![]() ![]() Brembo front brakes are standard on all models except the TDV6. Its smaller dimensions and its raked roofline make it impossible to accommodate third-row occupants like the Discovery 3, but as a sports tourer it was never intended to be a seven-seater. Although sitting on a modified version of the Discovery 3's chassis, it is smaller than its more utilitarian sibling in every dimension with a wheelbase shorter by 140 mm (5.5 in). ![]() It also allows for less expensive manufacturing of the vehicles due to a large number of common components. This allegedly gives the Range Rover Sport the refinement and structural rigidity advantages of a monocoque chassis with the robustness of a separate chassis design for off-road applications. The chassis has been adapted from the integrated bodyframe, semi- monocoque, independently suspended design which debuted on the Discovery 3 in 2004. ![]() United Kingdom: Solihull ( Solihull plant) The Range Stormer is now on display at the Heritage Motor Centre in Gaydon, Warwickshire, UK. The Range Rover Sport was comparably of much more conservative design featuring five doors and a wheelbase hardly shorter than that of the Range Rover Vogue.Ī replica of the Stormer was built by West Coast Customs of Corona, CA for Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, on the occasion of opening West Coast Customs Dubai the car is currently registered under the Dubai Traffic And Road Authority. Designed by Richard Woolley, the marque's first complete concept car sported split-folding gullwing doors, one-piece skeletal seats, a "clamshell" bonnet, 22 inch alloys, a 289 km/h (180 mph) top speed, 4WD and a 2,500 kg (5,512 lb) weight. This was a low-slung, short wheelbase 3-door coupé that was unusually "sporty" in the context of Land Rover's history. The Range Rover Sport was prefigured by the Range Stormer concept car, introduced at the 2004 North American International Auto Show. ![]()
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