Gallery: The Most Powerful Range Rover Ever Is Surprisingly Fuel Efficient
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The Range Rover Sport SVR is the fastest, most powerful Land Rover ever made.
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Jaguar Land Rover took the supercharged 5-liter V8 engine from the Ranger Rover Sport HSE and tuned it to deliver more horsepower and more torque, without turning any extra gas.
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It goes from 0 to 60 mph in 4.5 seconds and hits a top speed of 162 mph.
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Impressively, it delivers 22.1 miles per gallon.
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Inside, the SVR is an exercise in excess, stuffed with leather everywhere you look.
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The SVR lapped Germanys’ famed Nürburgring Nordschleiffe racetrack in 8 minutes 14 seconds. The Maserati GranTurismo MC posted the same time.
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Even the backseat passenger get seats made for performance driving.
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The SVR debuts this weekend in Monterey, Calif.
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