The Range Rover Sport SVR that set a lap record for an SUV on Germany’s infamous Nurburgring circuit will go on sale in New Zealand early next year and become the new halo model in a line-up that will almost certainly be coming off a record sales year in 2014. At the end of July Land Rover sales – Range Rover Sport, Vogue, Evoque, Land Rover Defender, Discovery, Freelander 2 … [Read more...] about Record-setting Range Rover Sport SVR in NZ early next year
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Four-paw Benz gets to grips with crossover/SUV market
Sales of crossover/SUVs accounted for 30.2 per cent of the new-vehicle market in New Zealand last month – a statistic that suits Mercedes-Benz general manager Ben Giffin just fine. The segment has grown just over three per cent since late last year when Giffin said he wished he had a vehicle to compete in the luxury mid-range sector. “The only reason Mercedes-Benz is not the … [Read more...] about Four-paw Benz gets to grips with crossover/SUV market
Range Rover’s go-faster version of V8 Supercharged Sport
What you see here isn’t entirely unexpected. It’s the go-faster version of the already go-faster V8 Range Rover Supercharged Sport. It’s likely to have ‘R-S’ tagged on to the end of Sport, just as partner Jaguar has the XFR-S and XKR-S. The ‘standard’ supercharged 5.0-litre V8 Sport delivers 375kW/625 – the R-S is expected to put out 410kW and around 700Nm. The visual giveaway … [Read more...] about Range Rover’s go-faster version of V8 Supercharged Sport
Range Rover Sport TDV6 SE
[toggle title_open="Car specification" title_closed="Car specification" hide="yes" border="yes" style="default" excerpt_length="0" read_more_text="Read More" read_less_text="Read Less" include_excerpt_html="no"]Price: $125,000 ($143,800 as tested) Engine: 3.0-litre V6 turbodiesel, 190kW/600Nm Transmission: Eight-speed automatic Fuel economy: 8.5 … [Read more...] about Range Rover Sport TDV6 SE
Range Rover conquers the ‘Empty Quarter’
Spanish off-road racer Moi Torrallardona drove a Range Rover Sport to complete the fastest crossing of the Empty Quarter desert, a 849km run from Saudi Arabia to the border of the United Arab Emirates. Torrallardona did it in 10 hours and casino online 22 minutes at an average speed of 81.87km/h. The Range Rover Sport was a standard 5.0-litre supercharged V8. An underbody … [Read more...] about Range Rover conquers the ‘Empty Quarter’