The new Range Rover Sport SV is a very fast SUV, hitting 60mph in 3. 6 seconds and boasting a claimed top speed of 180mph.
It’s also designed to corner-take like no other Land Rover product, thanks to a new ‘6D Dynamics’ suspension with a lower ride height and the uncanny ability to almost completely eliminate roll, pitch and crouch.
I recently took a few high-speed laps of the Goodwood Circuit, from the passenger seat with professional driving power at the wheel, and I can see that, even on a rainy, greasy surface, the SUV starts like a supercar. It goes through the curves as if they were on rails. The rocking is so well controlled that it’s pretty scary.
The car is up to an inch lower in height than the regular Range Rover Sport, supplied with wider 305 section rear tyres (still described as “all-season”) and the older engine of the previous-generation Sport SVR. replaced by a new BMW engine. A twin-turbocharged 4. 4-liter mild hybrid V8 produces a frankly absurd 626 horsepower, compared to the 575 horsepower of the older 5. 0-liter V8.
The Sport SV’s list of optional extras reads like that of an Italian supercar. There are carbon-ceramic brakes and even carbon wheels, with a visual weave on the spokes. Land Rover claims that the brakes save £75 over parts, while the wheels save another £78.
All additional options are installed on the initial series of SV First Edition cars. Good luck getting one, as Land Rover says they’re already sold out for the first year of production, and that early interest is waning despite the car’s huge figure. £170,000 here in the UK (the equivalent of $220,000, the value in US has increased). Not yet announced. ) Add in a small markup at the dealership and you’ve got the quarter-million-dollar Range Rover Sport.
In addition to its exceptional functionality and incredibly confusing suspension setup, the Sport SV also features a pair of front seats like no other. This difference has nothing to do with how they look, how they look or how they take turns hugging you. Rather, it’s about 4 transducers buried under the fabric.
Developed with a Canadian company called Subpac, which produces portable touchscreen audio systems, so-called Body and Soul (BASS, for short) seats work with the car’s audio system to transmit bass to your body.
I was able to personally see the generation on a scale at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Instead of feeling a garble, non-directional bass vibration coming from a subwoofer in the trunk, as is often the case in even the most expensive cars, those seats emit precise vibrations, in a variety of low frequencies, directly into your back. The formula works with any music, as you don’t need to create specific tracks for the transducers to work, and the result is an audio experience like no other. other.
The seats offer the kind of powerful bass you’d find in a nightclub, but without the need for maximum volume levels. It’s a musical experience without the risk of hearing damage.
To give you an idea of the formula’s possibilities for producing high-precision bass, Subpac’s wearable vest-like formula is used during musicians’ live performances. The band members use technology to become more immersed in their music and spend time with their fellow musicians. Coldplay manufactures Subpac wearable devices so that deaf and hard of hearing enthusiasts can feel music like a concert.
As well as generating a more immersive music experience at safe and comfortable volumes, Land Rover uses its Body and Soul seats for the well-being of the driver and passengers. There are six other wellness routes to choose from, created through a collaboration with Coventry University in the UK and with the aim of calming or revitalising the driver and passenger by influencing their central speed variability. Land Rover says audio experiences are designed to help reduce anxiety or cognitive response.
The seats also feature a pair of speakers attached to the occupant’s shoulders. These are part of the 29-speaker, 1,430-watt Meridian Signature sound system, which is popular in the SV First Edition.
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