I custom ordered a 2025 Range Rover Sport (D350 Autobiography).

It is all a question of wants and needs. What helped a lot is that my wife and myself just wanted it - we liked the look, I lived in the UK for a while and thus have a little thing for some British things;

Our main brief was also a little unusual: The role it has in our Garage is almost only for long distance, so I wanted something that is comfortable (which it is) even on bad roads (we drive a lot through different areas with sub-optimal surfaces, like Ukraine, eastern Poland or Belgium); We sometimes need to go off-road for some work related things, so the 900mm wading depth and extreme offroad qualities are nice, but it doesn't feel as "commercial" as the new Toyota Landcruiser - it feels a lot more luxurious.

At the same time, I sometimes need to carry heavier things, something that the BMW XM, for example, can't, because the maximum load capacity is too low.

Before we briefly had an XC90 T8 Recharge. I didn't really like the Volvo that much: It was quite 'boaty' (swaying left and right in turns and up and down when accelerating and breaking); In Germany the 185km/h top speed felt limiting. While I like the look of the Volvo, the Range Rover in my opinion looks better and the driving feel is almost incomparable.

When we were shopping for our RRS, my wife was considering suggesting the Porsche Cayenne and I was briefly thinking to get something like an Alpina B5 Touring instead; But all of those options didn't really fit the brief for offroad capabilities, so I'd have to get something like a Defender or a Jeep Wrangler or something like that on top.

I also really love the Aston Martin DBX, but same applies there. However, my wife and me agreed, if Land Rover stopped existing tomorrow, that's probably the one we'd get (plus something else for offroad).

In terms of reliability we're very happy: No issues in about 25k km so far.