The fastest and most powerful production Land Rover product is not only the vehicle that lapped the grueling ‘Ring in 8 minutes and 14 seconds, but also a pretty expensive proposition. If you’re sitting still, here’s Johnny: the 2015 Range Rover Sport SVR is a whopping £93,450 in the United Kingdom, $100,475 in the United States and €125,910 in Germany. Seems like the huge price mirrors the performance.
Truth be told, the previously mentioned figures are not too far off other uber SUVs such as the BMW X5 M and X6 M, Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG, so on and so forth. Looking back at Land and Range Rover products of yesteryear, the most sportified variants offered were the Supercharged battlecruisers. But you know, out-and-out grunt doesn’t make up for handling capabilities and such.
With the SVR, Jaguar Land Rover addressed this problem. Heck, SVR is an acronym for Special Vehicle Racing, which means that this this luxobarge can talk the talk and walk the walk as well. As you may already know, the belly of the beast is animated by a 5.0 supercharged V8 that produces 550 PS (the equivalent of 543 horsepower or 405 kW) and 680 Nm (502 lb-ft) of torque from 2,500 to 5,500 rpm.
All that supercharged fury is harnessed by an 8-speed automatic transmission that sends the ponies and the torque to all 4 wheels via a performance-focused four-wheel drive system. Furthermore, let's not forget that a specially developed traction control and ESP system, electronic air suspension and many other go-faster driving aids come as standard on the SVR. It’s laden with electronic driving enhancers and the Nurburging lap time is statement to how capable the Range Rover Sport SVR is when the going gets twisty.
If you want more SVR-grade numbers, we can only be of service: 260 km/h (162 mph) top speed, 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in just 4.7 seconds and a fuel tank capacity of 105 liters. Yup, this baby right here drinks like a tank. Last but not least, it's important to highlight that despite its sportified nature, the SVR can do off-road too thanks to a maximum ground clearance of 10.94 inches (278 mm), a 27 degree ramp angle and a departure angle of 31 degrees. Too bad it costs as much as a PDK-equipped 2015 Porsche 911 Carrera S.
After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well. Full profile
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