The new Range Rover Sport SVR, the fastest and most powerful Land Rover in the company’s history, is set to go on sale in February 2015.
Read our full review of the Range Rover Sport SVR here
The £93,450 model draws power from a 542bhp supercharged 5.0-litre V8, which helps to propel the SVR from 0-60mph in just 4.5sec and reach a top speed limited to 162mph. This, and tweaks to the suspension and gearbox, has helped the SVR to set a new lap record for SUVs at the Nürburgring, with a lap of 8min 14sec.
The SVR is the work of Jaguar Land Rover’s Special Operations unit, which is headed by former Land Rover boss John Edwards.
It is the latest in an increasing number of SUVs with supercar-baiting levels of power and performance, its rivals including the likes of the Porsche Cayenne Turbo S, Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG and the BMW X5 and X6 M.
The SVR’s supercharged V8 engine is also found in some of Jaguar’s most potent models, including the F-type R coupé and XFR-S saloon.
The 5000cc all-aluminium unit produces 502lb ft of torque. Despite the power and torque increases over its 503bhp application in the Range Rover Sport Supercharged, economy and CO2 emissions remain unchanged at 22.1mpg and 299g/km respectively over the less powerful model.
Drive is sent to all four wheels through a revised ZF-supplied eight-speed automatic transmission, which can be controlled by steering wheel-mounted paddle shifters or the gear selector.
The torque converter is tuned for 50 per cent quicker shifts, which Land Rover claims are “shorter, more visceral and audibly crisper” than in the gearbox’s standard application. Gearbox functions include the blipping of the throttle in high-speed downshifts.
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Winston Churchill
Just waiting.....
michael knight
Where's the hybrid RR?
sensitive much?
More power = always good. What would really impress me is if one of these OEMs (Porsche or RR) who are dabbling with hybrid systems, used the hybrid elec/petrol/diesel powertrain to make a sports SUV with eco-credentials. Imgaine the 918 powertrain tuned for torque in the Cayenne?
Chris576
Judgement?
If you don't want people to think you are very very stupid and a bit of an arsehole, don't buy a ridiculously overpriced, ridiculously unfunctional, ridiculously overconsuming car known only for being the favourite school run transport of morons who make the roads unnecessarily dangerous for the rest of us.
Winston Churchill
Chris576 wrote:Winston
Bing! Here he is! It's you, Chris576! There's no end to the resentment and totally flawed logic here!
Overdrive
The RR SVR
jer
Disgusting
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@jer
Yes, me two Jer, I have always said, what I really always needed was a racing car 'crackle' on the overrun whilst wading in 850mm of water.
Now my life will be complete and I can impress all my friends with this new trick!
James Dene
Physics and the Countryside
Ski Kid
Looks a fine piece of kit to me
soldi
Vulgar & disgusting
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