Range Rover Sport SVR fastest around 'Ring

  • Jul 31, 2014
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The SVR posts the quickest time for an SUV around the Nurburgring Nordschleife

Range Rover Sport SVR at the Nordschleife

Another car, another record. That’s been the story of the Nordchleife lately with carmakers making their cars as hard edged as possible to lap the Ring in the fastest time possible. This time it’s an SUV – the Range Rover Sport SVR, Land Rover’s most dynamic SUV in the Range Rover line-up. The SVR posted a blistering time of 8 minute 14 seconds, the fastest by a SUV around the Nordschleife. The Range Rover Sport SVR is going to be the new performance flagship in the range and making this statement must have seemed the best publicity for Land Rover.

The SVR has the same 5.0-litre supercharged V8 engine under the hood as the XFR-S Sportbrake and dishes out 550PS from this monstrous unit. The previous record was held by the Holden VF SS V Redline posted last year for the fastest utility vehicle at 8 minutes 19 seconds. In 2009, the previous Range Rover Sport Supercharged lapped the Ring in 8min, 55sec. This is a major improvement for Land Rover.

Range Rover Sport SVR at the Nordschleife

The haloed Nurburgring Nordschleife circuit has become the ultimate proving ground for any carmaker who wants to make a point about the performance of their cars. It might be a bit overdone in cars that aren’t meant to be posting lap times around the Ring, the recent Toyota Prius record for example is a bit absurd, but it’s turning out to be all about the bragging rights and more publicity material. The Range Rover Sport SVR though falls in the performance section of SUVs. One where very few dare to tread and the Land Rover wanted to mark its territory. 

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