What Is It?
2006 Land Rover Range Rover Sport
What's Special About It?
This is Land Rover's first attempt at building a vehicle that can handle the pavement as well as it does a muddy mountain trail. Its name might imply that it's nothing more than a retuned version of the standard Range Rover, but its underlying structure is shared with the midsize LR3. The exterior shape uses the familiar floating roof design of the top-of-the-line Range Rover, but the Sport's shorter wheelbase and steeply raked rear hatch give it a more dynamic stance than the standard model.
Its fully independent suspension utilizes air springs at each corner and a new Dynamic Response System automatically adjusts the sway bars for maximum roll control whether you're on the road or off. Although its tires, stance and suspension are tuned for the road, the Sport still carries its low-range gearing and the adaptive Terrain Response system first introduced in the LR3.
Power comes from either a normally aspirated 300-horsepower, 4.4-liter V8 or a supercharged version rated at 390 hp. A six-speed automatic transmission with manual-shift capability handles the gear changes while four-piston Brembo brakes give it the kind of stopping power an SUV of this size and power needs.
What's Edmunds' Take?
The subtlety of the changes to the Range Rover Sport might seem trivial at first, but taken as a whole they represent a positive step in the right direction for Land Rover. Massaging the Range Rover to better suit its typical terrain puts it in a much better position to compete with rivals that learned that lesson a long time ago. As long as Land Rover maintains adequate competency in the dirt, it stands to make up a lot of ground on the pavement. — Ed Hellwig
2006 Land Rover Range Rover Sport
What's Special About It?
This is Land Rover's first attempt at building a vehicle that can handle the pavement as well as it does a muddy mountain trail. Its name might imply that it's nothing more than a retuned version of the standard Range Rover, but its underlying structure is shared with the midsize LR3. The exterior shape uses the familiar floating roof design of the top-of-the-line Range Rover, but the Sport's shorter wheelbase and steeply raked rear hatch give it a more dynamic stance than the standard model.
Its fully independent suspension utilizes air springs at each corner and a new Dynamic Response System automatically adjusts the sway bars for maximum roll control whether you're on the road or off. Although its tires, stance and suspension are tuned for the road, the Sport still carries its low-range gearing and the adaptive Terrain Response system first introduced in the LR3.
Power comes from either a normally aspirated 300-horsepower, 4.4-liter V8 or a supercharged version rated at 390 hp. A six-speed automatic transmission with manual-shift capability handles the gear changes while four-piston Brembo brakes give it the kind of stopping power an SUV of this size and power needs.
What's Edmunds' Take?
The subtlety of the changes to the Range Rover Sport might seem trivial at first, but taken as a whole they represent a positive step in the right direction for Land Rover. Massaging the Range Rover to better suit its typical terrain puts it in a much better position to compete with rivals that learned that lesson a long time ago. As long as Land Rover maintains adequate competency in the dirt, it stands to make up a lot of ground on the pavement. — Ed Hellwig
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nailsbyangela says:
05:43 AM, 08/25/2010
My fiance just purchased a 2008 Land Rover Range Rover sport HSE . He paid $44,000. it has 39,000 miles . We would like to know did he get a good deal?