The Range Rover Sport SVR is dead. Long live the Range Rover Sport SV. The new high-performance SUV drops the last letter of its suffix as well as the supercharged 5.0-liter V8 developed by Jaguar Land Rover. In its place sits a twin-turbo 4.4-liter V8 engine with mild-hybrid technology borrowed from BMW. It produces a colossal 626 horsepower and 590 pound-feet (800 Newton meters) of torque or 59 hp and 74 lb-ft (100 Nm) more than before.
Mind you, the torque figure we mentioned is only available with Dynamic Launch Mode turned on as the engine produces 551 lb-ft (750 Nm) the rest of the time. The most potent Range Rover ever needs 3.6 seconds to hit 60 mph (96 km/h) and tops out at 180 mph (290 km/h). These are impressive performance figures for a gasoline-fueled SUV that happens to weigh a hefty 2,560 kilograms (5,644 pounds).
