Jaguar Land Rover doesn’t usually rush when it comes to its crown jewel, but even by Range Rover standards, this one’s been a long time coming. Four years after the fifth-generation L460 Range Rover arrived for 2022, the luxury SUV is finally lining up for its first proper facelift—and if JLR sticks to plan, it won’t arrive alone.
The update is expected to debut alongside the long-delayed all-electric Range Rover, a pairing that would mark the brand’s first entirely new model since 2022 and the most important visual refresh of its flagship in nearly half a decade.
And make no mistake: this thing matters. The Range Rover remains one of JLR’s commercial cornerstones, part of a three-model holy trinity—along with the Defender and Range Rover Sport—that accounted for a staggering 74 percent of the company’s global sales in 2025. When this truck sneezes, JLR’s balance sheet catches a cold.
A Subtle but Significant New Face
While the L460 has received incremental yearly updates—most recently with efficiency tweaks to its hybrid powertrains—it’s somehow avoided the kind of visual refresh most automakers roll out after two or three years. That streak is now over.
Spy photographers have caught a heavily disguised prototype testing near the Arctic Circle, and even through the winter camouflage, the changes are obvious. The front end gets a new headlight signature, a reshaped grille, and a revised bumper with larger air intakes, giving the already imposing Range Rover a slightly sharper, more technical look.
The rear, however, appears mostly unchanged, which tracks with JLR’s usual conservative approach to mid-cycle updates. You won’t confuse this for a new generation—but you also won’t mistake it for a carryover.
Inside, it’s another story. The entire cabin of the test vehicle was covered, strongly suggesting that JLR is planning a more meaningful interior update. Expect fresh materials, revised tech, and possibly a reworked digital interface to keep pace with increasingly tech-forward luxury rivals.
Same Muscle, Same Options
Don’t expect a powertrain shake-up. This is a facelift, not a reinvention.
The updated Range Rover will continue with its existing lineup of mild-hybrid and plug-in hybrid gasoline and diesel engines. At the top of the food chain, the 4.4-liter twin-turbo V-8 remains, delivering up to 607 horsepower in SV trim—proof that even as the brand looks toward electrification, it’s not ready to give up on brute force just yet.
JLR, in its usual corporate fashion, has declined to comment on future products. But the evidence is sitting on frozen pavement in the Arctic.
One Face, Two Powertrains
Here’s where things get interesting.
JLR has previously said that the Range Rover EV would look essentially identical to its combustion-powered sibling, and that means this facelift will apply to both. In other words, the updated design language you’re seeing on those icy test mules is also what you should expect on the electric Range Rover.
Both versions—the refreshed ICE model and the fully electric EV—are now expected to debut together later this year, giving JLR a powerful one-two punch: a revitalized flagship and a zero-emissions halo car under the same familiar, ultra-luxury silhouette.
The timing, however, comes with an asterisk. Autocar previously reported that the Range Rover EV has been delayed until late 2026 at the earliest, with JLR citing the need for additional testing. That suggests today’s unveiling will be more of a reveal than a showroom rollout, with the electric model still a long way from customers’ driveways.
Still, in a luxury SUV market that’s shifting rapidly toward electrification, the message is clear: the Range Rover isn’t just getting a new face—it’s preparing for a new future.
Source: JLR
