A Range Rover Sport of the updated sort

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The Range Rover Sport has proven something of a popular oddity, thanks to its seemingly paradoxical combination of crushing offroad ability and sportscar-humbling performance. The latest raft of revisions look to add more power, poise, and offroad ability to the car’s already impressive repertoire.By Gareth Dean

Much like the new Discovery 4 and Range Rover models, the new Range Rover Sport includes a more powerful Jaguar V8 engine, some stylistic tweaks and improvements to vehicle dynamics.

On the stylistic front, the Range Rover Sport now features a new two-bar grille, LED headlamp and brake light elements, revised front and rear valances, and new front wings. The interior has also benefits from a number of upgrades to the quality of materials, an improved infotainment system, and LED lighting elements in a less cluttered layout. Other technological highlights include headlamps with high beam assist to avoid dazzling oncoming road users at night and a five-camera display system with specialized modules for towing and offroad manoeuvres.

Two engines are available: The previous 3,6-litre TDV8 unit with 200 kW and 650 N.m of torque and an all-new Jaguar-sourced supercharged 5,0-litre V8 petrol powerplant. This unit is mated with a six-speed ZF automatic transmission and develops 375 kW and 625 N.m of torque, increases of 29 and 12 percent over the outputs of the previous supercharged 4,2-litre V8. In addition to enhanced performance, the new engine features a number of revisions, such as direct fuel injection and torque-actuated variable camshaft timing, that improve fuel economy by 6.2 percent to 15 l/100 km and reduce CO2 emissions by seven percent to 353 g/km.

Improvements have also been made to the systems governing vehicle dynamics, including an adaptive damper system that constantly adjusts damper settings according to driving conditions, an improved body-roll containment module, uprated brakes and a more responsive steering system.

The company’s award-winning Terrain Response system has also undergone some modifications, with the addition of a dynamic setting for performance-orientated driving , a sand launch control system and revisions to the Hill Descent Control to further aid stability in tricky offroad conditions.

Pricing:

Range Rover Sport TDV8 R934 500

Range Rover Sport 5,0 V8 Supercharged R961 000