Monday 15th May 2023

Manhart launches SV 650 Range Rover Sport

Can't wait for a new SVR? Manhart's latest has 653hp...

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If nothing else, you know what to expect when a Manhart modified car lands: it’s going to have more power, bigger wheels - and lots more gold. So it goes for the SV 650 Range Rover Sport, with 24-inch (!) wheels the same colour as the decal set and engine cover, plus a 30mm ride height drop. Subtle it most certainly is not.

What’s under those golden engine accents is of a little more interest, however. This SV 650 is based on a P530 Sport, which now uses the BMW 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8. Manhart’s expertise is in BMW engines, so it makes sense that the new Sport would receive their attention soon enough. Plus we all know that modified Range Rovers are always in demand, which is precisely why a new SV is imminent.

Thanks to the MHtronik powerbox (so presumably without any hardware changes), what was 530hp and 553lb ft has become an enormous 653hp and 664lb ft. Not only would that suggest this is a very fast Range Rover Sport - it now comes with Urus levels of power, after all - it points to the amount of potential locked up inside the engine. So the factory-build go-faster version is unlikely to be a shrinking violet either. Expect more detailed mods than ECU interrogation from Land Rover, but evidently the engine has an awful lot to give.

Elsewhere, Manhart has treated the SV 650 to a new exhaust from the particulate filter back for an ‘even more distinctive sound’; again, its experience modifying the 4.4 promises a lot there. And that’s kind of it for the moment, the Sport’s standard chassis deemed capable enough of handling a substantial uplift in power. We’d expect the new SV to upgrade a few more bits and bobs, but don’t be surprised if there’s demand already for a really, really fast Sport on big wheels. Maybe even with the gold bits, too.

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[Minimarvel]

I’m sure this will appeal to certain individuals and may be a new low point in taste and subtlety. But I’m sure it will make a nice noise in central London’s congested streets.

[nismo48]

Black and Gold is very fitting

[Water Fairy]

Please make it stop

[Augustus Windsock]

It proves that old date; you just can’t buy class....

[Wren-went]

JPS Range Rover sport to.go with the MK2 Capri.

[martin12345]

Everyone knows an SV650 is a twin cylinder Suzuki motorbike
The end

[Cold]

I don't want the gold bits nor the 24" wheels. But the power uplift could be amusing.

[Dombilano]

Powerbox, sounds suspiciously like a piggyback ecu box that artificially ups the boost pressure.
Tacky, trashy, Mario Balotelli'y

[wpa1975]

Black and gold does not work on it.

[JuiceTerry]

😒

[GreatScott2016]

wpa1975 said:

Black and gold does not work on it.

I usually wince at Manhart creations, but I think the black and gold works here. Probably because I had that combo back in the day on an Impreza.

[FlukePlay]

ManFart...loud and proud.

What's the warranty on offer from these guys?

[CoolHands]

Never heard of them

[Jon_S_Rally]

PH bingo in full force I see. I think we got most of them in the first post

I don't actually think it looks that bad. Not for me, but hardly offensive.

[smilo996]

Another successful attempt to allow those with egos the size of planets to part with disproportionately more money than the returned value.
Liking the SWB version though.

[Quhet]

I quite like that

[Wab1974uk]

I'm getting a word .........



Footballer !

[bunchofkeys]

Someone at Manfart has been watching Smoky and the Bandit on repeat.
All it needs is a gold phoenix on the bonnet to finish it off.

Weirdly appealing, but that's probably due to the film.

Edited by bunchofkeys on Tuesday 16th May 09:36

[Mark_Blanchard]

To much gold, they've over done it. There's a fine line between looking epic and tragic.

[Speedgirl]

JPS yes! Go big or go home. They should all look like this.