Range Rover Sport
HELLO
£102,540 OTR/£117,385 as tested/£1,474 pcm
WHY IT’S HERE
The Range Rover casts a big shadow. Can the Sport step out of it?
DRIVERS
Ben Pulman
IT’S TOO NICE FOR THESE URCHINS. THAT’S MY PREVAILING THOUGHT as I show our two delightful children with a combined age very much still in single figures around this near k Range Rover Sport
Not only is it too nice for them but it’s also too nice for where we live Where we live isn’t bad mind but we reside in the countryside where there is mud and where there are floods and a red Range Rover Sport on black
inch wheels sporting a white leather interior very much looks like it does not belong The SUVs round here are in darker more subtle colours on smaller wheels with thicker sidewalls and do things with tow bars Whereas this new interloper screams DFL aka the derogatory Down From London
This RR Sport is oh so close to original launch spec though which tells you all you need to know about how JLR wants to position this SUV among its Range Rover/Defender/Discovery ilk The rest are displayed on JLR’s website in muted tones whereas the Sport is there in shouty Firenze Red
As well as that visual separation the Sport has a very clear place in the Range Rover lineup The clue is in the name and it’s the only one overtly honed for performance Question is does sitting on the same hulking MLA Flex platform as the Range Rover proper for all the benefits it brings from refinement and the latest chassis tech to the imminent option of BEV handicap it? We’ll find that out in the coming months but first that price
It starts at near enough k above the Velar but k below the Range Rover This D diesel has arrived in full Autobiography trim which starts from Add in nearly k of extras and suddenly you’re at once taxes and other annoyances have been paid
At that price you can pretty much have any JLR SUV your pick of Porsche’s Cayenne range and a whole lot more besides The next few months will see if this Range Rover Sport is worth it