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The vented disc brakes are big and bomb-proof.

The long-travel suspension uses all the acquired knowledge of Land Rover engineers, and delivers a firm and stable ride in all conditions, while providing superlative cornering for an SUV that's 68.5 inches high. Also Terrain Response, with four settings for different driving conditions: pavement gravel, grass and snow mud and ruts or sand. ABS, EBD, EBA, DSC, ARM, CBC, HDC, GRC (they're all explained below each could save your life, or at the least keep the vehicle under control far better than any human). The list of electronic safeguards goes on and on. The body structure is second to none in its rigidity and safety, with liberal use of ultra-high-strength steel in the door beams and other places. The styling is clean and handsome, and the interior roomy, with leather seating surfaces, wood trim, a panoramic sunroof, fold-flat rear seats, quality sound system and all the power stuff as standard equipment.

It costs about $8,000 less than the next Land Rover up the scale, the LR3, and has a more powerful and smoother engine: an all-new, high-tech, inline six-cylinder built by Volvo, mated to a sophisticated six-speed automatic transmission. Think of it as a baby Range Rover Sport, for at least 20 grand less.

It offers more content than they have reason to expect, compared to what's out there. If the Land Rover LR2 doesn't knock the socks off of shoppers for an SUV of this size and price, nothing will.