These are the first scoop pictures of the all-new, second-generation Range Rover Sport. Judging by the prototype’s disguise, it looks set for a showroom debut by the middle of next year, hot on the heels of the Mk4 Range Rover.
Like its larger sister car, the latest Sport is based on an all-new bonded and riveted aluminium platform, and will be built on a production line currently being finalised at Land Rover’s Solihull HQ.
Sources suggest that the switch from the heavy-duty T5 platform to new aluminium architecture should slash the model’s weight by hundreds of kilos, perhaps enabling the lightest version to hit a Porsche Cayenne-matching 2000kg.
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