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Range Rover P SVAutobiography Dynamic Black, king of the mountain
Do we have a soft spot for the Range Rover, you ask? Well yes, how did you know? Our man Beau took the Range Rover Fifty and Ward had the chance to enjoy the SVAD. So which one did I choose? Yes, an SVAD -what else?- but this time we went “Stealth”-mode.
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The engine -that engine- is the well know and extremely loved supercharged 5-liter V8 producing hp and an “earth turning” Nm of torque. That engine we adored in the Range Rover Sport SVR, we admired in the Jaguar F-Pace SVR, we almost licked in the Velar SVAD and we eargasmed in the Jaguar F-Type R coupe and convertible. Yes, it’s one of the all-time greats! But how does it do in the biggest and baddest (in the best way) Range Rover?
That’s a great question! At first glimpse, there was instant love followed by some questions and it ended up with some more love. First things first, because there’s no replacement for displacement. The 5-liter supercharged V8 puts down so much power and torque that it pulls, all the way at every speed in any gear! That adds to the general experience of the Range Rover being a fast and comfortable mile-eating monster. And then came the doubts! Isn’t the engine too much for thi
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Range Rover SV Autobiography Dynamic Review: bhp Of Restrained Madness
While the Range Rover Sport does a genuinely good job of proving massive SUVs can actually be quite good to drive, the regular Range Rover has pretty much stuck to what it knows best. And by that, I mean being jolly handy off road, utterly relaxing on it, and awash with luxury.
So, when Land Rover announced it was to make a sportified ‘SV Autobiography Dynamic’ version of the Range Rover, I was a little worried. “Ah,” I thought; “they’ll wreck the ride and give it an obnoxiously load exhaust like the SVR, making it very un-Range Rover-like”. After all, it has been worked over by the same Special Vehicle Operations bods that created the SVR, and given the uber RR Sport’s bhp supercharged V8.
Thankfully, as I discovered when taking one for a drive for the first time, it’s nothing like that. While it may have identical power and torque figures to the oh-so angry V8 from the SVR - and the ability to hit 62mph from rest in seconds - it’s been kept much more sedate. It sounds just as muscular - just not like it’s ingested a crate of Rice Krispies. And in terms of comfort, it’s far softer than any RR Sport, able to waft around and soak up the worst that our marvellously poor road network can throw at it.
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Range Rover Velar SV Autobiography Dynamic Review: The Weakwilled Obnoxious Fantastic SUV
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