Third instalment of sports SUV teased ahead of unveil next month
Just six months after unwrapping the all-new Range Rover, Land Rover has begun teasing its the third-gen Range Rover Sport and announced it will be official unveiled on May 10. Set to benefit from all the technical advances of the recently launched Range Rover, the third-generation Range Rover Sport is tipped to ride on JLR’s all-new MLA Flex architecture and get mild-hybrid 3.0-litre inline six-cylinder petrol and diesels, a plug-in hybrid version, a flagship BMW-sourced twin-turbo 4.4-litre V8 and, from 2024, a full pure-electric variant.
One of Land Rover’s best-sellers globally, our spy shots have already revealed the Range Rover Sport is primed to feature evolutionary styling inspired by the last model.
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Claimed to have around 50 per cent more torsional stiffness compared to the last model and a shell that reduces transmissible noises by up to 24 per cent, the Sport is set to major on refinement. As well as quieter, the Range Rover Sport should also narrow the dynamic gap between it and the Porsche Cayenne. Under the bonnet, the fastest versions will feature the BMW S63 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8 that is expected to produce around 450kW.
This should see the fastest Range Rover Sport SV (the R has been dropped for the new model) post a 0-100km/h time of around 4.4 seconds and hit a top speed of around 300km/h.
Both emissions and efficiency will also improve compared to the elderly out-going 5.0-litre supercharged V8 AJ engine in the current model. Built to rival not only the Cayenne but the BMW X5 and Mercedes GLE, the new Range Rover Sport will replace a model that’s currently priced from about $120,000.
We expect more teases in the build-up to the Range Rover Sport’s May 10 debut.
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