2017 Range Rover Sport is a Land Rover midsize luxury sports utility vehicle (SUV) in the United Kingdom by Jaguar Land Rover, a subsidiary of Tata Motors. The first generation went into production in 2005 and was replaced by the second-generation sport in 2013.
2017 Range Rover Sport Concept :
The 2017 Range Rover Sport has foreshadowed the Range Stormer concept car, introduced at the 2004 North American International Auto Show. It was a low-slung, short wheelbase 3-door coupe that was found extremely “sporty” in the context of history Land Rover. Designed by Richard Woolley, the brand’s first full concept car sported split folding Gullwing doors, a piece of skeletal seats, a “clamshell” hood, 22-inch alloys, a 289 km/ h top speed, 4WD and 2500 kg weight.
The Range Rover Sport was comparable to much more conservative design with five doors and a wheelbase of barely shorter than the Range Rover Vogue. A replica of the Stormer was built by West Coast Customs of Corona, CA for Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, on the occasion of the opening of the West Coast Customs Dubai; the car is currently registered under the Dubai Traffic and Road Authority. The Range Stormer is now on display at the Heritage Motor Centre in Gaydon, Warwickshire, UK.
Powertrain :
The distance topping Sport is powered by a supercharged 4.2-liter all-aluminum Jaguar AJ-V8 engine of 390 kW (290 hp) and 550 N·m (410 lb·ft). A naturally aspirated 4.4-liter variant produces 300 kW (220 hp) and 425 N·m (313 lb·ft) and adapted by Land Rover with a slightly larger capacity and increased torque. Both petrol engines are designed with letting a sump and oil pickup system for operation at extreme angles. Due to a lack of popularity, the naturally aspirated power plant is excluded from the British market in 2007.
The advanced 2.7-liter turbodiesel TDV6 is an adaptation of the PSA / Ford developing and producing 190 kW (140 hp) and 440 N·m (320 lb·ft) in Land Rover guise. It features a compacted graphite iron block and aluminium cylinder head with a quick link piezo crystal injectors. Debut in both the sports and fashion in 2007, the 3.6L twin-turbo diesel TDV8. This engine is a further modification of the TDV6 but has a 90-degree block, twin variable geometry turbo and inlet valve deactivation. All engine variants are coupled to a revised six-ZF automatic transmission with CommandShift that reacts and adapts to different driving styles.
Controversy :
The Range Rover Sport 2017 model made Ford’s Premier Automotive Group the target of a protest by Greenpeace in 2005. The protesters infiltrated a meeting facility and temporarily delayed production of the vehicle. Greenpeace cited problems with the release of greenhouse gases, and by extension, global warming. The United States Environmental Protection Agency estimates for the non-supercharged engine is 14 mpg-US (17 L / 100 km; 17 mpg Imp). Although this test the EPA has calibrated its new system for 2008 and on. Greenpeace said they did not issue to take to the production of vehicles such as the Land Rover Defender as they typically used for off-road applications on a much more regular basis than vehicles like the Range Rover Sport, which they claim “is mainly set for on-road performance”.
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