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now here's the new Range Rover Sport the 2014 interesting thing about this vehicle unlike most things that are called sport in the auto industry it's not a trim level it is a separate model just bear that in mind we related of course closely to other are ours but a unique model nonetheless here's the first thing you should notice if you check this guy out from the side the whole vehicle is two and a half inches longer not dramatic but the wheelbase between the axle points is 7 inches longer that's a big difference from one generation to the next should give you a lot less overhang as you can see and tends to give you better ride quality even at a vehicle like this that has heavy-duty off-road ability speak of that off-road ability if you look at that terrain response knob that is sort of their trademark for operating the drivetrain and now has an automatic setting which is kind of taking a knob aimed at making things simple and making it even simpler now of course these vehicles are pretty serious off rotors in spite of the wheels and the profile of the tires that means you've got a two-speed transfer case Torsen limited slip differential and now two engine choices a 510 horsepower supercharged v8 that you'd expect in this car the new one is a 340 horsepower supercharged v6 a nod to buyers sensibilities today they want to be a little less hoggish at the pump now aside from the healthy power output of both those power plants we've also got a big weight story going on here this vehicle has lost 800 pounds over the outgoing model that's almost unbelievable and makes an enormous difference in so many vehicle dynamics regardless what vehicle we're talking about taking out weight makes everything else about a vehicle better and this should be a very different driver than the outgoing model now cabin comforts have always been a strong point of Land Rovers and Range Rovers and this one's no slouch although I don't see a dramatic difference in the instrument panel or the center console notice the all LCD gauges on this guy they're one of the first companies to do that there is something else new in the very back this sort of Abu Graib in the third row seat I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy but it's there in a pinch and that's something new on the sport as well it's an option new tech features include that space scrape warning system for tight parking spots or maybe even for a nearby brush active Park Assist that's the first on this guy automatic high beams also a traffic sign recognition tech it'll read speed limits or road closure signs display them on that LCD instrument panel and even fade them out as you get further away from the sign