#IAA: Look Out BMW! Land Rover Just Uncloaked The Extremely Capable 519HP Discovery SVX

This is the Land Rover Discovery SVX, the first ‘extreme off-road’ vehicle from the company’s Special Vehicle Operations division and, potentially, the first Discovery to nudge the £100,000 price point. 

SVX is designed to sit alongside the high-performance SVR and luxury-oriented SVAutobiography editions. Land Rover insiders say the Discovery’s semi-rugged reputation makes it an ideal candidate for the first SVX makeover - not least because earlier generations of the car were used in the extreme Camel Trophy off-roading competitions in the nineties.

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Frankfurt Motor Show

 

MDarringer - 9/11/2017 8:33:04 PM

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Sure, why not? But so what? Everyone has to have a monster-engined SUV. I sometimes think these appeal to people who what bragging rights to horsepower but who are scared to death of a sports car. Assuming I were to my a Disco, this would not be the one.

valhallakey - 9/11/2017 10:41:28 PM

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This one is different, it is not aimed on on road performance. I would agree with your comments if speaking about SUVs aimed at making them handle better, go faster on the street... silly approach.. get a car if you want that. This one is modified to handle off road situations better. And you can never have enough power... even in the dirt :)

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 9/11/2017 9:24:30 PM

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Every time I see a photo of the new Discovery it makes me sad. This SUV has nothing to do with the former Camel Trophy Truck. They seem to respect the Range Rover design history, I am not sure why this model got the bar of soap treatment. SUV are not dynamic vehicles. I would never own a high powered one like this or from any other brand. 455hp or so in your average C7 Corvette is a much safer bet as a daily driver.

valhallakey - 9/12/2017 3:06:31 AM

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They should have retained the more utilitarian look with huge off road capabilities for Land Rover and let Range Rover pursue the fashion trends. On the other hand I like the overall idea of hot rodding it for off road instead of on road like everyone else is doing. You just will never make and SUV handle like a good sports car on the road.

carloslassiter - 9/12/2017 12:38:07 AM

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What % of these high powered SUVs are in rollover accidents during their initial test drives?

MorePower - 9/13/2017 4:43:55 AM

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Is this thing still based off of the Explorer chassis?

skytop - 9/15/2017 9:37:31 PM

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Just what the soccer moms and millenium TV watcher needs....an over 500 H.P. SUV to go to the restaurant and drive in liquor stores.