Land Rover has built its empire with vehicles claiming excellent off-road abilities. More recently, it has built SUV just at home on a road course as the African safari. The Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR is the highest form of this on-road/off-road combination thanks to its supercharged V-8, advanced full-time 4WD system, air suspension, and high-performance pedigree. Now the automaker has set out to prove the SVR’s capacities.

Hitting 60 mph from a standstill has been the quintessential evaluation mark of a vehicle’s performance for nearly 100 years. Most vehicles have gotten pretty darn good at it, thanks to the advancement in tire technology, traction control, fast-shifting automatic and dual-clutch transmissions, and outlandish power levels coming from forced-induction engines. The 2017 Jaguar F-Type SVR will hit 60 mph in just 3.5 seconds thanks to its supercharged 5.0-liter V-8, AWD system, and eight-speed automatic transmission.

The Range Rover Sport SVR shares the Jaguar’s engine and transmission, but with some minor tweaks to the engine management software. The all-aluminum mill kicks out an impressive 550 horsepower and 502 pound-feet of torque – enough to send this 5,495-pound SUV flying to 60 mph in just 4.6 seconds! Of course, the Brits use kilometers, so the goal speed translates 100 kph, or 62 mph. The extra two miles per hour only add a tenth of a second, meaning a 0-to-62 mph time of 4.7 seconds.

But the Range Rover Sport SVR is a Range Rover, for crying out loud! How does it perform in less-than-ideal circumstances? To find out, Range Rove put its fastest model on five terrains other than smooth, dry asphalt. Those terrains also coordinate perfectly with the Range Rover’s Terrain Response 2 full-time 4WD system, allowing the Range Rover to strut its stuff. The modes tested include Grass/Gravel/Snow, Mud, and Sand.

Keep reading for the results of this unconventional 0-to-62 mph testing.

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