Land Rover
Range Rover Sport
Model Profile
From $183,751
Driveaway estimate · NSW · priced Aug 2026. Varies by state. Details →
Most Range Rover Sports will live out their days on sealed roads. Land Rover engineered the car to wade through 900mm of water anyway. That is the pitch in one image: a luxury large SUV first, a serious off-roader held in reserve, built on the same bones as the full-size Range Rover. Three model years of AU reviews agree on the appeal: a plush, isolating air-sprung ride and a cabin worthy of the money. Australia noticed. The Sport was Land Rover's second-best seller here in 2025. Twelve variants run from $183,751 to $378,001 driveaway in NSW as of August 2026, from a 221kW diesel to a 467kW flagship, and the catch sits in the spec sheet: the hardware the badge implies is not standard on all of them.
What matters to you?
221–467kW
Power550–750Nm
Torque3000–3500kg
Braked towing1.6–12L/100km
Fuel economyRange shown across the Range Rover Sport line-up. Pick a priority to see the numbers that matter to you.
Images are illustrative and digitally rendered. They may not reflect the exact variant, colour or trim. Details →
Living with the Range Rover Sport.
Land Rover sells the current Sport in twelve variants across six trims, from the Dynamic SE through Dynamic HSE and Autobiography to a three-tier SV family, with outputs spanning a 221kW diesel to the 467kW P635. AU coverage treats it as the luxury-first pick of the large premium SUV class, and the price walk is long: $183,751 to $378,001 driveaway in NSW as of August 2026. What the brochure underplays is how unevenly the off-road hardware is distributed across those trims.
The money case starts at the Dynamic HSE D350 at $202,862 driveaway. The step past the entry car buys the twin-speed transfer box as standard equipment, and the D350 itself is the touring engine: 700Nm, a claimed 7.3L/100km, and the full 3,500kg braked tow rating. The ownership terms read mainstream rather than exotic: five years and unlimited kilometres of warranty with five years of roadside assistance. Service pricing is the number to get in writing before you negotiate, because the recurring AU press criticism is not the car, it is the bill: strong standard equipment, then options that inflate an as-tested price quickly.
The range's two outliers pull in opposite directions in the August 2026 lineup. The P460e plug-in hybrid brings 338kW and a 1.6L/100km ADR figure that assumes disciplined charging, and it carries its fine print in the weights: 2,741kg kerb against 2,435kg for the D350 Autobiography, a 3,000kg tow rating where every other variant is rated at 3,500kg, and 275mm of off-road clearance against 283mm elsewhere. Run the battery flat and the lab figure stops applying. The SV trio runs the other way: 467kW, 750Nm and a 12L/100km claim, priced from $347,027 to $378,001. Both are engineering statements. Neither is the version most buyers should sign for, for reasons the transfer-box matrix below makes plain.
Underneath, the Sport shares its platform with the full-size Range Rover, and the spec base is generous: air suspension, a 13.1-inch curved touchscreen, head-up display, 360-degree camera, four-zone climate and a panoramic roof, with a 2022 five-star ANCAP rating across the range. The press consensus holds remarkably steady across three model years: the ride is the headline act, plush and isolating even on the largest wheels, with a note of low-speed firmness on 23-inch cars; the screen rewards learning; and the handling flatters the considerable mass until a tight road exposes it. The class has cheaper routes to a luxury badge. We'd pick the Dynamic HSE D350: capability peaks there, the money above it buys cabin, and at SV it buys speed while the off-road hardware steps back.
2,306
Up 4.5 per cent: Land Rover's second-best seller of 2025, #3 luxury SUV over $80,000.
Range Rover Sport Range Walk
Six trims, twelve variants, and the ladder is unusual: the capability hardware peaks in the middle. Prices below are NSW driveaway for a private buyer, postcode 2000, as of August 2026. Engines fold into each trim: diesel and petrol at the bottom, the plug-in hybrid and 390kW petrol through the middle, the 467kW P635 on top.
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Dynamic SE D300
Diesel touring at entry moneyFrom $183,751
Identical $183,751 driveaway money buys the diesel instead: more torque for touring and the 80L tank goes further between servos. Same single-speed transfer box caveat as the petrol.
