Parth Charan

<hr>&nbsp;“This shouldn’t be&nbsp;happening” is a phrase&nbsp;stuck in my head like a&nbsp;broken teleprompter, every&nbsp;time this vehicle does…&nbsp;well, anything. The car in&nbsp;question is fairly large and&nbsp;has several right angles&nbsp;adding up to create an&nbsp;agreeable shape, globally&nbsp;considered to be a Range&nbsp;Rover Sport. I reckon, the&nbsp;phrase pops in bystanders’&nbsp;minds as well, when this&nbsp;Rangie shrinks away into the&nbsp;horizon like a cannonball.&nbsp;“This is happening”&nbsp;is what the top brass at&nbsp;Land Rover probably&nbsp;said, when they told their&nbsp;Special Vehicles Operation&nbsp;(SVO) division to put a&nbsp;supercharged V8 into a&nbsp;Range Rover Sport and&nbsp;extract 543 bhp from&nbsp;it — an idea undoubtedly&nbsp;birthed at a downtown pub.&nbsp;Welcome to the Range&nbsp;Rover SVR — possibly the&nbsp;most astonishing car you’ll&nbsp;see today.&nbsp;The grudge against polar&nbsp;bears notwithstanding, this&nbsp;is a terriffic idea. Endowing&nbsp;an SUV with the powers&nbsp;of a supercar isn’t a new&nbsp;notion — nearly every top&nbsp;shelf manufacturer has one&nbsp;in their kitty, but few have&nbsp;proven to be so deliciously&nbsp;effective. Yes, that’s a 543&nbsp;bhp, supercharged V8 —&nbsp;powered Range Rover that’s&nbsp;cut its teeth at the dreaded&nbsp;Nurburgring and come out&nbsp;with a supercar-shaming time of 8 minutes and 14&nbsp;seconds.&nbsp;Prior to experiencing the&nbsp;volcanic power underneath&nbsp;that hood, the SVR is&nbsp;another Range Rover Sport.&nbsp;The black grille and roofline&nbsp;indicate that things are a bit&nbsp;different, but the tan leather&nbsp;seats and dashboard, with&nbsp;smooth alcantara draping&nbsp;the car’s pillars and roofline,&nbsp;betray no signs of the&nbsp;Herculean levels of power&nbsp;this car springs on you. It’s&nbsp;just world-class luxury, until&nbsp;you start the engine to hear&nbsp;one of the best engine notes&nbsp;of the 21st century.&nbsp;<div id="gallery-4"><figure>&nbsp;			<div>&nbsp;				<a href="https://www.mansworldindia.com/wheels/cbspecial/chariot-of-the-gods-land-rover-range-rover-svr-fast/attachment/rrs_15svr_ext_det02-a3/"><img src="https://d12d6l12s3d372.cloudfront.net/RRS_15_SVR_EXT_DET_02_A3_327x240_143401fef1.jpg"></a>&nbsp;			</div>&nbsp;				<figcaption id="gallery-4-22613">&nbsp;				Range Rover SVR &nbsp;				</figcaption></figure><figure>&nbsp;			<div>&nbsp;				<a href="https://www.mansworldindia.com/wheels/cbspecial/chariot-of-the-gods-land-rover-range-rover-svr-fast/attachment/rrs_15svr_pr_ext_loc14-a3/"><img src="https://d12d6l12s3d372.cloudfront.net/RRS_15_SVR_PR_EXT_LOC_09_A3_1_360x240_f15345ac18.jpg"></a>&nbsp;			</div>&nbsp;				<figcaption id="gallery-4-22615">&nbsp;				Range Rover SVR &nbsp;				</figcaption></figure><figure>&nbsp;			<div>&nbsp;				<a href="https://www.mansworldindia.com/wheels/cbspecial/chariot-of-the-gods-land-rover-range-rover-svr-fast/attachment/rrs_15svr_pr_ext_loc09-a3-2/"><img src="https://d12d6l12s3d372.cloudfront.net/RRS_15_SVR_PR_EXT_LOC_14_A3_360x240_17fd556865.jpg"></a>&nbsp;			</div>&nbsp;				<figcaption id="gallery-4-22614">&nbsp;				Range Rover SVR &nbsp;				</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;		</div>&nbsp;Can it frighten your&nbsp;neighbours?&nbsp;&nbsp;Easily. No one is accustomed&nbsp;to seeing a vehicle of the&nbsp;Range Rover’s proportions&nbsp;move at the speeds the&nbsp;SVR is capable of. By the&nbsp;time anyone on the road&nbsp;can process it, the hefty&nbsp;Rangie is already a blue-speck&nbsp;in the distance. The&nbsp;reason it went around the&nbsp;Nurburgring was because&nbsp;Land Rover wanted to&nbsp;ensure that the SVR gets the&nbsp;authentic supercar trial-by-fire.