2024 Land Rover Range Rover SV
Starting at $181.775
Highs: More horsepower than key rivals, plush cabin trimmings, still impresses off-road despite its on-track capabilities.
Lows: Harsh ride on 23-inch wheels, hard-to-swallow price tag, first year models are by invitation only.
Verdict: The Range Rover Sport SV is a high-dollar, high-power performance SUV that still lives up to the Land Rover brand's off-road ethos.
Overview
Leaving the former 575-hp Range Rover Sport SVR in the dust, the all-wheel-drive Range Rover Sport SV is the most powerful Rover ever. Its 626-hp twin-turbo V-8 is like using fighter jets on a fox hunt. Good for up to 180 mph, the Range Rover Sport SV gets the supercar treatment with a lightweight carbon fiber wheel option and enormous eight-piston Brembo calipers to clamp its carbon ceramic brake rotors. Quad tailpipes aside, the Range Rover SV is built to exemplify Land Rover luxury. Its bolstered front bucket seats carry components that complete its 29-speaker surround sound system and its knob-less infotainment touchscreen has gone fully digital. Despite it being nearly an inch lower than other Range Rover Sports, there's simply nothing down to earth about this high-performance utility vehicle.
What's New for 2024?
The Range Rover Sport SV is a completely new iteration of performance-luxury motoring from Land Rover for 2024. Taking pages out of the playbook of a supercar, the Range Rover Sport SV joins the 600-hp club, gets a carbon-fiber wheel option, carbon ceramic brakes, and uses a specially tuned air suspension to keep it steady across road-course curbing. It will likely overpower its all-season tires immediately. The Range Rover Sport SV is not for the timid.
Pricing and Which One to Buy
The price of the 2024 Land Rover Range Rover Sport SV starts at $181.775.
Engine, Transmission, and Performance
Under the bonnet lays a righteous 626-hp twin-turbocharged 4.4-liter V-8 engine with 553 pound-feet of torque mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission. The Range Rover Sport SV is all-wheel drive, and Land Rover says its leap to 60 mph takes just 3.6 seconds. After driving one on a track in Portugal, we believe it. Depending on the drive mode, the SV can sit at nearly an inch lower than other Range Rover Sports as part of its new 6D Dynamic suspension system. Instead of conventional anti-roll bars, the SV uses hydraulic dampers and its airbag suspension to reduce body roll. To handle life's lefts and rights, the SV has all-wheel steering and brake-based torque vectoring. With a top speed of 180 mph, the Range Rover SV promises to boast performance that will likely be restricted by the common sense of the person helming it rather than by the limits of its all-season Michelin Pilot Sport 4 tires. There are optional 23-inch carbon fiber wheels (said to save 20 pounds per corner) which are wrapped wide 305s on the rear wheels and 285s up front.
