![]() ![]() Moving to the interior I can honestly say I like pretty much everything except for the color this car was specced in - brown interiors are really not my thing. I’m now going to talk about what makes this Range Rover a true Land Rover - the Terrain Response system! What is Terrain Response you ask? Well, it’s the system that enables the driver to optimize the car’s engine, gearbox, center diff and chassis to match the demands of the terrain it’s on! There are 7 modes and they are - Auto, ECO, Comfort, Grass/Gravel/Snow, Mud&Ruts, Sand & Rock Crawl! We only tested 4 of the 7 modes because, well - there’s no sand in Cluj, it was too clean (and too new) to go through mud and we can’t quite crawl rocks with it - we’re not Top Gear, you know? But with those that we were able to test, everything worked as intended! The suspension system offers some pretty impressive wheel travel - 260mm to be exact and it lifts the car so much that I was able to put my head in between the wheel and the wheel arches, very impressive! It’s really clever this thing! It also has electronic air suspension which is incredibly good - when set to comfort it’s so good you barely feel any imperfection in the road, even on 21-inch wheels. This transmission is also tuned to select torque converter lock-up as soon as possible to reduce slip and it sends power to the wheel that needs is the most. The ZF gearbox is great, it responds to kick-downs quickly and it maintains a very smooth transition between ratios. We didn’t time that ourselves, but we’ll take their word for it this time around as it really did feel very quick! I’m really hoping I’ll get to drive (someday) the 5.0-litre, supercharged V8, SVR that makes 550HP and 680NM of torque but until then we got to test the 3.0-litre (SDV6) V6 diesel that produced 306HP and 700NM of torque which is, well, pretty fast for what it is! It does 0-100 km/h in a staggering 7.2 seconds - yes, you read that right, 2.2 tonnes of Range Rover Sport can get to 100km/h in just 7.2 seconds. There’s no denying this might be a little overkill but you need some hefty engines to lug around 2.2 tonnes worth of Range Rover. The engine lineup is really impressive as you can choose between four Petrol units - 2 V6s and 2 V8s, all supercharged or five Diesel units - a 2.0-litre, three 3.0-litre V6s and a 4.4-litre V8. There’s no manual, no nothing - one gearbox, 8 ratios with each shift completed in 200 milliseconds (according to Land Rover). Land Rover blessed us with a wide range of engines - both Petrol and Diesel and one gearbox choice, an 8-speed ZF automatic gearbox. This is a car that stands out in any crowd and it’s really hard to miss considering it’s almost 5 meters long and 1.6 meters wide - it’s huge! The gentle curves, signature headlights and sculpted corners are a sign of the unmistakable Land Rover design! What do you think of the RRS? Comment on our Facebook post! I’m still looking forward to test the new Discovery but you can’t really say no when you’re handed the keys to a 100,000 Euros Range Rover Sport - especially when it’s an all-black (Santorini Black to be precise), HSE Dynamic, 306HP beast! I’ve always wanted to drive a Land Rover - it’s been a goal of mine ever since I experienced an off-roading session with an older model and I can gladly say I've scratched this one off the bucket list.
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