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New Range Rover Sport: Technical insights

The second generation Range Rover Sport uses the same aluminium platform as the Range Rover, but most of its components are different.
1 min read27 May '13
Staff Writer

The new Range Rover Sport was developed under two banners, according to the company. “More Range Rover and more Sport” was the conclusion from customer research, and the aim of the engineering team was to create “the fastest, most agile, most responsive Land Rover ever”, with “a huge breadth of ability”.

So although the all-new Range Rover Sport shares the same PLA aluminium platform as the new Range Rover, some 75 per cent of the components – calculated by part numbers – are different from the flagship car’s.

This, say the engineers, is primarily because “no expense was spared” on redesigning the suspension system and lowering the car to create an SUV with class-leading handling.

The Sport structure also accommodates a third row of seats – a layout that Land Rover refers to as 5+2 – in which a pair of seats is fitted into the boot and can be electrically retracted with minimal intrusion on the load space.

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Picture special: 65 years of Land Rover

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The Range Rover Evoque has sold 165,000 units since launch in 2011. It's the lightest and most frugal Range Rover ever, with the ed4 models offering 20.5kpl.

The Series I production cars were clad in aluminium alloy owing to post-war Britain's shortage of steel. This model sold 2,00,000 units in ten years.

Freelander 2 adopted versions of Terrain Response, as fitted to larger models, and eventually spawned a two-wheel drive variant.

The first prototype, chassis number LR1 with registration number HUE 166 and known as 'Huey', was part of Land Rover's anniversary celebrations this week.

The Discovery 3, launched in 2004, was designed around a hybrid of a ladder frame and monocoque chassis

The Discovery 2 boasted more than 700 changes from its predecessor in an effort to make it appeal more to the growing numbers more interested in its on-road abilities than its talents in mud and ruts.

The Land Rover Discovery was introduced to occupy the space vacated by the original Range Rover as it moved further upmarket.

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