Ok guys so looking at the l405 autobiography which years and changes are good and bad, so far I've heard the early builds have a slow and glitchy interface especially on start up when you want heated seats and temp changes etc etc,
My questions,
is the 825 watt standard in autobiography ?
Soft closure doors ?
Adaptive cruise ?
Adaptive headlights ?
High beam assist ?
Speed limiter ?
Heated and cooled seats+ rears ?
Massage seats + rears ?
What years did cirus interior come in ?
Any help appreciated guys thanks in advance Berty 👍🏻

Based on the 2012 and 2015 brochures ABs up to 2015 have all of these items except rear massage seats and speed limiter. Cirrus has been available from the start. Only Range Rovers since 1988

Adaptive headlights are an option on Autobiography and continue to be so.

Sorry, my mistake re adaptive lights: the 2012 brochure shows them as standard whereas the 2015 one shows them as an option. Only Range Rovers since 1988

Berty wrote:

Ok guys so looking at the l405 autobiography which years and changes are good and bad, so far I've heard the early builds have a slow and glitchy interface especially on start up when you want heated seats and temp changes etc etc,
My questions,
is the 825 watt standard in autobiography ? yes
Soft closure doors ? Yes
Adaptive cruise ? Yes
Adaptive headlights ? Yes
High beam assist ? Yes
Speed limiter ? Yes
Heated and cooled seats+ rears ? Yes. Manual control not with heater controls.
Massage seats + rears ? Front only
What years did cirus interior come in ? Not sure
Any help appreciated guys thanks in advance Berty 👍🏻

I've got all of the below:

is the 825 watt standard in autobiography ?
Soft closure doors ?
Adaptive cruise ?
Adaptive headlights ?
High beam assist ?
Speed limiter ?
Heated and cooled seats+ rears ?

All pretty good, but the cruise or the high beam assist gets any tops vote!! all smug in my new plug!

2021 Westminster Black D300
2013 Vogue SE - gone
Some Porsche Cayenne guff pretending to be a 4x4!!
2006 Vogue
2004 Vogue
2001 Vogue

What year build is your car buddy ? And does anyone know if a l405 autobigraphy in the first build year would have these, and also the difference in the interface system, I've heard people say the early ones were slow and glitchy, did they change the system on later builds? Or did a soft wear update solve it ? Thanks Berty 👍🏻

It's a march 2013. I would not describe the sat nav as glitchy and mine doesn't have any unnecessary delays. . No worse than any other JLR I have used of this version. It's just not very good in general and not in keeping with other cars of this age and price ticket. Looks like the 2017s have now fixed this.

There are a number of autobiographies around with 2013 plates and if you can find the right one I think it's worth the hunt. Other big issue for me on spec not mentioned so far is the panaramic sunroof. STD on ABs in 2013. 2013 L405 AB 4.4SDV8 Luxor/Ivory, 2007 Vogue TDV8 Epson Green/Sand, 2008 Vogue TDV8 Buckingham Blue/Sand, 2003 Vogue 4.4 LPG Epsom Green/Sage, 1998 Vogue SE 4.6 LPG Epsom Green/Cream

Hi, I've had a 2013 AB and a 2014 and 2015 VSE and have noticed that they do get a little bit better each year. The 2013 AB was a fab car though, so if that's the one in your budget I'm sure it'll be great and if you buy froma LR Dealer it'll have peace of mind for the next two years.

Model year 15.5 was in my view a significant improvement as it brought in several nice touches like automatic access mode, changes to the seats that meant the front two will automatically go forward to save being snagged when you drop the rears and then reverse that when you raise again and of course the Incontrol features which inculdes a tracker as standard which dropped my insurance premium.