The Range Rover SVR is the fastest Land Rover the automaker has ever built. It's what happens when Land Rover's engineers get tired of watching the Jaguar guys have all of the fun at the race track and have a go at building a sports car of their own. The automaker even took the SVR to the Nurburgring's Nordschleife where it lapped the Green Hell in 8 minutes and 14 seconds. To put that into perspective, a Porsche Cayenne Turbo will make the trip in 8:13 -- the SVR is in good company.
But mostly, the Range Rover Sport SVR is an answer to one very simple request: more power, please.
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We'll eat our vegetables first and talk about the tech. The SVR uses the Range Rover Sport Supercharged as its template, so the new model features the same dated tech in its dashboard. The Land Rover navigation and infotainment system is built around an 8-inch color touchscreen and what looks like the same software Land Rover's been running in its vehicles since the turn of the century. I won't belabor the point here, we've already taken an in-depth look at the Range Rover Sport's tech, but the low-resolution graphics and barely viewable camera feeds feel like even more of a slap in the face here when you consider the SVR's over-$111K starting price.
As it's a luxury vehicle, there are some nice touches to be found in and around the cabin -- puddle lights that throw Land Rover logos on the ground, an adjustable suspension that dips to access-level ride height at a button's touch, and the massive dual-pane skylight. However, Land Rover then tosses its class out of the window by fitting the SVR with some of the tackiest seats in the business. The sport seats mimic the style of deeply bolstered race car buckets, but don't really provide a ton of support. And, well, just look at them...
Now, on to the meat; the "more power, please" part of the SVR's formula that you've all been waiting for. The SVR starts, again, with the Range Rover Sport Supercharged as its template, featuring the same 5.0-liter supercharged V-8 engine. Then it turns up the wick.
Power is stated at between 542 horsepower and 501 pound-feet of torque. (Note: Range Rover USA's website states 550 horses, but the automaker's official specs state 550PS, which converts to about 542 ponies measured the 'Murican way. We're erring on the side of caution and going with the more conservative figures.) The SVR makes these gains thanks to more supercharger boost and tweaks to the ECU and intake.
That power flows through a revised version of the same eight-speed automatic transmission from the Sport Supercharged and the same 4x4 power train. Here, the gearbox has been retuned for quicker shifts (up to 50 percent faster) and features revised programing that rev-matches downshifts and holds gears when cornering.
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How much faster is the SVR? It hits 60 mph faster than you can say Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR. (Admittedly, that is a mouthful.) The 5,000-pound SUV sprints from 0 to 62 (100kph) in just 4.5 seconds, which is impressive, but only about a half second faster than the Range Rover Sport Supercharged upon which it is based. Top speed sees its cap raised from 140 mph to 162 mph.
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