Compare the2025 Land Rover Range RoverVS 2025 GMC Yukon XL

For enhanced safety, the front and second-row seat shoulder belts of the Land Rover Range Rover have pretensioners to tighten the seatbelts and eliminate dangerous slack in the event of a collision. The GMC Yukon XL doesn’t offer pretensioners for its second-row seat belts.

The Range Rover’s pre-crash front seatbelts will tighten automatically in the event the vehicle detects an impending crash, improving protection against injury significantly. The Yukon XL doesn’t offer pre-crash pretensioners.

To provide maximum traction and stability on all roads, All-Wheel Drive is standard on the Range Rover. But it costs extra on the Yukon XL.

For better protection of the passenger compartment, the Range Rover uses safety cell construction with a three-dimensional high-strength frame that surrounds the passenger compartment. It provides extra impact protection and a sturdy mounting location for door hardware and side impact beams. The Yukon XL uses a body-on-frame design, which has no frame members above the floor of the vehicle.

Both the Range Rover and the Yukon XL have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, side-impact head airbags, four-wheel antilock brakes, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, daytime running lights, lane departure warning systems, blind spot warning systems, around view monitors and rear cross-path warning.

The Range Rover comes with a full 4-year/50,000-mile basic warranty, which covers the entire truck and includes 24-hour roadside assistance. The Yukon XL’s 3-year/36,000-mile basic warranty expires 1 year or 14,000 miles sooner.

The Range Rover’s 6 year corrosion warranty has no mileage limitations, but the corrosion warranty on the Yukon XL runs out after 100,000 miles.

For smoother operation, better efficiency and fewer moving parts, the engines in the Range Rover have an overhead cam design, rather than the old pushrod design of some of the engines in the Yukon XL.

J.D. Power and Associates rated the Range Rover third among large premium suvs in their 2024 Initial Quality Study. The Yukon XL isn’t in the top three in its category.

The Range Rover has more powerful engines than the Yukon XL:

	Horsepower	Torque
Range Rover P400 3.0 turbo/supercharged 6-cylinder hybrid	395 HP	406 lbs.-ft.
Range Rover P530 4.4 turbo V8	523 HP	553 lbs.-ft.
Range Rover P550e 3.0 turbo/supercharged 6-cylinder hybrid	543 HP	406 lbs.-ft.
Range Rover SV 4.4 turbo V8	606 HP	553 lbs.-ft.
Yukon XL 5.3 V8	355 HP	383 lbs.-ft.
Yukon XL Denali 6.2 V8	420 HP	460 lbs.-ft.

On the EPA test cycle the Range Rover running on electricity gets better mileage than the Yukon XL:

			MPGe
Range Rover
	AWD	P550e Electric Motor	51 city/56 hwy
Yukon XL
			MPG
	RWD	5.3 OHV V8	15 city/20 hwy
		6.2 OHV V8	15 city/19 hwy
	AWD	5.3 OHV V8	14 city/19 hwy
		6.2 OHV V8	14 city/18 hwy

On the EPA test cycle the Range Rover running its gasoline engine gets better mileage than the Yukon XL:

			MPG
Range Rover
	AWD	P400 3.0 turbo/SC 6-cyl. Hybrid	19 city/24 hwy
		P550e 3.0 turbo/SC 6-cyl. Hybrid	21 city/22 hwy
		530 SWB 4.4 turbo V8	16 city/23 hwy
		4.4 turbo V8	16 city/22 hwy
		530 LWB 4.4 turbo V8	16 city/22 hwy
Yukon XL
	RWD	5.3 OHV V8	15 city/20 hwy
		6.2 OHV V8	15 city/19 hwy
	AWD	5.3 OHV V8	14 city/19 hwy
		6.2 OHV V8	14 city/18 hwy

The Range Rover P550e can travel with zero emissions for 53 miles. The Yukon XL can’t move without running its internal combustion engine.

Regenerative brakes improve the Range Rover’s fuel efficiency by converting inertia back into energy instead of wasting it. The Yukon XL doesn’t offer a regenerative braking system.

The Range Rover P440e has a standard locking fuel door with a power remote release convenient to the driver. The fuel filler door is not lockable on the Yukon XL. A locking fuel door helps prevent fuel theft and vandalism, such as sugar in the tank.

The Range Rover’s launch control uses engine electronics to hold engine RPM’s precisely in order to provide the most stable and rapid acceleration possible, using all of the available traction. The Yukon XL doesn’t offer launch control.

For better stopping power the Range Rover’s standard brake rotors are larger than those on the Yukon XL:

	Range Rover	Yukon XL
Front Rotors	14.9 inches	13.5 inches
Rear Rotors	13.9 inches	13.6 inches

The Range Rover’s standard tires provide better handling because they have a lower 50 series profile (height to width ratio) that provides a stiffer sidewall than the Yukon XL AT4’s standard 60 series tires.

For better ride, handling and brake cooling the Range Rover has standard 21-inch wheels. Smaller 20-inch wheels are standard on the Yukon XL AT4.

The Range Rover has standard front and rear stabilizer bars, which help keep the Range Rover flat and controlled during cornering. The Yukon XL’s suspension doesn’t offer a rear stabilizer bar.

