The cargo hold's especially small, with a high floor. It's not a roomy cabin by any means, and four adults will find comfortable spaces for relatively long road trips-but not much additional space for their belongings or the occasional yawn and stretch. ![]() Inside, the Range Rover Sport wavers between snug and tight. The available adaptive suspension goes a long way to soothing ruffled ride motions. It's truly surprising how tenaciously it clings to the road, and how deep a stream it can ford, but sometimes the ride quality gets a little rough and bouncy, reminding you that the gulf between its extremes is a vast one. Outfitted as such, the Sport makes its talents known in the mud as well as it does in corners. Either is teamed with a brainy all-wheel-drive system and a six-speed automatic transmission. The HSE scoots to 60 mph in 7.2 seconds, the Supercharged in a scant 5.9 seconds. Acceleration is brisk-especially for something that weighs well in excess of 5,500 pounds. With a supercharger, it twists out 510 horsepower and 461 pound-feet of torque. There's a naturally-aspirated 5.0-liter V-8 with 375 horsepower and 375 pound-feet of torque version in the HSE. The Sport sports a choice of two drivetrains, either one a fitting source of power. ![]() It's a blend of utilitarian controls with luxury finishes, and it works, particularly well since a major renovation in the 2010 model year. ![]() It comes across as a little more defined, even inside, where the very cozy cockpit is divided by a wide center console into nacelles for four passengers. The smaller, sleeker Range Rover Sport has something in common with the utilitarian Land Rover LR4 under its skin, but it's a completely different look-far more kin to the big Range Rover, with the most significant departure being its scaled-down proportions and the slant of its tailgate. Why? Almost shocking acceleration for a vehicle of its size and weight, with enough of the off-pavement ability to uphold the promise its name makes across savanas and veldts worldwide. A reimagined version of the Range Rover, on a different platform and without the ultimate set of off-road talents, the 2012 Land Rover Range Rover Sport is nonetheless our ideal substitute for the ritzy SUV with the big royal following.
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