Range Rover’s answer to the BMW X5 aims to mix sporty driving dynamics with the British firm’s legendary off-road ability.

On the road price: £42,188 - £62,545
For : On-road performance, attractive interior, mud-plugging ability
Against : High prices, thirsty petrol engines, high CO2 emissions

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Despite being based on the same platform as the latest Land Rover Discovery, the Sport is unmistakably a Range Rover. Trademark design cues, such as the ‘floating’ roof panel and clamshell bonnet, combine with a lower windscreen and steeply angled tailgate. However, a raised ride height hints at the car’s considerable off-road ability. Buyers can choose from S, XS, SE, HSE and range-topping HST trims.

As the international motor industry gathers in Detroit Land Rover choose the London Boat Show to launch the Stormer.

Land Rover looks like it has chosen to concentrate on meeting their customers with the decicion to launch a new special edition at the Boat Show.

Granted it is only a trim-level special edition but launching it to the domestic market rather than the hand-wriging (formerly back-slapping) Detroit show is a good indication that austerity measures are focusing attention on the customer.

Jaguar’s new 3.0-litre diesel engine is destined to be used by the Land Rover Discovery and Range Rover Sport models.

The engine, set to power the new Jaguar XF S, is a development of the 2.7-litre AJV6 currently used in the Land Rover Discovery. The new 3.0-litre V6 diesel will be available in 272bhp and 237bhp outputs.

It is still not known whether the revised engine will replace or supplement the existing 2.7-litre powerplant, which gets a twin-turbo set-up on Jaguars but a single turbocharger on Land Rover models.