Range Rover Sport SV: Reveal date set for X5 M rival

Range Rover volition uncover its sportiest Sport yet connected May 31.

The Range Rover Sport SV is the successor to the supercharged V8-powered SVR, and the marque has released a video showing the improvement of the SUV.

It’s been tested successful France, Italy, Sweden and the United Arab Emirates.

The marque says it volition initially motorboat the exemplary with a constricted edition, which volition beryllium offered by invitation early.

It besides promises the caller Sport flagship “will present a fig of innovative world-first, sector-first and Range Rover-first technologies”.

It’s expected to ditch the venerable blown 5.0-litre for a twin-turbocharged 4.4-litre V8 sourced from BMW.

The Range Rover Sport P530 already uses a twin-turbo 4.4-litre from BMW, which produces 390kW of powerfulness and 750Nm of torque.

The SV is expected to propulsion past not lone that model’s outputs, but besides the 423kW/700Nm figures of the aged SVR. That could propulsion it person to not lone the 460kW/750Nm BMW X5 M, but perchance adjacent vehicles similar the 487kW/850Nm Lamborghini Urus.

The teaser video depicts a camouflaged example, nevertheless we tin spot immoderate undisguised details wrong the cabin. These see an SV-badged steering wheel, a selectable SV thrust mode, and paddle shifters with reddish illumination.

Previous spy photos person revealed the SV volition diagnostic quad exhaust outlets and a pronounced rear diffuser, among different aesthetic changes designed to springiness it a much assertive look.

In summation to dropping the R from its name, the Range Rover Sport SV volition besides officially lose the Land Rover prefix.

Jaguar Land Rover is becoming JLR, and the Land Rover sanction has been killed arsenic the institution moves to a “House of Brands” approach.

All vehicles volition beryllium sold nether the Range Rover, Defender, Discovery and Jaguar brands.

JLR caput of plan Jerry McGovern told Autocar “the world is Range Rover is simply a brand and truthful is Defender”.

“Customers accidental they ain a Range Rover. In luxury, you request implicit clarity. Land Rover Range Rover SV Autobiography doesn’t springiness it,” helium said.

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