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DRIVEN New Range Rover Sport
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|September 07, 2022
FIRST VERDICT Racy premium SUV balances performance, quality, and refinement
FOLLOWING the recent reinvention of E Range Rover the electrice, it's now the turn of the full-fat model's more dynamic sibling, the Range Rover Sport, to be replaced with an all-new model as part of Jaguar Land Rover's 'Reimagine' plan.
In keeping with that 'Sport' tag, we're testing the P530 V8 model here, which is actually as fast as the old SVR but 17 percent more efficient than its predecessor.
Ironically, the source of this new-found ability is one of Land Rover's rivals, BMW. Its 4.4-litre twin-turbocharged V8 replaces the old supercharged 5.0-litre unit. So has the new Range Rover Sport lost some character in this transition? No. Not at all.
While turbocharging can often suppress noise, there's still the right level of it here. In fact, this 4.4 V8 has never sounded so good. There's just enough bassy rumble in Dynamic mode to be present but not intrusive, adding to the experience under hard acceleration.
This story is from the September 07, 2022 edition of Auto Express.
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