Land Rover has shifted all of its current energy from the previous fifth-generation Range Rover to the new Generation Range Rover Sport, which, if all goes well, will be available in 2023. For Land Rover, the Range Rover Sport is already a "cash cow", and in the past 5 years, the sales of the Range Rover Sport have been more than 40% higher than the standard Range Rover every year, so it is no wonder that Land Rover is full of expectations for the new generation of Range Rover Sport.
According to the currently known information, the Range Rover Sport will use the MLA platform, so it is foreseeable that its shape will change greatly, but from another point of view, the current Range Rover Sport uses the design of 10 years ago, and it is indeed time to update.
According to Land Rover, thanks to the use of the MLA platform, the body stiffness of the new Range Rover Sport will be increased by at least 50%, while the noise caused by the structure and hinges will be reduced by 24%, and its sporty characteristics can be greatly improved, even reaching the level of Porsche Cayenne.
In terms of powertrain, if there is no accident, Land Rover will use the V8 engine from BMW on the Range Rover Sport, the engine code-named S63 is actually the 4.4T that BMW uses in high-end cars and M models, the maximum power can exceed 600 horsepower, and even reached 625 horsepower on the M5 Thunder Edition.
In addition to the V8 engine, Land Rover is also expected to introduce BMW's inline 6-cylinder engine as the basic engine of the hybrid system into the new model, which is also the only way for Land Rover to fully electrify, and this L6 engine is also used in BMW's 3.0 model, including M3 and M4.
Therefore, it is foreseeable that the new Range Rover Sport will usher in an update from the inside out, in the Chinese market, due to price problems, range rover sport version is also more popular, but in recent years in the domestic market in addition to the new guard brought a small wave of heat accident, the popularity of other models have declined, the arrival of the new Range Rover sport may save some popularity for land Rover.