The Range Rover SV Ultra is the most Range Rovery modern Range Rover

Welcome to the summit of Mount Range Rover. At this heady height you will find the Range Rover SV Ultra, a car its maker claims is no less than the “pinnacle of Range Rover luxury”.

It’s the toppiest, highest-spec, ahem, range-topping Range Rover ever, offered as a 3.0-litre straight-six plug in hybrid with a P550e badge on the back (able to travel around 57 miles on e-power alone), as a 526bhp 4.4-litre pure V8 in P540 guise, or – later in 2026 – as a fully electric SUV with, probably, enough battery power to recharge Brazil.

But the drivetrain is secondary. Despite being named after a particularly keen brand of footballing enthusiast, the SV Ultra is instead all about the audio, the materials, the finishes, and of course, the fact it’s available by invitation only.

So, the audio. Hoo boy, the audio. It comes fitted with what RR is calling the ‘SV Electrostatic Sound’ system, featuring 21 lightweight “thin-film transducers” integrated within the headrests, seatbacks, the headlining and existing speaker holes.

Then come an additional five bass speakers – because this Ultra be all about dat bass – that amount to an “immersive, crisp and detailed sound stage normally experienced in a studio or through the finest headphones”.

A sound stage that’ll be experienced through your body, too, because the SV Ultra gets the “body and soul” seats, that pulse to the riddims escaping that sound system, while even the floormats get in on the action too – there’s haptic feedback. None of this is an April Fool’s gag, either.

About those materials. The transducers are just 1mm thick, apparently respond 1,000 times faster than a regular, puny Earth speaker, are 90 per cent lighter and require 90 per cent less power. Elsewhere, you’ll find two-tone ‘Ultrafabric’ upholstery, rattan palm veneer, a new exterior paint option (‘Titan Silver’ which we’re guessing is… silver?), along with 23in alloys.

“Range Rover SV Ultra is one of the finest expressions of Range Rover luxury we have ever created,” said Range Rover’s global MD Martin Limpert. As such, expect to pay a steep premium for it. The price isn’t being made publicly available, but consider the regular, now puny Earth-bound Range Rover SV starts from £160k, and you’ll get some idea how high this SV Ultra peaks.