2025 Land Rover Range Rover Sport Reviews, Pricing & Specs

The Range Rover Sport’s styling reinforces Land Rover’s positioning of this model as a sportier SUV within the Range Rover family. It stands taller than nearly everything else on the road, but its shorter wheelbase and chopped top give the Sport a more athletic appearance than the traditional Range Rover. Large front air intakes and a complement of fake vents on the hood and front fenders add to the look. But in the metal, the Sport appears a bit too tall and narrow from some angles. It lacks the wide, planted look of some other luxury SUVs.

For the 2025 model year, the Range Rover Sport lineup includes Dynamic SE, Dynamic HSE, Autobiography, and SV Edition Two trim levels. Our test car was an SV Edition Two, the highest-performance model within the Range Rover family and, with the possible exception of the new Defender Octa, the Land Rover brand itself.

In addition to its mechanical upgrades, the SV Edition Two can be equipped with 23-inch carbon-fibre wheels. The hood is also made from carbon fibre with an exposed patch to show off the lightweight material. Nonetheless, in Marl Grey our test car made a more plausible sleeper than typical specs of the BMW X5 M, Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 S, or Porsche Cayenne.

The subtle exterior belies an interior adorned with available red leather upholstery, sport seats with light-up “SV” inserts, and even illuminated steering-wheel paddle shifters. That look is unique to the SV Edition Two, but all Range Rover Sport models have an overall minimalist aesthetic with only a touchscreen, stubby shifter, and engine start button interrupting the smoothness of the dashboard and centre console.

Like previous Range Rover Sport models, the console, dash, and door panels are quite high to create a more enclosed, cockpit-like feel. That makes sense given this SUV’s sporty mission, but it also makes the front seats feel a bit cramped for a vehicle of this size. Material quality is up to the standards of the luxury segment although, like many automakers, Land Rover is a bit too indulgent with the reflective and easily smudged piano black plastic.

Land Rover offers multiple powertrain options depending on trim level, all with an eight-speed automatic transmission and standard four-wheel drive (4WD).

The Range Rover Sport Dynamic SE, the base model in Canada, is powered by a 3.0-litre turbocharged inline-six engine tuned for 395 hp and 406 lb-ft of torque. The plug-in hybrid powertrain is based on this same engine and is rated at 454 hp and 487 lb-ft.

The Range Rover Sport Autobiography is also available with the plug-in hybrid powertrain, but here output increases to 543 hp and 590 lb-ft of torque. Dynamic SE and Autobiography models can also be equipped with a BMW-sourced twin-turbocharged 4.4-litre V8 producing 523 hp and 553 lb-ft. This engine and the base inline-six also have mild-hybrid assistance to eke out better fuel economy.

The same twin-turbo BMW V8 is also used in the SV Edition Two, but with output pushed to 626 hp (torque is unchanged). That makes the SV Edition Two the most powerful production model to ever wear the Range Rover badge, and it’s tied with the Defender Octa as the most powerful Land Rover model overall. Land Rover says it will do 0-100 km/h in 3.8 seconds—faster than a Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 S and BMW X5 M Competition, and just a tenth off the quickest Porsche Cayenne model. The top speed is a stupendous 290 km/h.

The Range Rover name might be primarily associated with off-roading, but with its sport-tuned air suspension, the Range Rover Sport SV Edition Two carves corners as well as the German competition. Instead of the frenetic character of many performance cars, the Range Rover Sport has a calm and confident demeanour that also contributes to a luxurious ride at normal speeds. Four-wheel steering and brake-based torque vectoring made our test car feel more agile than it otherwise might, and its carbon-ceramic brakes required barely a brush of the pedal to scrub off speed. But even without these features, the basic Range Rover Sport platform imparts impressive levels of comfort and refinement.

Regarding the Land Rover brand’s more traditional strength, all Range Rover Sport models have the automaker’s Terrain Response system for off-roading, as well as hill descent control and ascent control, but only Range Rover Sport Autobiography models have a two-speed transfer case with low range. All models except the SV Edition Two have 21.6 centimetres of ground clearance, but standard air suspension increases that to 28.4 cm when raised to off-road height. That also provides a 33-degree approach angle, 29.8-degree departure angle, and 26.9-degree breakover angle for clearing obstacles. The SV Edition Two shaves off 0.6 cm of standard ground clearance to land at 21 cm even.

Dimensionally, the Sport sits between the Range Rover Velar and the full-size Range Rover in the Range Rover lineup. It offers a bit more room than the Velar but remains comfortably in the midsize range. Some competitors offer a third row of seats, but the Range Rover Sport is sold only as a two-row five-seater.

Front-seat occupants will find similar headroom to other midsize luxury SUVs, but the Acura MDX and Audi Q7 have roughly 2.5 cm of additional legroom. The Land Rover’s sloping roof also doesn’t impact rear-seat headroom as much as it might seem. Only the BMW X5 and Mercedes-Benz GLE offer more, and only a smidge at that. The Mercedes also offers just under 8 cm of additional second-row legroom over the Land Rover, but most people should still find adequate room to stretch out—especially because reclining rear seats are standard, as are 20-way power-adjustable front seats with heating, ventilation, and memory.

