Wild Thing

If a hot hatch were like an athlete wearing track shoes, then a hot SUV must be a very buff sportsman with platform heels.

Or so it would seem when faced with the Range Rover Sport SVR.

The SVR is a Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged on steroids.

The standard Range Rover Sport 5.0 SC already churns out 510 hp and 625 Nm but Jaguar Land Rover's Special Vehicle Operations has souped up this handsome luxury SUV and cranked the figures up to 550 hp and 680 Nm.

As a result, zero to 100 kmh tumbles from 5.3 seconds to just 4.7 seconds, maki…