Summary
The Range Rover Sport was a large SUV that sat above the smaller Range Rover Velar and below the flagship Range Rover in the Land Rover family. This is the second generation, which was launched in 2013, received a mid-life update in early 2018, and was replaced by the current generation in 2022.
Unlike some other models in the Jaguar Land Rover stable, the Range Rover Sport was built in the UK for its full production life, at JLR’s factory in Solihull.
The Range Rover Sport received many positive reviews from the UK automotive media. It got particular praise for its ability to combine on-road and off-road performance, as well as comfort and luxury. However, like most Land Rover models, it was criticised for a high number of reliability and quality problems. We explain this in more detail in the ‘Reliability rating’ section below.
No longer on sale, the Range Rover Sport holds a Used Car Expert Rating of E, with a score of 47%. It scored well for its media reviews, but very poor scores for reliability and running costs drag the overall rating down.

Key specifications
Body style: Large SUV
Engines: petrol, diesel, plug-in hybrid
Price when new: From £65,295 on-road
Launched: Summer 2013
Last updated: Spring 2019
Replaced: Autumn 2022
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Media reviews
Highlighted reviews and road tests from across the UK automotive media. Click any of the boxes to view.
Auto Express
Model reviewed: P510e (2023)
Score: 9 / 10
“The smooth and refined plug-in P510e powertrain is a perfect fit for the new Range Rover Sport SUV.” (Sean Carson)
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 9 / 10
“If you’re after a large premium SUV that offers strong performance, superb comfort and an engaging drive, then the Range Rover Sport is hard to beat.” (Paul Adam, Alex Ingram)
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre diesel automatic D300 Dynamic SE
Score: 9 / 10
“Following on from its full-size brother, this more dynamic Range Rover Sport is still superbly luxurious. It offers the kind of ride comfort, refinement, interior quality and technology you would expect from a car costing so much, but it balances this with a more engaging edge to its dynamic personality that sends the newcomer straight to the top of a toughly contested class.” (Sean Carson)
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Model reviewed: 4.4-litre petrol V8 automatic P530 First Edition
Score: 9 / 10
“The V8-engined Range Rover Sport will play a bit part when it comes to sales, but the car that crowns the range shows fully just how broad the new model’s range of abilities is. It’s fast – even fun – but balances this with character and class, riding and handling sweetly.”
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Business Car
Model reviewed: 3.0 440e PHEV SE
Score: 8 / 10
“In PHEV form, is the Range Rover Sport the choice for fleet? We’d say yes, as the new tech and features combined with the savings from the drivetrain make for an attractive, good to drive package, with reasonably affordable running costs.” (Martyn Collins)
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Car
Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 10 / 10
“The Range Rover Sport remains an expensive car to buy and even more expensive to run. An entry-level BMW X5 or Porsche Cayenne are significantly cheaper and will probably spend less time back in the dealer, too. As ever, it’s the more basic engines that prove the most beguiling, though it’s difficult to ignore the breadth of capability of the plug-in hybrid models.” (Tom Wiltshire)
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Carbuyer
Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8.8 / 10
“The new Range Rover Sport offers so much luxury and refinement that the full-size Range Rover almost seems unnecessary.” (Tom Jervis)
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Model reviewed: PHEV
Score: 9 / 10
“The Range Rover Sport PHEV is luxurious and smooth to drive and offers certain drivers lower running costs, too.” (Sean Carson)
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Driving Electric
Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol/electric plug-in hybrid P400e
Score: 9 / 10
“There’s no getting away from the higher price tag of the new Range Rover Sport, but we came away from our time in it feeling that there’s little reason to stretch to the full-size Range Rover.”
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Electrifying.com
Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol/electric plug-in hybrid P400e
Score: 9 / 10
“There are a lot of big numbers involved in the new Range Rover Sport PHEV, from the price to the electric-only range. But it’s a small number on the spec sheet which will attract the most attention: the tax rate for company car drivers.”
