Range Rover Sport SVR vs. its rivals

Jaguar Land Rover’s recently-created Special Vehicle Operations division has unveiled the Range Rover Sport SVR, its first production model.

With a 5.0 litre supercharged V8 engine, a two-stage active exhaust and upgraded height-adjustable air suspension, the new arrival has been engineered with high performance as a key objective. An impressively quick Nürburgring Nordschleife lap time of 8 minutes 14 seconds is evidence that that aim seems to have been achieved.

Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR (2015) Side
2015 Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR.
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However, off-road ability hasn’t been sacrificed in the process. The Range Rover Sport SVR retains permanent four-wheel drive, a locking centre differential and Land Rover’s Terrain Response system. Furthermore, it has a maximum wade depth of 850 mm (33.5”), wheel travel is claimed to be class-leading and a locking rear axle diff is on the options list.

Such a blend of talents is going to be important, because there are plenty of fast luxury SUVs already available including the BMW X5 xDrive50i M Sport, Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT, Mercedes-Benz ML 63 AMG and Porsche Cayenne Turbo.

Comparing the main stats for those four rivals against the Range Rover Sport SVR shows that all are fairly evenly matched, but their prices do vary considerably:

Model Price
Land Rover £93,450 (US: $111,400 including destination)
BMW £64,270
Jeep £60,720
Mercedes-Benz £86,995
Porsche £92,628
Powertrain Engine Transmission
Land Rover 5.0 litre V8 supercharged petrol 8-speed automatic
BMW 4.4 litre V8 twin-turbo petrol 8-speed automatic
Jeep 6.4 litre V8 petrol 8-speed automatic
Mercedes-Benz 5.5 litre V8 twin-turbo petrol 7-speed automatic
Porsche 4.8 litre V8 twin-turbo petrol 8-speed automatic
Output Power Torque
Land Rover 542 bhp (405 kW / 550 PS) 680 Nm (502 lb/ft)
BMW 443 bhp (330 kW / 450 PS) 650 Nm (479 lb/ft)
Jeep 461 bhp (344 kW / 467 PS) 624 Nm (460 lb/ft)
Mercedes-Benz 517 bhp (386 kW / 525 PS) 700 Nm (516 lb/ft)
Porsche 512 bhp (382 kW / 520 PS) 750 Nm (553 lb/ft)
Performance 0-62 mph (100 km/h) Top speed
Land Rover 4.7 secs 162 mph (260 km/h)
BMW 4.9 secs 155 mph (250 km/h)
Jeep 5.0 secs 160 mph (257 km/h)
Mercedes-Benz 4.8 secs 155 mph (250 km/h)
Porsche 4.5 secs 173 mph (279 km/h)
Efficiency Combined fuel consumption CO2
Land Rover 22.1 mpg (12.8 l/100km) 298 g/km
BMW 29.4 mpg (9.6 l/100km) 226 g/km
Jeep 20.2 mpg (13.6 l/100km) 327 g/km
Mercedes-Benz 23.9 mpg (11.8 l/100km) 276 g/km
Porsche 24.6 mpg (11.5 l/100km) 267 g/km

In the UK, dealers will be accepting orders for the Range Rover Sport SVR from October onwards. Customer deliveries are then due to begin during the first quarter of 2015.

Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR (2015) Front SideLand Rover Range Rover Sport SVR (2015) Interior 1

Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR (2015) Interior 2Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR (2015) Rear Side

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