2015 Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR - Car and Driver (blog)
Very few vehicles can venture off-road, tackle the Nürburgring, and haul five passengers in luxurious comfort, but the Range Rover Sport Supercharged is one of them. A 510-hp supercharged 5. 0-liter V-8, eight-speed automatic, and adjustable four-wheel-drive system help it easily hustle down any road or trail. The SVR model ups horsepower to 550 and features a stiffer suspension for even better handling, while a leather-lined and feature-packed interior help it earn its Range Rover badging. First Drive Review – 2015 Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR The basics are all familiar, with many of the changes that make the SVR coming from software tuning rather than new hardware. That’s 40 more than the standard V-8–powered Range Rover Sport Supercharged, and it’s accompanied by 502 lb-ft of torque. The output is shuffled through the same eight-speed automatic gearbox of the regular Sport, but the programming is tweaked to deliver upshifts that are 50 percent quicker. The engine is basically the same as the one you’ll find in the Jaguar F-type R and exhales through a similarly aggressive, switchable sports exhaust system that, in the SVR’s Dynamic mode, is pretty much audible from space. Source: www.caranddriver.com
