Range Rover Sport SVR goes sideways at Rockingham (video)

Land Rover USA has put JLR’s chassis guru, Mike Cross, in the new Range Rover Sport SVR and sent him to play at Rockingham to demonstrate the SVR’s handling.

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The new Range Rover Sport SVR – Land Rover’s answer to the Porsche Cayenne Turbo  – is a monster SUV with enough power and torque to change the rotation of a planet. But is it a sports car?

Land Rover has certainly worked hard to defy the laws of physics and imbue the tall, high-riding Sport SVR with dynamics that are comparable to a proper performance car, fitting a retuned Dynamic Active rear diff lock, Torque Vectoring by Braking and retuned DSC, as well as ensuring the off-road abilities that are Land Rover’s USP.

Other changes include an active roll control system that replaces ant-roll bars and uses a pump one each axle to keep the Sport SVR flat and stiffer and lighter chassis components.

All that adds up to a Range Rover Sport that appears to handle better than any SUV has a right to, and the video of JLR’s chassis guru, Mike Cross, playing at Rockingham certainly appears to underline the Sport SVR’s ability to handle a track like a sports car.

And at £93.5k, it seems to offer more soul – and similar pace – to the Porsche Cayenne Turbo for about the same money.