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Dynamic SE (D300 / P380)
City and sealed-road buyersFrom $183,751
From $183,751 driveaway for either engine: the 221kW, 650Nm D300 diesel or the 280kW P380 petrol. The twin-speed transfer box is optional here, not standard, and the P380's fuel figure is still unpublished.
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Dynamic HSE (P380 / D350 / P460e / P530)
The hardware sweet spotFrom $196,667
From $196,667 driveaway, the twin-speed transfer box becomes standard. Four engines: the P380 at that entry, the 700Nm D350 at $202,862, the P460e plug-in at $208,158 and the 390kW P530 at $239,822.
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Dynamic HSE D350
The pick for towing and touringFrom $202,862
The $202,862 tourer of the range: 700Nm from the 3.0-litre diesel six, 7.3L/100km claimed, the full 3,500kg braked tow rating and the twin-speed transfer box standard.
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Dynamic HSE P460e
Plug-in commuting, weekend touringFrom $208,158
The plug-in hybrid at $208,158 driveaway. Petrol six plus a battery for school-run electric duty, with the same standard twin-speed box as the other HSEs.
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Autobiography (D350 / P460e / P530)
Peak luxury below the SVFrom $227,117
From $227,117 driveaway with the HSE's upper engine set (D350, P460e, P530) and the twin-speed box still standard. The step over the same engine in HSE trim runs $24,255 to $27,195 and buys cabin, not capability.
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Autobiography P460e
Luxury-first plug-in buyersFrom $232,728
The plug-in in its plushest non-SV form at $232,728 driveaway, pairing four-zone climate and the full luxury kit with electric running around town.
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Dynamic HSE P530
V8 muscle without Autobiography moneyFrom $239,822
The 4.4-litre twin-turbo V8 arrives at $239,822, undercutting the Autobiography V8 by $27,195 if the engine matters more than the trimmings.
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Autobiography P530
The V8 with everything onFrom $267,017
V8 pace and the full Autobiography treatment at $267,017. The most indulgent Sport before the SV trio takes pricing into another postcode.
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SV
Flagship pace over capabilityFrom $347,027
$347,027 driveaway buys the 467kW, 750Nm P635 and a 12L/100km claim. It also swaps to a single-speed transfer box and sits at 255mm of clearance: the fastest Sport is the least off-road one.
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SV Black
Darker theme, same hardwareFrom $362,252
$362,252 driveaway, a $15,225 step over the SV on identical published outputs and the same single-speed box. You are paying for the presentation, and the spec sheet says so.
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SV Carbon
Theatre at full priceFrom $378,001
$378,001 driveaway tops the range, $30,974 over the SV with the same 467kW and the same transfer box. Nothing on the published spec sheet separates the three SVs except the invoice.
Driveaway estimate · NSW · priced Aug 2026. Varies by state. Details →
Under the skin.
How much can the Land Rover Range Rover Sport tow?
The Land Rover Range Rover Sport is rated to tow up to 3,500 kg with a braked trailer and 750 kg without trailer brakes. That maximum applies to the Autobiography D350 AWD; across the range the braked rating spans 3,000 kg to 3,500 kg.
Heaviest braked trailer allowed, quoted as ATM: the loaded trailer including ball weight.
3,500 kg
Limit for trailers without their own brakes.
750 kg
Gross vehicle mass: the most the loaded vehicle may weigh, ball weight included.
3,220 kg
Gross combination mass: vehicle and trailer together, both fully loaded.
6,720 kg
The vehicle as delivered, before people, cargo and accessories.
2,435 kg
Everything you may add, ball weight included. Calculated: 3,220 kg GVM minus 2,435 kg kerb weight.
785 kg
Calculated
Downward load on the tow ball; it counts toward GVM.
350 kg
Figures for the Autobiography D350 AWD. Other grades differ; pick a variant in the checker below.
What's left once the van is hooked up
Hook up 3,500 kg with 350 kg on the ball and the Autobiography D350 AWD has 435 kg of payload left for people, cargo and accessories.
