Land Rover has revealed its new Range Rover SV Coupé at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show, the firm's first full-size luxury Range Rover.
The Range Rover SV Coupé will have a base price of £250,000 when it goes on sale towards the end of 2018, with just 999 being produced. Land Rover will hand-assemble all of the purchased vehicles to a "client's personal specification". This, the firm says, is the first time it has done so.
Personalisation options include the ability to pick from more than 100 paint colours with different finishes, a two-tone colour selection for the vehicle's seats and customised door handles and tread plate engraving.
Under the bonnet potential buyers will (rightfully) be getting a lot for their money. The vehicle is set to be the fastest-ever full-size Range Rover, with a stated top speed of 165mph. To reach this the coupé is powered by a 5.0-litre Supercharged V8 petrol powertrain. Land Rover claims the vehicle will be able to go from hits 0-60mph in five seconds and it has an eight-speed automatic transmission.
There are five different settings for the air suspension, ranging from an access height of -50mm below the normal ride height to an increase of 75mm for off-roading. The Range Rover SV Coupé will also come with wheel options of 21-inch to 23-inch.
Inside there's a ten-inch display, a ten-inch control panel and a 12-inch interactive display for the driver. The person behind the wheel will also have a heads-up display showing upcoming turns, speed, gear information and more. There's also a 1,700w, 23-speaker sound system.
With the launch of the SV Coupé, Land Rover will be hoping to take on luxury competition from Rolls-Royce. The company is due to launch an SUV later this year and according to Auto Express it will be called Cullinan.
A prototype of the vehicle has been seen testing off-road and in Africa and the Arctic Circle. Not much else is known about the Cullinan yet but it's likely the vehicle will be in a similar price bracket to the Range Rover SV Coupé.
This article was originally published by WIRED UK