The Range Rover Sport contains a substantial 835 litres of cargo space behind its second row. That matches a Lexus RX but is less than you get in an MDX, X5, GLE, or Genesis GV80. The 1,860 litres of available cargo space with the rear seats folded is also a lot less than most competitors offer, but it’s a large amount nonetheless.

While the Sport doesn’t have a split tailgate like the big Range Rover, power operation and an “access height” setting for the standard air suspension make loading and unloading cargo easier. Inside, deep door pockets and large centre console cupholders ensure your Yeti will have a secure home.

The Range Rover Sport’s 3,500-kilogram (7,716-pound) maximum towing capacity for turbo-six and V8 models is in line with the rest of the segment. (Plug-in hybrids are rated at 3,000 kilograms (6,614 pounds)). The Land Rover’s Audi, BMW, Mercedes, and Porsche rivals can all tow at least 3,175 kilograms (7,000 pounds), but the Range Rover Sport offers appreciably more towing capacity than an Acura MDX, Genesis GV80, Lexus RX, or Volvo XC90.

The Sport’s standard screen setup is the same as what you get in a big Range Rover. A 13.7-inch screen serves as a digital instrument cluster, while a 13.1-inch touchscreen handles infotainment functions. Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are standard as well, along with Amazon Alexa integration.

The two screens look great. The instrument cluster is mounted in a neat little pod, and the central touchscreen appears to float atop the smooth surface of the dashboard. But the clean, minimalist design has some functional shortfalls as it leaves few options beyond the touchscreen. Not only is tapping the screen more difficult than twisting a knob to adjust the climate control or pushing a button to select a different drive mode, but those functions also require their own widgets on the screen. So, while the physical dashboard may look nice and uncluttered, the screen doesn’t.

Steering wheel controls give the driver an alternative, but their functions are limited. At least Land Rover’s Pivi Pro infotainment system has gotten a lot more responsive in its more recent iterations. The brand has added usable natural-language voice recognition closer to what Audi, BMW, and Mercedes have. When you just need information, the gauge cluster’s various configurations also provide plenty of options.

Our Range Rover Sport SV Edition Two test car was also equipped with what Land Rover calls “Body and Soul Seats” with embedded transducers. These make the seats pulse with the music from the Range Rover Sport’s standard Meridian audio system—up to 29 speakers are available, depending on configuration—or just vibrate in time to its own sound-based relaxation programs. The experience is fairly pleasant, like a more energizing version of conventional seat massagers, but it also feels a bit tacky in an amusement park ride way. Perhaps a longer drive would have given us time to overcome that feeling, but for now we’re not surprised other automakers haven’t adopted this feature.

The Range Rover Sport’s standard driver-assist features cover the bases with automatic emergency braking, forward collision warning, adaptive cruise control, lane-keep assist, traffic sign recognition, blind-spot monitoring, rear cross-traffic alert, and a driver attention monitor all included from the base SE trim level on up.

The standard 360-degree camera system, along with our test car’s digital rearview mirror, help take the guesswork out of parking and compensate for the Range Rover Sport’s fairly tall hood, which otherwise impedes forward visibility. However, we find the standard parking sensors to be overly sensitive. We would prefer a shortcut button to activate the cameras before getting close enough to objects to trigger those warnings.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) had not released safety ratings for the current-generation Range Rover Sport at the time of writing.

The base six-cylinder powertrain is rated by Natural Resources Canada at 11.1 litres per 100 kilometres combined (12.5 city, 9.4 highway). Fuel economy goes up to 12.6 L/100 km combined (14.5 city, 10.2 highway) with the V8. The SV Edition Two burns 13.1 L/100 km combined (15.0 city, 10.8 highway), while plug-in hybrids offer 85 kilometres of electric range and 11.0 L/100 km combined after that.

Land Rover’s warranty coverage—including a four-year/80,000-kilometre new-vehicle warranty and complimentary roadside assistance over the same period—is comparable to what most other luxury brands offer.

Pricing starts at $109,600 for the Range Rover Sport Dynamic SE (not including the destination charge or other fees), while the Range Rover Sport Dynamic HSE and Range Rover Sport Autobiography trim levels are priced from $114,550 and $141,800, respectively. The more niche SV Edition Two starts even higher at $210,300, and options like carbon-fibre wheels and carbon-ceramic brakes can push the sticker price toward $250,000.

With that pricing scheme, the Range Rover Sport doesn’t make sense in the context of other midsize luxury SUVs. As nice as it is to look at inside and out, and as capable as it is off-road and on, new car buyers who just want a nice SUV will spend a lot less by going with other brands. It appears to exist mostly to fill the considerable gap between the Range Rover Velar and the full-size Range Rover in Land Rover’s lineup, giving buyers a more manageable package and sportier driving dynamics while maintaining the exclusivity and prestige of the bigger Range Rover.