Sport SV is most powerful Range Rover yet

 PUNE: Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), the British luxury car maker, owned by Tata Motors, on Wednesday unveiled globally the new high-performance Range Rover Sport SV flagship SUV.  

The high-performance SUV comes with a new engine with mild-hybrid technology and at the same time, it is promising high-performance capability.

Interestingly, even before the official launch and price reveal, sources in the company say that the first year of production, comprising exclusive Edition 1 models, is already sold out, declining to provide sales numbers worldwide.

The first overseas customer deliveries will be before the end of this year. All Edition 1 units are being sold via invitation only even in the Indian market.

According to JLR, Range Rover Sport SV is its most powerful and fastest production SUV yet, which packs a 635hp in the 4.4-litre V8 BMW-sourced engine, which is a twin-turbocharged and mildly hybridized engine. Now called just the SV – dropping the ‘R’ suffix of the previous-gen SUV – it is the latest project from JLR’s Special Vehicles team and is “the most dynamic and technologically advanced” version of the sports SUV yet.

The Range Rover Sport SV does 0-96kph in 3.6 seconds, and can go on to a top-speed of 290kph. It drives four wheels via an eight-speed automatic gearbox.

Based on the latest-generation Range Rover Sport, the new halo SV is one of Land Rover’s final new combustion cars.

JLR, under its Reimagine transformation plan, will launch a Range Rover EV next year, before the Land Rover Discovery Sport, Range Rover Sport, Evoque and Velar go electric from 2025.