Pretoria - Come rain or shine, grass or gravel, snow or sand, Land Rover says its Range Rover Sport SVR delivers devastating pace.
Merging the company’s legendary all-terrain capability with 405kW of V8 power and advanced traction technology, the SVR has proper performance in real world conditions.
V8 for the locals, please
Worldwide, more than 285 000 second-generation Range Rover Sport models have been delivered to customers since its launch in 2014. Just over 4000 of those sales have been to South African customers. The Range Rover Sport is available with a range of powerful petrol and diesel engines.
The most popular choice among local buyers is the 5.0-litre supercharged V8 option, producing 375kW.
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In 2015, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) Special Vehicle Operations applied its engineering expertise and developed the Range Rover Sport SVR. Boasting Land Rover’s legendary off-road capability and all-wheel drive system, the 405kW supercharged V8 has attracted with its 0-100km/h time of only 4.7 seconds.
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Losing none of that shunt
When the perfect traction offered by clean, dry asphalt isn’t available, most sports cars immediately suffer from a lack of grip, stability and performance. But not the SVR, says JLR.
In this unique test, the SVR completes the 0-100km/h sprint on standard-fit Michelin 275/45 R21 All Season Tyres on everything from asphalt and grass to snow and sand, using Land Rover’s Terrain Response 2 technology.
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The system automatically selects the appropriate driving mode to suit traction conditions, including: General Driving, Dynamic, Grass/Gravel/Snow, Mud and Ruts, Sand, and Rock Crawl. The driver can also use a rotary controller on the centre console to choose a specific mode.
On a notoriously slippery wet grass surface, the 0-100km/h time increased by only 0.8 seconds, while even on sand the benchmark sprint took only 5.5 seconds.
How the SVR fared on different surfaces: