2016 Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR: First Drive - Yahoo Autos (blog)

Ford a river. There’s only one vehicle on the market that can probably handle all of that and not end up in a heap and it’s the new 2015 Range Rover Sport SVR. The Range Rover Sport SVR gets 550 horsepower and 502 ft lb out of its supercharged 5. 0-liter V-8 engine, and its mated to the same eight-speed transmission used in the standard Range Rover Sport. It also does 0-60 in 4. 5 seconds and has a top speed of 162 mph—and it still handles off-road work like a boss. We did something no one who buys this car will ever do at the track at Monticello in New York: We took it through a muddy, rocky, slippery off road trail, hosed off its underbelly, and then took it on the track ten minutes later. The Range Rover Sport is a mid-sized SUV that Land Rover launched back in 2013. This is the second iteration of the five-seater that debuted in 2014. The base Sport starts out at around $63,000. In typical Range Rover fashion, the baseline sport... The Range Rover Sport SVR gets all of the off-road gadgets and more. The suspension is fully independent and double-isolated, complete with air-suspension that helps raise and lower the car based on the drive mode selected. The Range Rover Sport SVR has adaptive dampers which work in conjunction with the. Source: www.yahoo.com