Cars & Concepts

JLR aiming high with SVO unit

The Range Rover Sport SVR has a 5.0-liter V-8 engine that generates 550 hp.
May 25, 2015 05:00 AM
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Performance review
Jaguar Land Rover's focus for its SVO unit • Adding sportiness, horsepower, better brakes and performance tuning to produce variants such as the Range Rover Sport SVR • Adding luxury, primarily interior trim, for variants such as the Range Rover SVAutobiography; customers will be able to order custom paint and trim • Adding capability and usability; no vehicles have been announced, but JLR's Stuart Adlard cites the one-off Land Rover Defender to be used in Spectre, a James Bond film due in November
OEM04_305259977_H2_-1_XWOLMDXLWGZM.jpg Adlard: Some customers want "something that is a little more sporty or more luxurious."

MONTICELLO, N.Y. -- Jaguar Land Rover is joining its high-end competitors in the lucrative performance and luxury derivative business.

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