New Range Rover Sport Ultimate channels SVR

Like the new Sport SV, but want it to look more like the old Sport SVR? Here's just the thing...

By Matt Bird / Wednesday, 4 March 2026 / Loading comments

It’s a great car, the Range Rover Sport SV, brimming with sophistication, power and prowess. As a flagship for the Sport range, it’s the perfect fit: cool and capable, yet likeable with it - even if you feel like you shouldn’t. Probably the biggest issue with the SV has been a pretty limited paint palette. Both Edition One and Edition Two have only been offered in fairly muted tones; Sunrise Cooper Satin was about as colourful as it got. The standard SV was shown off in black. Ideal for moody press pictures, if not exactly catering to all tastes.

Now there’s a solution of sorts, in the form of the UK-only Sport SV Ultimate Edition. While mechanically identical to those SVs that have preceded it - 635hp twin-turbo V8 and excellent 6D suspension tech, most notably - the big news is the return of a much-loved paint colour. There’s Obsidian Black Satin and Ethereal Frost Satin, of course, and probably plenty of the 500 will be black or silver, but the Ultimate SV is also offered in Velocity Blue for the first time. It’s the blue that worked so well and proved so popular on the last SVR, so it’s no surprise to see it return. While there was never any real danger of an SV being mistaken for any other Sport, the blue ensures the top dog status is evident from a mile off.

As a ‘highly curated, UK-exclusive expression of the most powerful and dynamically advanced Range Rover Sport’ the new Ultimate gets everything we love on fast SUVs over here: a black contrast roof, 23-inch forged wheels, and perforated Windsor leather seats. Talk about giving the people what they want. All 500 customers will also get a personal handover of their Ultimate at the Range Rover Studio, including a track experience. Which will be unlike any other - an oversteering Range Rover really is something very silly to savour.

Range Rover’s UK Brand Director Alan Nicholson said: “Ultimate Edition refines the SV formula into a deliberately focused specification – colour, material and chassis technology working together to deliver a uniquely Range Rover blend of performance and modern luxury.” All 500 are actually available from dealer stock, rather than bespoke order, so best hurry up if you want blue as they’re already specced. The price is £145,995, or actually not very much more than the standard £139,995 SV - and quite a bit less than the Edition cars, the first of which was £170,000. They’re now from £50k less than that, or if the Velocity Blue OG is the Range Rover Sport for you, take your pick from dozens in the classifieds. There are even some without a carbon bonnet…