Range Rover Sport - Reliability and safety

Although ​this generation of Range Rover Sport is yet to feature in our Driver Power customer satisfaction survey, the Land Rover brand managed to achieve an impressive 10th place finish out of 32 in the manufacturer rankings, which is four positions higher than rival BMW.

Industry safety body Euro NCAP awarded the Range Rover Sport a top five-star rating with both adult and child occupant protection, achieving an 85 per cent score. On-board safety systems also performed well, with the Driver Assist category earning an 82 per cent mark.

Land Rover certainly hasn’t scrimped on safety tech for the Sport, with all models including lane keep assist and blind spot assist functions, adaptive cruise control with steering assist, a rear traffic monitor, traffic sign recognition and autonomous emergency braking. A number of those features are only part of the Driving Assistant Professional Pack with the BMW X5.

Front and rear parking sensors and a 3D surround-view camera are also offered as standard, which will help make parking manoeuvres a little easier, while the automatic park assist system is available if you trade up to an Autobiography model.

Warranty

Land Rover offers a three-year/unlimited mileage warranty for the Range Rover. The cover includes 36 months of roadside assistance, while you can also extend the warranty for up to ten years/100,000 miles at extra cost.

The plug-in hybrid model has a separate warranty for the battery pack, although the six-year/60,000-mile warranty period seems a little stingy compared with rivals that generally offer eight years or 100,000 miles of cover.

Servicing

Buyers have the opportunity to purchase a service plan, either via a one-off payment or more flexible monthly instalments. Servicing for all engines is required every two years or 21,000 miles, whichever comes first.

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