Luxurious and suave Range Rover SV Coupe launched at the Geneva Motor Show

Land Rover has revealed the all-new, limited run, luxurious Range Rover SV Coupe at the Geneva Motor Show.

The coupe-shaped Range Rover will be hand-assembled at the SVO Technical Centre in the UK - a first for Range Rover. 

With only 999 examples being made, each will be configured to a client’s personal specification, with 24 standard body colours, three choices of wood veneer and a range of interior leather colour combinations. Not to mention the unique variations the SVO division can create for those looking for a truly unique SUV.

Unlike the standard Range Rover and SVAutobiography, it comes with a coupe profile including a sloping roofline, while the two power-close frameless doors complement the SV coupe’s purity of line, giving this Range Rover not only beautiful proportions but also a powerful stance.

Land Rover’s Chief Design Officer Gerry McGovern said: “The Range Rover SV Coupe is a celebration of the Range Rover bloodline. With a dramatic two-door silhouette, this breath-taking four-seat coupe alludes its unique heritage while being thoroughly modern and contemporary.”

Powering the SV Coupe is a 5.0-litre V8 supercharged petrolengine producing 557bhp and 516lb ft of torque, which means it is capable of reaching 0-62mph in 5.3 seconds and powering onto 165mph.

The suspension has been lowered by eight millimetres over the standard Range Rover to give the luxury coupe SUV a more driver focussed-edge, but don’t think for one moment that it has lost any of its all-terrain ability with the SV Coupe still able to venture off-road, wade to depths of 900mm and tow a maximum of 3.5 tonnes.

Mark Stanton, Special Vehicle Operations Director, said: “As you’d expect from Range Rover, the engineering integrity in SV Coupe is more than skin deep. This is a meticulously honed vehicle that’s designed for SV clients who love driving.”

John Edwards, Land Rover Special Operations Managing Director, said: “The introduction of the new SV Coupe brings a new level of individual expression to the Range Rover portfolio and builds on the success of Special Vehicle Operations’ existing bespoke Range Rover programme. Feedback from SV clients who have already seen the vehicle in confidential commissioning sessions has been overwhelmingly positive.”

The Range Rover SV Coupe is first of many large coupe shaped SUVs set to join the market including the BMW X8 and Audi Q8 with Bentley and Porsche also toying with building coupe versions of the Bentayga and Cayenne, with only the Lamborghini Urus close to matching it for stature and performance.

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