The Range Rover offers active sway bars, which help keep it flat and controlled during cornering, but disconnect at lower speeds to smooth the ride and offer greater off-road suspension articulation. This helps keep the tires glued to the road on-road and off. The Yukon XL doesn’t offer an active sway bar system.

The front and rear suspension of the Range Rover uses air springs for a smoother, controlled ride than the Yukon XL, which uses coil springs. Air springs maintain proper ride height and ride more smoothly.

The Range Rover offers an available active suspension system, which counteracts cornering forces actively, limiting body roll and improving handling and stability. GMC doesn’t offer an active suspension on the Yukon XL.

The Range Rover’s drift compensation steering can automatically compensate for road conditions which would cause the vehicle to drift from side to side, helping the driver to keep the vehicle straight more easily. The Yukon XL doesn’t offer drift compensation steering.

For better maneuverability, the Range Rover SWB’s turning circle is 8.8 feet tighter than the Yukon XL Denali Ultimate w/24” wheels’ (35.9 feet vs. 44.7 feet).

For greater off-road capability the Range Rover has a 4.29 inches greater minimum ground clearance than the Yukon XL Denali Ultimate Air Ride (11.6 vs. 7.31 inches), allowing the Range Rover to travel over rougher terrain without being stopped or damaged. The Range Rover’s minimum ground clearance is 3.8 inches higher than on the Yukon XL AT4 (11.6 vs. 7.8 inches).

The Land Rover Range Rover may be more efficient, handle and accelerate better because it weighs about 100 to 500 pounds less than the GMC Yukon XL.

The Range Rover SWB is 2 feet, 2.3 inches shorter than the Yukon XL, making the Range Rover easier to handle, maneuver and park in tight spaces.

Unibody construction lowers the Range Rover’s center of gravity significantly without reducing ground clearance. This contributes to better on the road handling and better off-road performance and stability. In addition, unibody construction makes the chassis stiffer, improving handling and reducing squeaks and rattles. The Yukon XL doesn’t use unibody construction, but a body-on-frame design.

The Range Rover uses computer-generated active noise cancellation to help remove annoying noise and vibration from the passenger compartment, especially at low frequencies. The Yukon XL doesn’t offer active noise cancellation.

For enhanced passenger comfort on long trips the Range Rover’s middle and third row seats recline. The Yukon XL’s third row seats don’t recline.

Flexibility is maximized at the game, campground or a drive-in theatre in the Range Rover when its optional tailgating rear seats are deployed, allowing people to sit facing out of the tailgate. (Do not use while vehicle is in motion.) The Yukon XL doesn’t offer tailgating seats.

The Range Rover’s rear cargo window opens separately from the rest of the tailgate door to allow quicker loading of small packages. The Yukon XL’s rear cargo window doesn’t open.

The Range Rover’s standard towing capacity is much higher than the Yukon XL’s (7715 vs. 7500 pounds).

Unlike the driver-only memory system in the Yukon XL, the Range Rover has standard driver and passenger memory, so that when drivers switch, the memory setting adjusts the driver’s seat, steering wheel position and outside mirror angle and the front passenger seat also adjusts to the new passenger’s preset preferences.

The Range Rover’s front and rear power windows all open or close with one touch of the switches, making it more convenient at drive-up windows and toll booths, or when talking with someone outside of the car. The Yukon XL’s rear power window switches have to be held the entire time to close them fully.

If the windows are left open on the Range Rover the driver can close them all from a distance using the remote. On a hot day the driver can also lower the windows the same way. The driver of the Yukon XL can only close the windows from inside the vehicle, with the ignition on.

Heated windshield washer nozzles are optional on the Range Rover to prevent washer fluid and nozzles from freezing and help continue to keep the windshield clear in sub-freezing temperatures. The Yukon XL doesn’t offer heated windshield washer nozzles.

In poor weather, headlights can lose their effectiveness as grime builds up on their lenses. This can reduce visibility without the driver realizing. The Range Rover has standard headlight washers to keep headlight output high. The Yukon XL doesn’t offer headlight washers.

To help drivers see further while navigating curves, the Range Rover offers optional adaptive headlights to illuminate around corners automatically by reading vehicle speed and steering wheel angle. The Yukon XL doesn’t offer cornering lights.

To better shield the driver’s vision, the Range Rover has a standard driver’s side dual-element sun visor that can block glare from two directions simultaneously (Range Rover also offers optional passenger side dual sun visors). The Yukon XL doesn’t offer a secondary sun visor.

Manual rear side window sunshades are available in the Range Rover to help block heat and glare for the rear passengers. The Yukon XL doesn’t offer rear side window sunshades.

Standard air conditioned seats in the front and second seat rows keep the Range Rover’s passengers comfortable and take the sting out of hot leather in summer. The Yukon XL doesn’t offer air-conditioned seats for the second row.

Both the Range Rover and the Yukon XL offer available massaging front seats. The Range Rover also offers optional massaging second row seats in order to maximize comfort and eliminate fatigue on long trips. Massaging second row seats aren’t available in the Yukon XL.

J.D. Power and Associates rated the Range Rover first among large premium suvs in owner reported satisfaction. This includes how well the vehicle performs and satisfies its owner’s expectations. The Yukon XL was rated second in its category.