The GCM allows the full payload and the full tow rating at the same time, which is rarer than it sounds in this class.
Assuming 10 per cent of the trailer weight.
Two adults plus luggage is roughly 400 kg.
Fits within every published limit.
Tow rating
0 kg under the 3,500 kg braked rating
Vehicle GVM
35 kg spare after the ball weight and your load
Combined GCM
385 kg spare across the whole combination
Tow ball limit
0 kg under the 350 kg ball limit
The rules and the fine print
Figures are manufacturer maximums for the Autobiography D350 AWDand can change with model year; the compliance plate and handbook of your exact vehicle govern. In Australia, trailers over 750 kg GTM (the loaded weight on the trailer's own wheels) need their own brakes, and over 2,000 kg they need brakes on all wheels plus a breakaway system. Ball weight typically runs 8 to 12 per cent of ATM. Axle loads and tyre ratings are not modelled here. Checking a different car against your van? Use the towing calculator.
How it protects.
ANCAP · Tested 2022
This vehicle achieved the highest possible ANCAP safety rating, with strong results across occupant protection, pedestrian safety and safety-assist technology.
The Sport's case is refinement with real hardware underneath: the ride AU reviewers consistently call the best thing about it, 900mm of wading and 283mm of clearance on the core range, 3,500kg of braked towing on everything except the plug-in, and a five-star ANCAP rating from 2022 across the board. The boundary comes from the same coverage: it is the luxury-first choice of a cross-shop that includes the BMW X5, Mercedes-Benz GLE and Porsche Cayenne, not the value pick of it, and the options list inflates an as-tested price quickly. Configuration is the local trap: the entry car makes low range optional and the SV deletes it. Pick the Dynamic HSE D350 at $202,862 driveaway (August 2026): full hardware, the 700Nm touring diesel, the full tow rating. The SE P380 suits buyers who never leave sealed roads; the SV trio is the badge's loudest expression, not its most capable.
- Plush, isolating air-sprung ride, on consistent AU press consensus
- Real capability numbers: 900mm wading, 283mm clearance
- 3,500kg braked towing on every variant bar the PHEV
- Five-star ANCAP, tested 2022, covers the whole range
- Five-year, unlimited-kilometre warranty matches the mainstream
- Twin-speed transfer box optional on the entry Dynamic SE
- SV family drops low range altogether
- AU testers call it polished but pricey, options inflate fast
- P460e gives up 500kg of towing and adds weight
- MY27 P380 petrol economy still unpublished
Where the Range Rover Sport has been.
Past generations. Context, not the car on sale today.
The Sport's three generations run one trajectory: from X5 chaser to Land Rover's second-best seller in Australia in 2025. The nameplate arrived in 2005, went aluminium in 2013 and moved onto the full-size Range Rover's platform in 2022. The used-buyer notes below matter as much as the lineage: each era has a distinct ownership reputation.
2005 to 2013: L320, the X5 chaser
The original Sport was pitched squarely at the BMW X5 and billed at launch as 'a Range Rover with a touch of Tabasco'. Despite the badge it sat on Discovery underpinnings rather than the full-size car's platform. The age-related reputation to know: air suspension faults, and ownership that rewarded specialist support, which thinned outside the cities.
2013 to 2022: L494, the aluminium era
The second generation switched to an all-aluminium monocoque, dramatically lighter and sleeker, and spawned the SVR performance flagship. The used-buyer caution is real: this era drew a string of safety recalls, and AU used-car guides note owner-reported faults clustering soon after warranty expiry, including suspension components on road-driven cars. Buy on history, not on badge.
2022 on: L461, the current car
The third generation shares its platform with the full-size Range Rover and made the flagship story permanent: sold-out limited SV editions became the SV, SV Black and SV Carbon trio, a TWENTY Edition of 25 Australian cars marked the nameplate's 20th year in April 2026, and a full-electric Sport was revealed at Goodwood in July 2026. No pattern faults had emerged in AU coverage to mid-2026; the record is routine small-batch recalls.
Asked about the Range Rover Sport.
By Yuri Cartland, Editor