2004 Range Rover Model Year Details

Overview
Powertrain
Chassis & Suspension
Exterior
Interior
Options
Special Editions
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Photo: John's
2004
Maya Gold Range Rover
Overview
All Range Rovers were designated "HSE" except the special edition
Westminster LE introduced this model year. The optional heated
accessory package was carried over from 2003, and a new Luxury Interior
Package option was introduced (See "Options"
below), which added a 14-way adjustable driver's seat and more leather
trim.
The MSRP was increased to $71,585, $385 over the
2003 model plus $665 for destination. The price included Roadside
Assistance and complimentary scheduled maintenance during the
4-year/50,000 miles warranty period. In mid-2004, an even more generous
"VIP package" was added to UK Range Rovers providing five years or
75,000 miles of free maintenance and roadside assistance. .
Powertrain
No major changes from 2003. Top speed now governor-limited to
122 mph compared with the claimed 130 mph top speed of the 2003
model.
Chassis & Suspension
No changes from 2003.
Exterior
Two additional
exterior colors were added in 2004 - Alveston Red and Maya Gold. Maya
Gold (see photo above) replaced the lighter White Gold or "champagne"
color. This brought total exterior choices to eight. (The existing
standard colors
were Java Black,
Giverny Green, Zambezi Silver, Chawton White, Adriatic Blue and Epsom
Green).
The Xenon headlamps, optional in 2003, became standard equipment in
2004.
Interior
New for 2004 was a Luxury Interior Package (see below) which added
special contoured seats with 14-way adjustment, and extended leather
trim on the seats, door pulls, grab
handles, center console lid and on upper dashboard -- over and above
the previously available heated accessories package.
Official press photo of
optional 2004 interior (Rest of World model with kph speedometer)
showing leather steering wheel and dash trim
Two wood trims continued to be available
as part of the 2004 model
year. American Cherry or Burled Walnut could be ordered with any of the
five interior leather/piping color combinations.
Options
Carried over from 2003 was the Heated Accessories Package, which
included:
- Dual level heated front and rear seats
- Heated multi-functional leather steering wheel
- Integrated ski bag
New for 2004 was the Luxury Interior Package, which included:
- Contour Seats (14-way adjustment for driver with memory)
- Extended leather on full seat [excluding piping], door pulls,
grab handles, center console lid and on upper dashboard
- Dual level heated front and rear seats
- Heated multi-functional leather steering wheel
- Integrated ski bag in rear center armrest
Basically this was the $1,300 heated accessories package plus the
14-way seat and the additional leather trim. The
MSRP for the new Luxury Interior package was $5000.
Special Editions
In the US market,
the limited "Westminster" edition was
introduced. It cost approx $84,000 (including destination
charges) and was the first 2004 Range Rover shown to the public (at the
NY Auto Show). Land Rover produced 300 of the vehicles.
Pictures at
right: 2004 Range Rover Westminster Edition, official press photos
The 2004 Range Rover Westminsters all have Java Black exterior
paint. The model has the same black "grand ebony" (jet "piano"
black -- "similar to that
seen on the finest grand pianos") wood that was first seen on
the 2002 Westminster Edition of the previous P38 Range Rover. Jet Black
leather interiors with more leather covered surfaces, deep cut
pile carpeting, and the deep pile leather Contour seats from
last year's Oxford Edition
(see official press photo at right).
The only features in the
interior not in Jet Black were the ivory headliner and grab
handles.
The
Westminster also introduced Rain Sensor windshield wipers that
activate
automatically when water is detected, and an integrated cargo area
luggage net. They all had the seven spoke 20" Alloy Wheels (vs.
the standard six spoke 19" wheels). The Westminster has a silver
rectangle "Westminster" badge on the back where other models had the
"HSE" logo.
Autobiography Edition
The Autobiography Edition was not sold in the U.S. but went on
sale in the UK on Saturday November 8, 2003. The 2004
Autobiography was based on the Range Rover V8 Vogue (similar to the NAS
HSE model). The Autobiography Edition comes with the same black
"grand ebony" (jet "piano" black) wood as the NAS Westminster Edition
(above) and black Jet leather interior, 20 inch alloy wheels and a
Logic 7 sound system with 14 speakers and sub-woofer, especially tuned
to match the Range Rover's internal acoustic characteristics.
Available in either Java Black or Zambesi Silver, the Range Rover
Autobiography Edition was priced from £65,995, rising to
£69,995 for the Autobiography Edition DVD, which comes with twin
eight-inch DVD screens mounted in the rear of the front seats, though
when parked, an in-dash screen may also be activated, giving
three-screen viewing. Land Rover reported that one hundred and twenty
five (125) of the 2004 Autobiography Editions were sold.
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