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Titolo: Range Rover Sport: l'anti-Cayenne

These are the first pictures of Land Rover's 145mph Range Rover Sport 
undisguised, sneaked out from the company HQ. The chunky profile and sporty 
stance of Land Rover's £35,000 five-seat BMW X5 and Porsche Cayenne-chaser 
is clearly visible, as are its flared wheelarches and big wheels.
Despite the performance-oriented chassis, Land Rover is understood to be 
positioning the Range Rover Sport as a luxury grand tourer, rather than a 
sporty 4x4 like the X5. 'It will surprise a lot of people, but we have to 
keep chassis refinement and good ride quality, too,' said one engineer.
The pictures also reveal the Sport's resemblance to previous generations of 
Range Rover. And it sits on a new 108in (2.7m) wheelbase, the same as the 
second-generation Range Rover.
The detailing, however, is very up to date. The three-bar grille has 
perforated slats in titanium-finish plastic, a reference to the current 
Range Rover, while the headlights feature the distinctive 'twin-pocket' 
design that's become a Land Rover hallmark, and there are wing-mounted air 
intakes on both sides of the car, in contrast to the new Discovery.
The 'floating' roof is a major styling feature. It's defined by the 
wraparound glass and black rear pillar - disguised on the cars in our 
pictures. The original 1970 Range Rover used this feature.
Under the skin is a short- wheelbase version of Land Rover's T5 platform 
(found under the new Discovery) with its integrated body-on-frame 
construction, all-round wishbone suspension, air springs and low-ratio 
transfer gearbox.
Three engines will be offered from launch next May - a range-topping 
supercharged 400bhp 4.4-litre V8, a 295bhp 4.4-litre V8 and a 190bhp 
2.7-litre V6 turbodiesel. All Range Rover Sports will be fitted with auto 'boxes 
 - unlike the new Discovery, there won't be a manual diesel.
The first clear pictures of the car's interior show how it differs from the 
new Discovery's (see gallery). The top of the dash with its distinctive 
instrument shroud is the same, as is the centre console. But they are 
slanted back at a steeper angle and are integrated into the transmission 
tunnel cover, whose raised position creates a cocoon around the occupants.
This will give the driver the feeling of sitting in a low-slung kazzoopit 
and positions the gearlever closer to the steering wheel, for a sportier 
driving experience. These features were previewed on the Range Stormer 
concept at the Detroit Motor Show this year.
Behind the gear lever is the Terrain Response system, which features the 
same five settings as found in the new Discovery, but with the programs 
altered to match the Sport's grand tourer brief. The road setting, for 
example, will be more sporting than in the Discovery.
Land Rover believes customers will come from a wide spectrum, including 
urban drivers attracted by the 4x4's more compact dimensions and country 
dwellers who didn't convert to the new Range Rover because of its upmarket 
pricing
by Autocar
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