The Two-Door SV Coupe Is The Coolest Range Rover In Decades

With just two doors, a limited production run and a serious step up in luxury, the Range Rover SV Coupe is the off-roader our hearts always wanted
The Two-Door SV Coupe Is The Coolest Range Rover In Decades

The long-rumoured two-door Range Rover is here at last, but don’t get your hopes up of owning one just yet – production is limited to a 999-unit maximum and the price is enough to make you clench.

The £240,000 – plus options – Range Rover SV Coupé will be hand-assembled at the SVO Technical Centre in Warwickshire. It’s yours with just one engine, but luckily that’s a 557bhp version of the company’s wonderful 5.0-litre supercharged V8.

The Two-Door SV Coupe Is The Coolest Range Rover In Decades

It’s the fastest full-size Range Rover yet made, hitting 62mph from a standstill in 5.0 seconds and stomping onwards to 165mph. An eight-speed ZF automatic gearbox makes shifts lightning-quick, but there are paddle-shifters if the driver wants to take some control back.

A single pair of long doors, echoing the classic three-door Range Rover coupés of decades past, look undeniably cool on the big, boxy Range Rover’s shape. They give the model a cleaner, neater first impression, and will make for a fun ongoing game of ‘spot the three-door’ for those of us who can’t afford one.

The Two-Door SV Coupe Is The Coolest Range Rover In Decades

Every panel is new, apart from the bonnet and lower tailgate, says Land Rover. The two-part front grille has two layers of mesh, while the Range Rover text on the bonnet and tailgate is hand-crafted in the Birmingham Jewellery Quarter. Fancy.

Land Rover claims “next-generation” luxury for the four-seat cabin, including being able to specify different colours of quilted leather seats for the front and the rear. Quite why, we’re not sure, but it certainly makes a statement and will appeal to buyers looking for something different to the current crop of super-luxury SUVs.

The Two-Door SV Coupe Is The Coolest Range Rover In Decades

Eight single-tone and four two-tone paint options will be on the palette, but buyers can choose over 100 special SVO colours or even create their own if they’re willing to pay even more. Another choice for the finish is ‘Liquesence,’ described as “a sensational liquid metal finish.”

Also on the options list are things like semi-precious metal badges, custom engraving for the door handles and door sill plates and much more.

The beat will drop hard thanks to a 1700-Watt, 23-speaker Meridian Signature Surround Sound System, and if you’ve never had the Meridian experience then you’ll have to take our word for just how incredibly good it is.

The Two-Door SV Coupe Is The Coolest Range Rover In Decades

But that doesn’t mean the SV Coupé isn’t just as handy off-road as you’d hope. Drive goes to all four wheels – sized 21 to 23 inches – via a two-speed transfer box and an Active Locking Rear Differential. Terrain Response 2 has Dynamic, Eco and Comfort modes for the road, plus Grass/Gravel/Snow, Mud/Ruts, Sand and Rock Crawl modes for the rough stuff.

Air suspension has a mighty 200mm or so of height adjustment, some of which is only available in specific scenarios. It’s a bit of a beast, and it looks fantastic. The very fact that it’s deliberately less practical means we love it all the more.

Comments

Chewbacca_buddy (McLaren squad)(VW GTI Clubsport)(McLaren 60

A proper SUV coupe. Manufacturers, look at this on how to make a good looking coupe

03/06/2018 - 10:51 |
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ThatMercFan🅱️oi (EDM ftw) (Likes Aventadors) (O

In reply to by Chewbacca_budd…

This: a Coupe
X6: not a Coupe

03/06/2018 - 15:27 |
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Nishant Dash

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03/06/2018 - 10:52 |
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dude
it says ur on hiatus, yet you’re so active

03/06/2018 - 10:55 |
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So are a lot if things … Doesn’t stop them being cool or us wanting it

03/06/2018 - 10:58 |
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In reply to by Nishant Dash

Sooo you stayed?

03/06/2018 - 12:18 |
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Archive Aston (Aston Martin squad)

Wait till SVR get their hands on it…

03/06/2018 - 10:56 |
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Anonymous

60 years ago: Reliable off-road-capable machines which aren’t afraid to get dirty
Now: Big landyachts for rich people

03/06/2018 - 10:56 |
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DL🏁

I actually like it a lot…

03/06/2018 - 11:00 |
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Anonymous

Beautiful.

03/06/2018 - 11:03 |
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Anonymous

OMFG. What is wrong with range rover?
Offering a coupé in 2018 that actually has 2 doors.
Damn their logic.

03/06/2018 - 11:04 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Lmao

03/06/2018 - 11:17 |
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DL🏁

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Why the downvotes 😂

03/06/2018 - 11:48 |
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Anonymous

The Range Stormer concept has finally become a production model (albeit limited to 999 units). It only took them, what, 14 years?

03/06/2018 - 11:11 |
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FLixy Madfox

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Too bad you can’t get it in Orange…

03/06/2018 - 11:18 |
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CS55

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Oh the memories… from Gran Turismo 😆 and yeah that concept was 2003

03/06/2018 - 11:22 |
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CS55

Well £240.000 is plenty of money but you can say it’s worth it… Great luxury, great performance, might be the best looking coupé SUV ever made and might depreciate 50% of it’s value within 1 or 2 years… But it is nice af…

03/06/2018 - 11:21 |
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The Nige

In reply to by CS55

Only a thousand made though, probably wont depreciate too much?

03/06/2018 - 17:43 |
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K Chaitanya Rao

In reply to by CS55

I highly doubt massive depreciation, I won’t be surprised if someone shut it in a garage to find out 2-3 years later that one of the cars sold for 2-3x the sticker price.
Limited edition cars tend to attract this kind of investment attitude from buyers and considering that this is a desirable car, I see it holding its value very well.

03/06/2018 - 19:57 |
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Anonymous

This thing goed absolutely nowhere offroad, and if one tries it probably breakes down before it gets there.

03/06/2018 - 11:24 |
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