By the second generation the gap had closed, with the Sport offering more family practicality and built on the same platform as the bigger Range Rover. Better practicality and driving appeal for a slightly lower price? You need to have a serious prejudice or love for the flagship model to bypass the Sport.
It begs the question: what’s the lure of the flagship model other than some anachronistic loyalty to the halcyon days when it was the ultimate in luxury off-roading for landowners? If you think current Range Rover drivers are smug, imagine what they’re going to be like now that they can garner the eco-credentials of running completely on electric as well, not to mention the fact their annual motor tax bill is a mere €140, while many of those they waft past are paying three times that amount to keep their jalopy on the road.
With the full-blooded Range Rover you get a slightly larger boot – 1,050 litres when loaded to the roof compared to the Sport’s 835 litres – and more stylised tail lights. But the biggest issue that loyalists make is at the back door. The Range Rover has a split tailgate while the Sport doesn’t. Accepting the Sport is better on the road as well, Neil makes the case that the Range Rover’s noticeably softer suspension set-up means it rolls more in corners, bobs and nods its nose when you ask it to do anything interesting, and has slower, less well-assured steering.
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