The performance junkies from Jaguar-Land Rover’s Special Vehicle Operations are putting their signature touch on another Land Rover product for the 2017 model year: The Land Rover Range Rover SVAutobiography Dynamic.
Like the $200,490 Range Rover SVAutobiography long-wheelbase model that debuted last year and the smaller $112,345 Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR, the new SVAutobiography Dynamic features a beastly 5.0-liter supercharged V-8 that produces 550 horsepower and 502 lb-ft of torque. Power is routed through an eight-speed automatic transmission and, as expected from a vehicle wearing the Land Rover badge, is sent to all four wheels.
At $171,990 the SVAutobiography Dynamic arguably falls somewhere in between the ultra-luxurious Range Rover SVAutobiography long-wheelbase and the sporty Range Rover Sport SVR. As its name implies, the Dynamic improves the Range Rover’s on-road performance courtesy of a 0.3-inch drop in ride height, as well as the additions of Land Rover’s Dynamic Response and Adaptive Dynamics systems. The former system relies on dynamic front and rear antiroll bars that are controlled independently, while the latter employs adaptive dampers. Land Rover claims that the two features work together to improve the big box’s handling without compromising its ride comfort. Comfort is ultimately what the SVAutobiography is about, and the usual array of old-school luxury touches we love in the standard SUV are complimented by the ad...