Land Rover Range Rover Sport (United Kingdom, 2013-present)

Land Rover introduced the second generation of the Range Rover Sport at the 2013 New York Auto Show.

It adopts the new aluminum platform from the Range Rover that sheds 420kg (925lbs) from the previous generation and gets an aluminum suspension. The weight loss also means a 15% reduction in CO2 emissions to 194g/km of CO2 and similarly improved fuel economy.

There are four engines and two four-wheel drive systems offered at launch. The petrol engines are the supercharged 5.0-liter V8 with 503hp and a supercharged 3.0-liter V6 with 335hp. The diesel engines are both tunes of the 3.0-liter diesel with either 255hp or 288hp. Later there will be a 4.4-liter diesel with 334hp, and a hybrid will come in 2014. It is teasing the possibility of using its new four-cylinder engines later. All of the engines are available with an eight-speed automatic transmission.

One of the all-wheel drive systems is simply all-wheel drive, and the other h...