The official world premier was supposed to be on the 26th October, but photos were ‘leaked’ online the week before. The thing is, apart from the P38, I’ve always considered the Range Rover to be the best looking SUV - ever. The L322 Rangie is a modern classic, and I remember wondering how, and if it could ever be bettered. Well they achieved it with the L405, which in my opinion is such a beautiful design. I said a while back, to anyone who would listen, that I wouldn’t want to be on the design team tasked with the impossible job of designing the 5th generation Range Rover, as I believe you can only go so far with a design. Nine years on, and the L405 still looks clean and fresh, but needs must I suppose, time stops for no one. With my philosophy being ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’, I suspect my career in design would be a non-starter! So have they cracked it? Hmmm... it’s certainly sleeker, but I’m not sure about those rear lights.
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