We've just pitted the new Range Rover Sport P440e against the BMW X5 xDrive45e. But which would you choose? 🤔
So, this is not a car that will help save the planet. It is, however, an achingly desirable luxury SUV that’s almost unbelievably cheap to tax for company car drivers. It’s also around £20,000 cheaper than the mechanically similar full-size Range Rover that was launched earlier in the year.xDrive45e. It’s also a PHEV, and while it has a smaller battery than the Sport, it’s lighter and much, much cheaper.
As long as you switch the cars to EV mode and avoid breaking through to the lower reaches of the accelerator pedal , the petrol engine will stay dormant. And acceleration is decent enough without its help, albeit noticeably stronger in the Sport. It can also do around 90mph in EV mode , which will be handy if you ever drive on the Continent.
There’s a simple explanation for that: it’s almost a quarter of a tonne lighter. And while the 2.5-tonne X5 could hardly be described as a lightweight, these things are relative – and carrying around less flab, combined with a squatter body, helps the X5 to change direction more sharply. It grips harder, too – although the Sport’s ‘mud and snow’ tyres doubtless didn’t help its cause.
Both cars ride comfortably on standard air suspension, although if that’s a top priority, you’ll want to avoid the optional 22in wheels fitted to our Sport test car and the 21s on our X5 . The Sport edges it, though, with a supremely settled high-speed ride, making motorway journeys a pleasure. There’s a bit more vertical bounce in the X5 as its suspension tries to quell bumps, and both cars are a little less composed around town than their lighter petrol and diesel brethren.
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