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Evo
Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol/electric plug-in hybrid P510e
Score: 8 / 10
“While the Range Rover Sport P510e doesn’t have the get-up-and-go of the 4.4-litre V8 Sport, it doesn’t leave you languishing. It’s another example of a plug-in hybrid providing a solution to the many who want to reduce their reliance on petrol without having to commit to the uncertainty of running an EV.” (Stuart Gallagher)
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Model reviewed: 4.4-litre petrol V8 automatic P530 First Edition
Score: 8 / 10
“Of course, Land Rover will consider the new Sport a rung above the German competition, where it does sit substantially below higher-end rivals like the Aston Martin DBX or Bentley Bentayga.”
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Parkers
Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 9 / 10
“This is an amazingly capable car – it can go off-road, handles on the road with the best of them yet remains incredibly comfortable and cossetting. It’s hugely desirable, but comes at a huge price – both to buy and to run.”
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The Sunday Times
Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol-electric plug-in hybrid P510e
Score: 8 / 10
“In one sense, this Range Rover Sport is exactly like the old one — handsome, smooth, fast and fun to drive. In another way, it’s changed utterly; it can cruise around for extended periods on electric-only power and is therefore capable of returning some surprisingly good fuel economy figures. It’s also packaged much more cleverly than before.”
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The Telegraph
Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“You might not agree, but as long as it’s legal to buy and own a 2.3 tonne-plus, go-almost-anywhere vehicle like this, I’m glad it’s the UK making them. And the Range Rover Sport is at the top of the class.” (Andrew English)
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Top Gear
Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
” Land Rover knows how to nod back to its tradition better than most. And in a world of increasingly gnarly performance SUVs, the comparatively plusher edge of the latest Sport does exactly that. Just watch the price as the options pile on.”
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Independent crash test and safety ratings from Euro NCAP
No safety rating
The Range Rover Sport was not tested by Euro NCAP during its production life.
Independent economy and emissions ratings from Green NCAP
No eco rating
The Range Rover Sport was not tested by Green NCAP during its production life.
Reliability data provided exclusively for The Car Expert by MotorEasy
Total claims: 1172
Average repair cost: £1393.14
Last updated: January 2024
Reliability score
All data based on MotorEasy average workshop costs for extended car warranty claims
Like most Land Rovers, the Range Rover Sport has a very poor reputation when it comes to reliability. As of January 2024, the Range Rover Sport has a frankly terrible reliability score of 20%, according to exclusive extended warranty data provided by our partners at MotorEasy.
A wide array of problems with the Sport have been reported, spread across all areas of the car. Engine problems are the most expensive, and unfortunately they appear to be relatively common, making up nearly a quarter of all claims with an average repair cost of nearly £4,000.
If you’re looking at a used Range Rover Sport, make sure any extended warranty cover you purchase covers all of the potential problem areas shown in the charts above.
Monthly cost of ownership data provided exclusively for The Car Expert by Clear Vehicle Data
Fuel consumption | Average | Score | Variation | Score |
Petrol models | 24 mpg | E | 19 – 27 mpg | E – E |
Diesel models | 31 mpg | E | 27 – 34 mpg | D – E |
CO₂ output | Average | Score | Variation | Score |
Petrol models | 265 g/km | D | 234 – 339 g/km | D – D |
Diesel models | 233 g/km | D | 218 – 275 g/km | D – D |
Plug-in hybrid models | 77 g/km | A | 75 – 84 g/km | A – A |
Battery range | Average | Score | Variation | Score |
Plug-in hybrid models | 25 miles | E | 24 – 25 miles | E – E |
Insurance group | Average | Score | Variation | Score |
All models | 47 | D | 45 – 50 | D – F |
The Range Rover Sport is an expensive car to own and run, according to whole-life cost numbers provided exclusively to The Car Expert by our data partner, Clear Vehicle Data.
We don’t have a full set of running cost data due to the car’s age, but the numbers we do have are not flattering (and based on what we know of the numbers we don’t have, like servicing costs, they’re also on the expensive side).
Insurance is an ongoing problem for Range Rover Sport models – it’s in a high insurance group to start with based on its price and repair costs, but very high theft rates have put insurance premiums on all Range Rover models up by a lot.
Awards
Trophies, prizes and awards that the Range Rover Sport has received
2015
- Fleet World Honours – Best SUV
2013
- 4×4 Magazine Awards – 4×4 of the Year + Best Premium 4×4
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