New 2024 Range Rover Sport SV: Prices, specs and release date
Tue, 06 Jun 2023
- New Range Rover Sport SV high-performance luxury flagship revealed
- The most powerful Range Rover Sport ever
- World first technologies include ‘6D Dynamics’ anti-roll air suspension and 23-inch carbon fibre wheels
- On sale now ‘by invitation only’ with prices from £171,460
The new Range Rover Sport SV will become the sporty Land Rover line’s range-topping model when it arrives in showrooms in early 2024. It combines an eye-opening array of new tech, including several world-first features, with a 635ps output that makes it the most powerful Range Rover ever.
This elevates the new Range Rover Sport SV into a genuine luxury-grade high-performance SUV, with rivals now including the Aston Martin DBX, Lamborghini Urus and divisive BMW XM.
Indeed, Land Rover says the new Range Rover Sport SV is initially only available to selected clients “by invitation only” – who will each have to fork out at least £170,000 to get behind the wheel.
The new Range Rover Sport SV is the follow up to the surprising smash-hit Range Rover Sport SVR. This was an outlandish, high-impact high-performance SUV. The new Range Rover Sport SV aims to take a more modern, understated approach – while also offering even more performance than the old SVR.
2024 Range Rover Sport SV prices and release date
Land Rover is aiming to keep the new Range Rover Sport SV exclusive by making it “only available for select clients to order by invitation” for the first year of production. They will be able to buy the limited-edition new Range Rover Sport SV Edition One variant.
The new Range Rover Sport SV Edition One costs £171,460, a sizeable hike over the old SVR. Top-spec models, with an enhanced carbon fibre styling pack, will have prices of around £190,000.
The new Range Rover Sport SV Edition One has a curated choice of colour and trim combinations, plus exclusive branding on the front splitter, centre console, treadplates and puddle lamps.
The new Range Rover Sport SV is expected to be released in UK dealers in early 2024.
2024 Range Rover Sport SV styling, interior and technology
The new Range Rover Sport SV trades the garish, impactful appearance of the old Range Rover Sport SVR for a more modern and understated appearance. There is still enough to set it apart from a regular Range Rover Sport, but it is now less ‘in your face’.
The front of the new Range Rover Sport SV has a revised design to improve airflow to the engine and brakes. The lower body sides are reprofiled and, at the rear, there are carbon fibre-tipped quad tailpipes for the active exhaust.
The new Range Rover Sport SV also has carbon fibre detailing on the Range Rover script, front bumper plates, grille surround, bonnet vents and side vents. As an option, this can be further enhanced with an exposed finish for the centre section for the carbon fibre bonnet (it is an option only available on new Range Rover Sport SV with gloss paint – not satin-finish models).
“New Range Rover Sport SV’s clean and reductive design amplifies its dramatic proportions and sporting personality,” said design chief Gerry McGovern.
Inside, the new Range Rover Sport SV has bespoke features including bespoke satin carbon fibre-backed SV Performance Seats with integrated headrests and more sculpted bolsters. They feature illuminated SV logos too. The new Range Rover Sport SV also has world-first translucent edge-lit gearshift paddles, and a sporty steering wheel with beefier thumb grips.
The new Range Rover Sport SV is available with a high-tech new Ultrafabrics PU interior, with ‘3D Knit to form’ textile upholstery. This contrast with a black ceramic console gearshifter.
A novel piece of tech for the new Range Rover Sport SV is ‘Body and Soul Seat’, or BASS. It is a ‘tactile’ audio system developed by SUBPAC, a company that normally supplies recording artists and composers.
Working through the 29-speaker, 1430-watt Meridian Signature Sound System, transducers in the backrests of the seats work with AI software to generate high-fidelity audio vibrations. These not only enhance music by allowing occupants to ‘feel the sound’, but also aid wellbeing by influencing heart rate variability, or HRV.
The new Range Rover Sport SV also benefits from 2025 model year updates for the rest of the Range Rover Sport line-up, including the latest Pivi Pro infotainment system. This has new sidebars that contain sliders for volume and climate control. Amazon Alexa and Land Rover voice control systems are integrated, and over-the-air updates keep it up to date.
2024 Range Rover Sport SV engines, performance and fuel economy
The new Range Rover Sport SV is powered by a 635ps 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8 petrol engine with mild hybrid technology. Compared to the old Range Rover Sport SVR’s 5.0-litre supercharged V8, it produces an extra 60hp, while torque of 750nm is a 50nm improvement.
The new Range Rover Sport SV can accelerate from 0-62mph in just 3.6 seconds, and has a top speed of 180mph. Despite this, Land Rover claims CO2 emissions are 15% lower. It uses an eight-speed automatic gearbox and intelligent all-wheel drive is standard.
The engineers have really gone to town with the chassis of the new Range Rover Sport SV. It has the world’s first hydraulic interlinked air suspension, called 6D Dynamics. The hydraulic interconnected dampers are combined with height-adjustable air springs and pitch control. It is a semi-active system that means conventional anti-roll bars are not needed, which saves weight.
The new Range Rover Sport SV’s 6D Dynamics suspension significantly reduces pitch and roll, keeping the body almost level even during extreme cornering and acceleration. It rides between 10mm and 25mm lower than other new Range Rover Sport, depending on which drive mode is selected.
The new Range Rover Sport SV has unique tuning for the intelligent all-wheel drive, all-wheel steering, torque vectoring by braking, active locking rear differential and Configurable Dynamics – which is particularly apparent when SV Mode is selected.
Further emphasising the high-performance drive, the new Range Rover Sport SV has a new rear subframe and new suspension links with revised geometry and compliance. The focus even extends to a new electronically power-assisted steering rack with the fastest ratio of any Range Rover to date.
The new Range Rover Sport SV has 305-section rear tyres, the first time they’ve been fitted to a Range Rover, and which are 20mm wider than the front tyres. Racy Michelin Pilot Sport All Season 4 tyres are standard. It gives rear-biased dynamics, which is underlined by increased rear roll stiffness, something that also improves the immediacy of the steering.
As a result, the new Range Rover Sport SV has enormous grip. It can generate lateral acceleration in excess of 1.1g, says Land Rover, despite it running on all-season tyres. This is 22% more than the previous Range Rover Sport SVR when running on summer tyres “and is comparable to track-focused sports cars”.
To slow it all down, the new Range Rover Sport SV has a choice of high-performance brakes, either standard mixed-metal dual-cast brakes, or optional Carbon Ceramic Brakes (CCB) which are available for the first time on a Range Rover They are lighter, saving 34kg overall. Both braking systems come with eight-piston Brembo Octyma front calipers, the largest ever fitted to a Range Rover. They are available in yellow, red, carbon bronze and black custom colours.
The new Range Rover Sport SV is available with the world’s first lightweight 23-inch carbon fibre wheels, too. The split five-spoke wheels save 9kg per corner, a dramatic saving in unsprung mass that helps improve overall performance, handling and ride quality.
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How powerful is the new Range Rover Sport SV?
With a 635ps power output, the new Range Rover Sport is the most powerful Range Rover ever. It is 60ps more powerful than the old Range Rover Sport SVR.
Which car does the new Range Rover Sport SV replace?
The new Range Rover Sport SV is a more understated and luxurious successor to the outrageous, extrovert old Range Rover Sport SVR. Despite its range-topping status, that model was one of the most popular variants in the previous Range Rover Sport line-up.
How can I buy a new Range Rover Sport SV?
For the first year of production, you can’t go into a Land Rover dealer and ask to buy a new Range Rover Sport SV. It is “only available for select clients to order by invitation”.
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