&nbsp;It’s not just an SUV that&nbsp;can go frighteningly fast —&nbsp;it’s an SUV that is a proper&nbsp;track weapon. The first thing&nbsp;that leaves you unnerved&nbsp;is that genuine supercar&nbsp;throttle response, which will&nbsp;have you sleeping over just&nbsp;how it manages to disguise&nbsp;that weight. On paper, this&nbsp;is a two and a half tonne&nbsp;car, but as soon as you&nbsp;bury the throttle, there’s&nbsp;just no trace of that weight.&nbsp;Everytime it makes a manic&nbsp;dash to the horizon, it roars&nbsp;furiously and leaves a lot of&nbsp;bewilderment in its wake.&nbsp;Is it impossibly quick?&nbsp;&nbsp;There are a lot of things&nbsp;about the SVR that would&nbsp;be considered impossible,&nbsp;were it not the decade of&nbsp;the multifaceted automobile.&nbsp;It does 0-100 under 5&nbsp;seconds, which itself begs&nbsp;astonishment, but it’s the&nbsp;giddying levels of torque,&nbsp;that are available constantly&nbsp;with no lull in power supply&nbsp;that is truly incredible. One&nbsp;feels like the SVR is pacing&nbsp;itself while teetering around&nbsp;the 200 kph mark and you&nbsp;almost always run out of&nbsp;runway before it’s at full&nbsp;gallop.&nbsp;How is it at the other&nbsp;stuff?&nbsp;&nbsp;It’s extremely planted. You&nbsp;approach a corner, filled&nbsp;with trepidation about the&nbsp;way the car’s dimensions&nbsp;will cope with the speed,&nbsp;but mid-corner, you’re&nbsp;already marveling at the&nbsp;lack of body roll. Sure, the&nbsp;weight will make it slide&nbsp;around a bit, but you have&nbsp;all-wheel drive technology&nbsp;and extremely responsive&nbsp;braking swallowing&nbsp;momentum like an acme&nbsp;dynamite kit.&nbsp;<div id="gallery-5"><figure>&nbsp;			<div>&nbsp;				<a href="https://www.mansworldindia.com/wheels/cbspecial/chariot-of-the-gods-land-rover-range-rover-svr-fast/attachment/rr_svr__116/"><img src="https://d12d6l12s3d372.cloudfront.net/RR_SVR_116_360x240_ce2cdc2c8d.jpg"></a>&nbsp;			</div>&nbsp;				<figcaption id="gallery-5-22609">&nbsp;				Range Rover SVR &nbsp;				</figcaption></figure><figure>&nbsp;			<div>&nbsp;				<a href="https://www.mansworldindia.com/wheels/cbspecial/chariot-of-the-gods-land-rover-range-rover-svr-fast/attachment/rr_svr__164/"><img src="https://d12d6l12s3d372.cloudfront.net/RR_SVR_164_360x240_3415a7c3ef.jpg"></a>&nbsp;			</div>&nbsp;				<figcaption id="gallery-5-22610">&nbsp;				Range Rover SVR &nbsp;				</figcaption></figure><figure>&nbsp;			<div>&nbsp;				<a href="https://www.mansworldindia.com/wheels/cbspecial/chariot-of-the-gods-land-rover-range-rover-svr-fast/attachment/rr_svr__191/"><img src="https://d12d6l12s3d372.cloudfront.net/RR_SVR_191_160x240_cfbbc58c43.jpg"></a>&nbsp;			</div>&nbsp;				<figcaption id="gallery-5-22611">&nbsp;				Range Rover SVR &nbsp;				</figcaption></figure>&nbsp;		</div>&nbsp;So what exactly do we&nbsp;have here?&nbsp;It’s what happens when a&nbsp;wild imagination meets a&nbsp;wilder R&amp;D budget. The&nbsp;engine is the same one used&nbsp;in a standard V8 powered RR&nbsp;Sport — however, everything&nbsp;is a little extra : a little extra&nbsp;power, a wider track, stiffer&nbsp;suspension, anti-roll bars,&nbsp;bigger brakes — the works.&nbsp;If SUVs are paving our&nbsp;automotive future, the Range&nbsp;Rover SVR is a benchmark&nbsp;for everything an SUV&nbsp;can be.&nbsp;<hr>&nbsp;Loony Rover&nbsp;<img src="https://d12d6l12s3d372.cloudfront.net/RR_SVR_196_e1461222232783_4762dd13b9.jpg">&nbsp;The Range Rover SVR&nbsp;retains the same off-roading&nbsp;tech available in a&nbsp;standard RR Sport.&nbsp;Despite being slightly&nbsp;lower, the decrease in&nbsp;approach and departure&nbsp;angles of the SVR is&nbsp;quite less, making it just&nbsp;as adept off-road as it is&nbsp;on-road.&nbsp;<hr>

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Meet the Range Rover SVR &#8211; the most powerful Land Rover in 
history