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Pricing for the potent Range Rover Sport SVR has just been announced with the range-topper set to start from $100,475 in the United States. In the United Kingdom, it has been priced from 93,450 euros while German buyers will have to hand over at least 125,910 euros.

So what does all of that money buy you? Well beneath the skin, the 2015 Range Rover Sport SVR features the firm’s well documented supercharged 5.0-litre V8 engine. When fitted to the standard Range Rover Sport, this engine delivers 503 hp. However, in SVR specification that has been upped to 542 hp with torque also rising to 501 lb-ft. Consequently, the car hits 96 km/h (60 mph) in 4.5 seconds before topping out at an electronically limited 260 km/h top speed. Despite the extra performance offered by this engine, fuel efficiency and CO2 emissions haven’t changed over the less powerful Range Rover Sport.

As you’d expect, power is sent to all four wheels via a revised eight-speed automatic transmission from ZF. It can be used in fully automatic mode or also operated through the paddle shifters or the gearstick itself. Further improving the on-road performance of the Range Rover Sport SVR is a recalibrated Dynamic Active Rear Locking Differential along with torque vectoring and the stability control being retuned. Furthermore, a new Active-Roll Control system is featured which is used instead of anti-roll bars.

Adding to the sportiness of the SVR, it features a two-stage exhaust system with electronically controlled valves. At low revs, the valves in two of the four exhausts are closed but over 3000 rpm they open and also provide a crackle on the overrun.

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  1. What a great way to show contempt for the environment, that you handle money poorly and that you know nothing about cars. Range Rover either is, or is close to being the most unreliable vehicle sold in the USA per every rating service.

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