Range Rover has confirmed a fifth model line, the Range Rover GT, an electric grand tourer due on the road in 2027. For buyers, the pitch is unusual: a lower, sleeker Range Rover that promises long-distance comfort while keeping some of the brand’s all-terrain brief. For JLR, the awkward bit is obvious. Jaguar, its sibling brand, is also preparing an electric luxury grand tourer for 2027.
The company has shown only camouflaged prototypes and interior images so far. Range Rover has not disclosed pricing, battery range, output, or a firm sales launch date. A fuller reveal is expected later this year, according to the company.
The GT will be built on JLR’s Electrified Modular Architecture, known as EMA, at the Halewood plant in the UK. That platform is intended for midsize models across the group. Range Rover says the GT will arrive first as a battery-electric vehicle, with hybrid versions to follow later in the car’s life cycle.
What Range Rover has actually shown
The prototype photos point to a car with coupe-like proportions rather than the upright SUV shape Range Rover is known for. That is the part likely to cause brand-management headaches inside JLR, formerly Jaguar Land Rover, because Jaguar’s coming Type 01 is also described as an electric four-door luxury GT.
Martin Limpert, Range Rover’s global managing director, said in a company statement that the GT is meant to bring the brand’s refinement and off-road capability into the grand-touring category. He described it as the most car-like Range Rover yet, while saying it remains a Range Rover in its ability to handle terrain beyond paved roads.
JLR’s cabin images show a minimalist interior with generous rear legroom, a panoramic roof, a small driver display, and a larger central touchscreen. The dashboard appears to hide a full-width air vent, and the speakers are covered by the same textile used across the dash. Range Rover appears to have kept most controls on screens, including climate functions, rather than returning to dedicated physical buttons and switches. That choice will delight nobody who has tried to change temperature settings on a bumpy road.
The platform split inside JLR
The EMA platform under the Range Rover GT will also support future JLR midsize vehicles, including replacements for the Evoque EV and Land Rover Discovery Sport, an electric successor to the Range Rover Velar, and a smaller Defender model referenced as the “Baby Defender.”
The larger Range Rover Electric will use a different JLR architecture, Modular Longitudinal Architecture, or MLA, and will be built in Solihull in the UK. Jaguar’s Type 01 also sits on MLA. The distinction matters because JLR is separating the Range Rover GT from Jaguar’s relaunch car under the skin, even while both occupy the same broad luxury EV touring space.
A Range Rover spokesperson said the two brands are selling different propositions: Jaguar Type 01 is an electric four-door luxury GT, while the Range Rover GT is the first EMA-based model and keeps Range Rover’s all-terrain capability.
That is the corporate line. The market will get the less polished version when prices, specs, and range arrive. If the Range Rover GT lands near the Jaguar Type 01 on price, JLR will be asking wealthy EV buyers to choose between two four-door luxury grand tourers from the same parent company, differentiated by platform, badge, and the promise that one can get muddier.
This story draws on original reporting from WIRED.
