P530 V8 and P510e plug-in variants dropped as Land Rover Australia revises Rangie Sport line-up
Land Rover Australia has announced a revised 2024 Range Rover Sport line-up in the build-up to the introduction of the powerful new 467kW Range Rover Sport SV flagship <> late this year.
The bad news is the regular P530 variant, powered by a 390kW/750Nm 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8, has been dropped to make space for the incoming Range Rover Sport SV.
Also quietly culled is the plug-in hybrid P510e, which produced an impressive 375kW, although the electrified Range Rover Sport will be replaced by the P460e, which combines a 3.0-litre inline six-cylinder turbo-petrol engine with an electric motor and battery to produce 338kW.
Against the clock, the new P460e is only fractionally slower than the P510e with a 0-100km/h sprint time of 5.7 seconds (+0.3sec) and can still cover a WLTP-verified 119km range on all-electric power.
Like the model it replaces, the new P460e should come equipped with a 38.2kWh battery that can be topped up from 0-80 per cent in just 60 minutes using a 50kW fast-charger.
Similarly, the plug-in Range Rover Sport can once again be specified with the optional Stormer Handling Pack that adds all-wheel steering, an electronic active rear differential and torque vectoring to deliver more agile handling.
The large floating 13.1-inch Pivi Pro infotainment system gets new sidebars with more intuitive sliders for controlling audio volume and climate control.
Land Rover says the updated multimedia system can complete 80 per cent of all tasks with just two taps of the home screen.
Another tech update for the Range Rover Sport is a new Country Road Assist feature that improves passenger comfort when the adaptive cruise control is operating, by using navigation data to slow automatically for corners before accelerating back up to the speed limit without any need for driver input.
Along with the model shake-up, Land Rover Australia has also increased Range Rover Sport prices, with the entry-level SE D250 costing an additional $4440 (now opening the range at $143,600 plus on-road costs), the Dynamic SE D300 priced $5024 higher and the Dynamic HSE D350 now $5362 more expensive.
One ray of light is that in Dynamic HSE trim the new P460e costs $10,597 less than the more powerful P510e it replaces.
First Australian deliveries of the 24MY Range Rover Sport line-up are set to begin in the fourth quarter of 2023.
How much does the 2024 Range Rover Sport cost?
SE D250 – $143,600
Dynamic SE D300 – $156,050
Dynamic HSE D350 – $174,000
Dynamic SE P460e – $178,650
Dynamic HSE P460e – $187,500
Autobiography D350 – $197,700
SV EDITION ONE P635 – $360,800
* Prices exclude on-road costs
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