10 February 2009 - 11:00
Two fewer
There’s something important missing from this Range Rover Sport. Two things, actually. Can you spot them? It’s a lot easier than finding the changes on that ‘new’ Seat Leon, honest.
The rear doors. That’s what’s missing. Both of them. Yes, this is a three-door Range Rover Sport, courtesy of UK tuning firm ARK ReDesign.
Land Rover has been hinting towards a sporty – in the relative sense, obviously – three-door for a while now (remember the Range Stormer and LRX concepts?), but ARK has gone ahead and beaten them to it.
It won’t get any more power than the stock Range Rover Sport – though a 385bhp supercharged V8 is probably sufficient for most of your everyday needs – but ARK promises ‘the option to individually tailor a vehicle to meet any specific requirements’.
So if you want your RRS wrapped in tapir skin and fitted with the sound system from Creamfields, ARK will happily oblige. Probably.
We can’t decide whether a coupe’d Rangey is (a) idiotic or (b) strangely cool. So we’re leaving it up to you to decide. Crank up those comment-box thingies below. They might actually be working by now.
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The wheels are waaaaay too small. Anyway, looks even more like a drug dealer/footballers car now.
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Where is the point? It is not sporty, not good enough off road, and it is square and ugly. I truly do not understand the popularity this car gets.
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Remember me about the conversions that West Coast Customs in the united states made to a Dodge Charger, it's a trend right now I suppose... And a Land Rover It's a Land Rover, plainly fantasticly brilliant, somehow the Sport it's a bit "gangsta", "dealer" "footballer" anything you like, but if you need a well made high end non axis (germany, Japan) SUV, this is the best choice...
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It kind of reminds me of a scaled-up metro... So yeah it does look wrong and this car has status as a footballers car...
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It doesnt look right like that, needs bigger wheels and a bid of a bodykit(Chav and footballer i know). i do agree that its a footballers car but what high end, executive 'SUV' isnt?
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I don't get it. Is the 2-door smaller than the 4-door? I can't tell if they cut down the chassis or not. If it is smaller (as in lighter) then this makes a bit more sense.
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Very cool. Two doors are always better then four. Tell the wife and kids to stay home.
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As a yankee, I love it. Big two door SUVs used to be prevalent here, and this brings back some of that coolness. And although slightly ridiculous, it's still not the disaster that is the X6.
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@Slayaz: the wheels are only too small if you're 12 and/or American. About the twodoor conversion: the original RangeRover was a twodoor, remember? At least it's rather tasteful compared to that obese Hindenburg on wheels. Astons are also footballers' cars. So? There's not enough real gentlemen with money around, these days. LR's gotta earn some bread.
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@Slayaz: the wheels are only too small if you're 12 and/or American. About the twodoor conversion: the original RangeRover was a twodoor, remember? At least it's rather tasteful compared to that obese Hindenburg on wheels. Astons are also footballers' cars. So? There's not enough real gentlemen with money around, these days. LR's gotta earn some bread.
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Something wrong there... so this is a test : S
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Even though its a footballer's car, I think ARK ReDesign did a magnificent job on the conversion. By the way, I also think the wheels are a perfect size to fit this truck. And I'm 14. And I'm from North America (Canada)
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Correction. It has 3 things missing. The rear doors and taste. Not that the original Range Rover had any taste in the first place...
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Big Deal. The original Rangey was a 2-door. The Sport even looks like the original.
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I think it is super cool and shows us brits still can make a good car even better. If I had the money I would have ordered one already.
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All thats missing from my point of view is a couple of hundred more BHP.
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My dad has the Range Rover Sport 4.2 Supercharged V8 HST and it looks very cool (a bit on the gangster side, i admit) but the amount of looks you get from people admiring it , it is astounding, and taking away 2 doors just makes it look RUBBISH Range Rover do NOT go down the same road as BMW did with the X6 and look where they got them, Stupid taking away 2 doors , CRAZY.
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while i like this car i think the 5 door looks better, and neither are even in the same league as the 3 door rangerover classic
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OK! Agree with The Jord (by the way i'm also 14!),and Mc Laren_Racing. Firstly,looks like everyone has forgotten how Richard Hammond Destroyed the Inexperienced German in a "Range Bowler".It was one of my favourite episodes. Secondly, the peolpe living in the real world seem to have disappeared.Please Re-Read the Range Rover Sports's Review! It has a very bad Fuel Economy,and Removing Two doors,with the same Supercharged Engine not only Makes it more Fuel Efficient,but Faster:as there is less overall body weight. Yes,the tyres are small, but when this car Hits the streets,lots of HUGE rims will follow:just like it's 'Complete' Brother.Apart from that,i think it's sort of something substantial,till the Land Rover Concepts Come into Production:LRX,Range Stormer. Hey Holmstack,quite agree.Some Hundred horses on the loose.Bet those German 'SUVs'-though can not get out of mud,not to talk offroad-will be destroyed completely with a 490hp model of this Range Rover Sport.
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If Anyone Could help,Looking for that Blue Customised Range Rover Sport that was in the Top Gear Car Park when they were trying out the tractors.Have any Links?
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its a proper range rover that been to the gym
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Skornogr4phy commented on this article
10 February 2009
Very cool. I loves it.
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