Range Rover Sport SV scores BMW V8 hit

RANGE ROVER has this week unveiled its Vary Rover Sport SV forward of the mannequin’s fourth quarter showroom debut.

The Sport ‘SV’ replaces the SVR within the Vary Rover Sport line-up, and in doing so does away with the supercharged Land Rover-sourced 5.0-litre V8 in favour of a twin-turbocharged BMW M5-sourced 4.4-litre unit.

In flagship Version One guise, the Sport SV will retail from $360,800 plus on-road prices, making it the most costly Sport but – and a cool $107K dearer than the ultimate version SVR.

Beneath the bonnet, the German-made S63-series V8 endows the Sport SV with a large 467kW and 750Nm. The unit drives all 4 wheels completely by way of an eight-speed computerized transmission, offering a claimed 0-100km/h time of three.8 seconds (-0.7 seconds) and a prime velocity of 290km/h (+7km/h). Not dangerous for a 2560kg behemoth…

Land Rover provides the Sport SV as normal with its new 6D Dynamics air suspension association, which does away with conventional anti-roll bars, a 25mm discount in trip peak, rear-wheel steering with torque vectoring by brake (TVBB), an energetic locking rear differential, short-ratio electrical steering rack and multi-mode exhaust.

Choices embody 23-inch carbon-fibre wheels – which lower 35.6kg from the automobile’s unsprung mass – and are shod with Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 tyres, and Brembo-sourced eight-piston carbon-ceramic brakes – which scale back unsprung mass by an extra 34.0kg.

Land Rover says the Sport SV can generate as much as 1.1G of lateral pressure on its all-season rubber.

The Sport SV is outwardly characterised by a brand new entrance bumper with bigger air intakes, remoulded aspect skirts, and quad-tipped carbon-fibre exhaust retailers. The bonnet can also be manufactured from carbon-fibre, which is additional discovered on the automobile’s grille body, bonnet and wing vents, and the Vary Rover’s badges.

In fact, the cabin of the Sport SV isn’t with out its personal sense of event. The entrance seats have built-in transducers to vibrate in time with the music being performed via the 29-speaker / 1430-watt Meridian Signature sound system.

The seats could also be upholstered in Ultrafabrics artificial suede, becoming a member of different cool touches like see-through shift paddles, a black ceramic gear shift knob, and a flourish of carbon-fibre garnishing.

“(The) new Vary Rover Sport SV exemplifies Vary Rover’s philosophy, not simply as a daring evolution past its Vary Rover Sport SVR predecessor, but additionally within the personalised method we’re taking with our most discerning purchasers,” mentioned Vary Rover managing director, Geraldine Ingham.

For the primary 12 months of manufacturing, the Sport SV might be provided in an Version One trim the model will supply solely to “choose purchasers to order by invitation”.

The 2024 Land Rover Vary Rover Sport SV joins an up to date Vary Rover Sport line-up which is likewise anticipated in native showrooms in direction of the top of the 12 months. All ‘common’ variants will supply petrol- or diesel-electric hybrid drivelines with pricing as detailed under.

Highlights of the up to date line-up embody new infotainment software program, up to date voice recognition know-how, and a Nation Street Help function which makes use of satellite tv for pc navigation knowledge to mechanically modify the automobile’s velocity on winding roads.

2024 Land Rover Vary Rover Sport pricing*:

*Pricing excludes on-road prices. ^Pricing over outgoing P400 variant. ~Pricing over outgoing SVR variant.