RE: Range Rover Sport SVR: Review

[Hoofy]

In other news today, Zanussi has a new washing machine.

[oldtimer2]

DonkeyApple said:

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 review

Another great video.

I have a definite suspicion that the next big SVO product is going to be the cX-75 to coincide with the Bond movie?

tHN
Thanks soad for providing the link - usually defeats me when using my tablet.

Re CX-75 I do wonder if the new XE or new XF might provide a platform for a nice 2+2 coupe/GT type of car borrowing CX-75 design (as in styling) cues? That, plus a Big Foot version of the new Land Rover/Defender (when it arrives), would get some nice spin off publicity from the film - just in time for the Geneva next year if not sooner. Both would be naturals for SVO treatment.

[blueSL]

Oz83 said:

In that case I apologise for the misunderstanding. I must have been distracted by the willy waving.

Sorry, no WW intended!

[Neil G60]

I think that looks awesome. Some 19s would dial down the chav factor slightly though.

Small typo, missing a 'much': 'Think how rubber is rolling along the road!'

[405dogvan]

I'm not normally keen to pick-apart badly written articles, but this one was written either by a machine or a moron.

article said:

Important to note too that all SVRs will be four-wheel drive, including the Jaguars. That isn't to say SVO won't do rear-wheel drive stuff (see the Project 7) but they will be in much smaller numbers.

Go look-up what 'all' means

article said:

They were described to us in layman's terms as more akin to a Porsche Turbo than a GT3 RS

For the non-scientific, that would be a fundamentally causal relationship within the stratified compounds of the n region. Look up "layman" too

The rest reads like it was written by a precocious 13-year-old who discovered a dictionary and thesaurus - the most worrying aspect of it all being that it says almost nothing but uses a LOT of words to do it.

Please hire someone literate

[David87]

I really like this. I'd love one.

[Matt Bird]

Neil G60 said:

I think that looks awesome. Some 19s would dial down the chav factor slightly though.

Small typo, missing a 'much': 'Think how rubber is rolling along the road!'

Apologies, that's been addressed now. Thanks!

[Matt Bird]

405dogvan said:

For the non-scientific, that would be a fundamentally causal relationship within the stratified compounds of the n region. Look up "layman" too

The rest reads like it was written by a precocious 13-year-old who discovered a dictionary and thesaurus - the most worrying aspect of it all being that it says almost nothing but uses a LOT of words to do it.

Please hire someone literate

Hello! Your humble moron here.

Apologies that the story didn't meet your expectations, it was written as always with the best intentions to be informative and entertaining. The definition of layman I referred to was: 'a person without professional or specialized knowledge in a particular subject'. Perhaps that wasn't the most suitable, it should have just been written as 'simply explained.'

As for the other comments I'm not entirely sure what to say! Criticism taken on board for future reference.

Thanks!


Matt

[velocitas]

I can see one of these power sliding around knightsbridge in a matt white wrap with a personalised "VLGRR" or "BIGNOB" license plate. Saying that I wouldn't mind borrowing it

[andysgriff]

Cannot see the point, what % of these will ever go off road?

[DonkeyApple]

andysgriff said:

Cannot see the point, what % of these will ever go off road?

I don't think SUVs have had anything to do with off roading for nearly 20 years, if not 30.

And who goes offroad anyway?

This particular car is a road car, like a Morgan 3 wheeler is a road car, or an Aston, or Roller, or Fiesta or any other road car that is completely different from other road cars. Some are built to be cheap, some environmental, some for luxury and others for fun.

If someone doesn't have a laugh hooning this car then they don't like or understand cars at all.

And, of course, in the argument of practicality, it's going to be faster across country than almost any sports car because of the superior line of sight. And obviously be more fun than an Audi TT diesel etc.

[andysgriff]

DonkeyApple said:

andysgriff said:

Cannot see the point, what % of these will ever go off road?

I don't think SUVs have had anything to do with off roading for nearly 20 years, if not 30.

And who goes offroad anyway?

This particular car is a road car, like a Morgan 3 wheeler is a road car, or an Aston, or Roller, or Fiesta or any other road car that is completely different from other road cars. Some are built to be cheap, some environmental, some for luxury and others for fun.

