- New GT the first model built on new EMA platform.
- BEV first, but hybrid versions will follow.
- Claimed to be most 'car-like' Range Rover ever.
Land Rover has provided a first look at the forthcoming Range Rover GT, a pure-electric coupe-style SUV that will rival the likes of the Porsche Macan and Audi SQ6 e-tron.
The company describes it as a standalone model and the "fifth member" of the Range Rover family. It's the first electric vehicle to be built on the new EMA platform, making it distinct from the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport Electric models. It's also different to the forthcoming Jaguar Type 01 architecture, which is known as JEA.
GT is essentially the replacement for the style-led Velar, so standing apart from the rest of the lineup is right on brand: Velar was conceived as a more road-oriented machine, based on the underpinnings of the Jaguar F-Pace.
Range Rover GT will be manufactured in Halewood, UK alongside ICE and hybrid models. It will be launched as a battery electric vehicle (BEV, or pure electric) initially, with flexibility planned for future vehicles through a full hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) option later in the lifecycle. The EMA platform is designed to accommodate both.
EMA's BEV/HEV flexibility will be employed for other new Jaguar Land Rover models in the future, likely to include a smaller Land Rover Defender, and new Discovery Sport and Range Rover Evoque models.
Range Rover's reveal of the GT is restricted to the interior only, the exterior still stacked with camoflauge. The company describes the cabin as "a warm, reductive space, inspired by contemporary interior design. Crafted for calm, with hidden technologies, sophisticated, tactile new materials and class-leading second row legroom".
The dashboard features a new single-screen design paired with a driver display, in place of a traditional instrument cluster. A concealed air vent runs across the width of the cabin, providing a horizontal graphic – a Range Rover signature design cue.
The woven textile wrap is designed to hide speakers within its form, part of a focus on "reduced visual and acoustic noise and natural conversational access to more vehicle functions than ever before."
While the company is yet to reveal the exterior in full, it's clear from the interior pictures that the GT will have a steeply sloping rear roofline.
“The Range Rover GT will redefine the grand-touring segment with the ability to deliver beautiful and engaging GT poise, proportions and long-distance refinement while offering capabilities no conventional GT can match," says Martin Limpert, Range Rover managing director.
"The result is the most car-like, yet unmistakably capable, Range Rover ever created, now possible on our electrified EMA architecture – complementing our existing powertrain portfolio to deliver a complete set of options for every customer need."
Prototype vehicles are undertaking on-road testing now. Range Rover says the bespoke camouflage wrap is inspired by the landscape surrounding its Gaydon headquarters in the UK, using local topographic contours as the basis for a flowing gold pattern.
Range Rover says further technical details will be shared later in the year, but expect it to share much of the Range Rover Electric's battery and e-motor technology.
The Range Rover GT is slated for a New Zealand launch in mid-2027.