RE: Range Rover Sport SVR: Review
Discussion
blueSL said:
I've had mine - blue with all black interior - for nearly 3 weeks and 1000 miles and it's a quite extraordinary car in terms of the breadth of purpose it serves. Quiet and refined on a motorway cruise, it has real performance and attitude when you want it. Of course, it's not the only car a petrolhead needs - I have a 991 GT3, a turbo and a Ferrari for that - but it ticks more boxes than I ever thought possible. There's a hard to define feelgood factor which you simply do not get in a Cayenne. When you want to play, select Dynamic Chassis mode, Sports Drivetrain mode and Sports Exhaust and it's endlessly entertaining to drive, like a rabid dog. A great car and even if you don't "get" SUVs, you should be glad it exists. Top Job Land Rover!
Of course. 
Oz83 said:
blueSL said:
I've had mine - blue with all black interior - for nearly 3 weeks and 1000 miles and it's a quite extraordinary car in terms of the breadth of purpose it serves. Quiet and refined on a motorway cruise, it has real performance and attitude when you want it. Of course, it's not the only car a petrolhead needs - I have a 991 GT3, a turbo and a Ferrari for that - but it ticks more boxes than I ever thought possible. There's a hard to define feelgood factor which you simply do not get in a Cayenne. When you want to play, select Dynamic Chassis mode, Sports Drivetrain mode and Sports Exhaust and it's endlessly entertaining to drive, like a rabid dog. A great car and even if you don't "get" SUVs, you should be glad it exists. Top Job Land Rover!
Of course. I think in the grey it looks perfectly subtle (or a car of that size). If my lotto numbers came up, it would be the perfect daily.
I absolutely love the thing. It's genuinely one of the best (and broadest of talent) cars I've ever been lucky enough to drive. If i had the cash, I wouldn't hesitate in buying one over a Cayenne or an X5M. Whilst the Porsche and BMW are very, very capable, there's just something so wonderfully hilarious about the SVR.
hondansx said:
Oz83 said:
blueSL said:
I've had mine - blue with all black interior - for nearly 3 weeks and 1000 miles and it's a quite extraordinary car in terms of the breadth of purpose it serves. Quiet and refined on a motorway cruise, it has real performance and attitude when you want it. Of course, it's not the only car a petrolhead needs - I have a 991 GT3, a turbo and a Ferrari for that - but it ticks more boxes than I ever thought possible. There's a hard to define feelgood factor which you simply do not get in a Cayenne. When you want to play, select Dynamic Chassis mode, Sports Drivetrain mode and Sports Exhaust and it's endlessly entertaining to drive, like a rabid dog. A great car and even if you don't "get" SUVs, you should be glad it exists. Top Job Land Rover!
Of course. J4CKO said:
drpep said:
NO no no no no no no no no. No.
2500Kg of lardy luxobarge depreciation magnet hunk of s
t.
One hundred fking grand too!!!
Soon to be seen driving too close to everything around it in Cheshire, Essex, Central London.
That thing has but an ounce of class. And the interior!
Dont think there will be many SVR's about, for every petrol RRS there must be 20 or more diesel ones, the diesel one makes the owner look like they may be fairly wealthy, when you see a Petrol V8 one, you kind of know they are.2500Kg of lardy luxobarge depreciation magnet hunk of s
t.One hundred f
king grand too!!!Soon to be seen driving too close to everything around it in Cheshire, Essex, Central London.
That thing has but an ounce of class. And the interior!
I think most of those that scoff at this kind of car, like me to a certain extent would probably enjoy owning one, ok it isn't the zenith of Petrolhead nirvana but it bet it is pretty bloody compelling to drive and you may just forgive it the fact it weighs as much as two normal cars
And let's face reality, if these things were cheaper than the socially acceptable generic peoples' wagon then most of the negativity wouldn't exist.
It does look like there is finally a British product to replace the mighty Cayenne Turbo as the best cross country car on the market.
oldtimer2 said:
Harry Metcalfe has just posted a video about it over at his You Tube channel Harry`s Garage. For good measure he pottered about the fields on his farm and through a couple of streams, to show it could, as well as opening it up on the road. It seems it has an exceptionally helpful torque curve - though he says the engineers described it as shaped more like a breeze block.
Evidently they are enjoying themselves at JLR`s SVO.
Harry's garage: Range Rover Sport SVR drive reviewEvidently they are enjoying themselves at JLR`s SVO.
soad said:
oldtimer2 said:
Harry Metcalfe has just posted a video about it over at his You Tube channel Harry`s Garage. For good measure he pottered about the fields on his farm and through a couple of streams, to show it could, as well as opening it up on the road. It seems it has an exceptionally helpful torque curve - though he says the engineers described it as shaped more like a breeze block.
Evidently they are enjoying themselves at JLR`s SVO.
Harry's garage: Range Rover Sport SVR drive reviewEvidently they are enjoying themselves at JLR`s SVO.
I have a definite suspicion that the next big SVO product is going to be the cX-75 to coincide with the Bond movie?
iphonedyou said:
Oz83 said:
No I'm surprised that one needs a couple of Porsches and a Ferrari to be considered a petrolhead.
That isn't what he said, though. Not even close. Although that don't let that get in the way of your righteous indignation.Aeroresh said:
I like it but whether Id choose it over the Cayenne turbo is another matter.......Also, why cant they put this version in the full sized RR. That would be spot on!
They may well:
although personally I think it would be pointless.
Edited by V8LM on Thursday 19th March 14:56
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