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The new Range Rover Sport is coming next year, and it promises to be a good one. No longer using a converted platform, it will get its own version of the aluminum moncoque that underpins the 2013 Range Rover. It will also come with an increase in price and will be available with seven seats as well.
But that’s not all! If the Range Rover Sport isn’t good enough for you, more muscle will be added in the form of an “R-S” model. Yes, that will most likely be powered by the same motor as the Jaguar XKR-S and the upcoming XFR-S.
“It’s one of the areas which the business can expand. You’ve seen this with Jaguar and its XKR-S edition. They’ve done very well with the R-S model … so there’s the ability to do those sorts of things with Land Rover product,” Land Rover Chief of Chassis Systems David Waide told Car Advice.
It’s pretty much certain that the Sport R-S will be powered by a 5-liter supercharged V8 with 550 HP (405 kW) and 680 Nm (501 lb-ft) of torque. But will it be a stripped out, hard sprung car? No, no really.
"If you compare [the XKR-S] with the Porsche equivalents it’s not as sporty; it’s as quick, it sounds fantastic, but it’s also more comfortable,” Waide explains, suggesting the Sport R-S will not be uncomfortable in any way.
“It’s one of the areas which the business can expand. You’ve seen this with Jaguar and its XKR-S edition. They’ve done very well with the R-S model … so there’s the ability to do those sorts of things with Land Rover product,” Land Rover Chief of Chassis Systems David Waide told Car Advice.
It’s pretty much certain that the Sport R-S will be powered by a 5-liter supercharged V8 with 550 HP (405 kW) and 680 Nm (501 lb-ft) of torque. But will it be a stripped out, hard sprung car? No, no really.
"If you compare [the XKR-S] with the Porsche equivalents it’s not as sporty; it’s as quick, it sounds fantastic, but it’s also more comfortable,” Waide explains, suggesting the Sport R-S will not be uncomfortable in any way.
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