If someone doesn't have a laugh hooning this car then they don't like or understand cars at all.

And, of course, in the argument of practicality, it's going to be faster across country than almost any sports car because of the superior line of sight. And obviously be more fun than an Audi TT diesel etc.

So why spend a heap of money on a car that has this lot (Autocar) if no one is going to use it offroad? Basically a load of superfluous controls that will possibly become a liability as the car gets older.. If its a road car and no one goes off road anyway whats the point? Wading depth indicator, really?

'Where the Range Rover Sport really excels over its rivals, though, is in the rough stuff. The Terrain Response system alters the car's suspension, gear, ride height and throttle response, according to the mode selection. There are settings for mud, gravel, snow, rocks or sand and the Range Rover Sport is absolutely outstanding across all of them.

The Terrain Response system raises the car's height by 65mm to 278mm, which gives it greater ground clearance. A raft of displays also show you exactly what's going on when you take the Range Rover Sport off-road.

Land Rover also offers the Range Rover Sport a whole lot of off-roading options such as a surround-view camera system and Wading Depth indicator, which give even greater confidence when taking it off road"

[aks7297]

OpulentBob said:

drpep said:

NO no no no no no no no no. No.

2500Kg of lardy luxobarge depreciation magnet hunk of st.

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!

Agree.

Fantastic marketing though - £100k for what is in essence a (facelifted) Discovery...

The New RRS is based on the full fat RR the old one was based on the discovery

[DonkeyApple]

andysgriff said:

DonkeyApple said:

andysgriff said:

Cannot see the point, what % of these will ever go off road?

I don't think SUVs have had anything to do with off roading for nearly 20 years, if not 30.

And who goes offroad anyway?

This particular car is a road car, like a Morgan 3 wheeler is a road car, or an Aston, or Roller, or Fiesta or any other road car that is completely different from other road cars. Some are built to be cheap, some environmental, some for luxury and others for fun.

If someone doesn't have a laugh hooning this car then they don't like or understand cars at all.

And, of course, in the argument of practicality, it's going to be faster across country than almost any sports car because of the superior line of sight. And obviously be more fun than an Audi TT diesel etc.

So why spend a heap of money on a car that has this lot (Autocar) if no one is going to use it offroad? Basically a load of superfluous controls that will possibly become a liability as the car gets older.. If its a road car and no one goes off road anyway whats the point? Wading depth indicator, really?

'Where the Range Rover Sport really excels over its rivals, though, is in the rough stuff. The Terrain Response system alters the car's suspension, gear, ride height and throttle response, according to the mode selection. There are settings for mud, gravel, snow, rocks or sand and the Range Rover Sport is absolutely outstanding across all of them.

The Terrain Response system raises the car's height by 65mm to 278mm, which gives it greater ground clearance. A raft of displays also show you exactly what's going on when you take the Range Rover Sport off-road.

Land Rover also offers the Range Rover Sport a whole lot of off-roading options such as a surround-view camera system and Wading Depth indicator, which give even greater confidence when taking it off road"

However, the wading indicator is an option, or was.

And 20 years ago the height adjustability was the reverse, it lowered for road use. Now it is set low for road use and you have to raise it should for some reason you need to do so. That alone shows how the product intent has changed.

In addition, the need for clever electronics is more a result of the car no longer being primarily orientated to offroading. Gone are the narrow tyres to cut through mud to solid ground, gone is off road focussed suspension

The whole car is built for road use and then has electronic gizmos and options to allow you to take it offroad should you need or want to.

A catagorical change of product focus. In 1981 the In Vogue was a luxury off roader. In 2015 they are a luxury road car with offroad capabilities.

It is a road car that is good at going offroad like a Lotus is a road car that is good at going round a circuit. The primary focus is all about road set up and use with added functionality to suit a specific additional requirement.

SUVs are not offroad vehicles. They are road cars and some retain the functionality to also go offroad.

This SVR on top of all that has the additional benefits of a dirty V8 soundtrack and then on top of that performance that quashes most supposed sports cars.

I genuinely cannot see what isn't to like about a product like this. It's a total hoot of a car.