► We live with the Range Rover Sport
► Hidden door handles make access tricky
► Read month 1 here
The door handles on our Range Rover Sport sit flush to the door. In daylight, fine: they glide out if you press the key fob or a button on the handle itself. But the button is at the opposite end to where you’d put your thumb on a normal handle, plus you still need to pull the handle, adding an extra step to door opening.
In rural darkness it’s a struggle to see or feel them, so I tend to use the fob, which rather undoes the benefit of keyless entry.
They should deploy and/or illuminate on approach.
Handles are hidden in the interior trim too. Easy when you know how, but two friends got stuck back there on a night out. Thankfully they knew each other well. But not ideal in a worst-case scenario…
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Logbook: Range Rover Sport D300 SE
Price: £83,620 (£94,785 as tested)
Performance: 2997cc turbodiesel six-cylinder, 296bhp, 6.6sec 0-62mph, 135mph
Efficiency: 36.9mpg (official), 31.1mpg (tested), 200g/km CO2
Fuel cost: 23.0p per mile
Miles this month: 1296
Total miles: 20,872