If you were asked to pick a venue to launch a new 2.5-tonne SUV, a racetrack most likely wouldn’t be the first place that springs to mind. But we certainly admire the confidence of Jaguar Land Rover, because that’s exactly where it decided to let us loose in its latest Range Rover Sport SV. Just as eye-brow raising is that after our experience on track plus on and off-road, that confidence appeared completely justified.
That’ll likely come as a surprise to anyone with experience of the previous Range Rover Sport SVR. As big as its personality was, it lacked the sharpness or sophistication to be mentioned in the same breath as the most driver-focused SUVs – such as the Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT and the Aston Martin DBX 707. This new model is completely different in its approach.
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