Though this week's big news was the official debut of the 2014 BMW X5, it seems that early opinions are mixed on that product. Some are let down by the minor changes, exterior and interior, while others are riveted for the next BMW X5 to arrive at showrooms.
I am in the earlier class of folks.
And while it seems folks around here can't gather that the Range Rover Sport and BMW X5 go head-to-head, they do. The pricing disparity isn't as large as they'd like to imagine but c'est la vie.
If you really get into the nitty gritty about the all-new Range Rover Sport, it's a fascinating piece of engineering. To really drive that home is this list compiled by Autocar's team. It features 13 facts about the all-new Sport I guarantee you didn't know before you checked out this story.
With vehicles like the Porsche Cayenne and Range Rover Sport that both can hit the track and go off road, it seems like BMW is going to have to go back to the drawing board when it reimagines the fourth generation sport-utility vehicle.
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The new Range Rover Sport was developed under two banners, according to the company. “More Range Rover and more Sport” was the conclusion from customer research, and the aim of the engineering team was to create “the fastest, most agile, most responsive Land Rover ever”, with “a huge breadth of ability”.
So although the all-new Range Rover Sport shares the same PLA aluminium platform as the new Range Rover, some 75 per cent of the components – calculated by part numbers – are different from the flagship car’s...
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