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Originally Posted by Andaluz That's a good observation Cawimmer.
And I entirely agree.
What's the point of a fast SUV that doesn't go off-road?
Take the Ford F-150 SVT Lightning for example.
It can accelarate from 0 to 60 Mph in 6s. That's not bad at all for a Pick-up truck. Thing is though, the Lightning is only available as normal RWD (2WD).
So what's the point of buying a fast truck, that doesn't handle as a sportscar and it yet doesn't have the off road ability that a truck must have?
Happily however, Land Rover thought on that and while the Range Rover Sport still is a mud plugger, still feels nimble and agile as a sport saloon.
Think the Range Rover Sport as a BMW M5 on high-hell shoes. |
Exactly. If I was in the market for a performance SUV, I'd still expect it to be able to go offroad. The RR Sport and the Cayenne I guess are still biased towards speed, rather than what their SUV prinicple was meant to do, but I agree that they seem to be significantly more capable than the X5 4.8is or the ML63 AMG when it comes to offroading.
