Should you buy the 2023 Range Rover Sport P360 amongst ALL the COMPETITION? I DID!

[@xel9345]

So happy to see you're back and making videos! More please!! 😁

[@SGVirtusAuthor]

Thanks for your support! I really appreciate it.

[@AllIsWell_22]

Great video as usual! I agree that the P360 trim is the way to go. The P400 trim is mostly just cosmetics. The HP difference can be easily made up by a tune or a bolt on. Would love to see some footage underneath the car at some point as they have done some amazing engineering. Do you have Amazon Alexa built in to the car? If so - is it easy to pair the home garage links?

[@SGVirtusAuthor]

Hey I'll see what more I can get! More videos to come for sure. As for Alexa, I don't. I'm pretty sure there is some easy way to get it all setup, but for me personally, Amazon and any of the other "voice assist" technology isn't quite up my ally. I'm a (young) old man!

[@inbruches374]

Great video! I'm looking to upgrade from a 2017 Range Rover Sport. Had you considered the full-size Range? Im going back and forth between the two.

[@SGVirtusAuthor]

Hey inbrunches! In fact, I did consider the full-size - so much so that actually that was the model that I wanted in the first place. I had a uh.... doofis of a sales guy at first (not anymore - current guy is AMAZING) and he directed me to test drive the new Sport first, which I had mistakenly THOUGHT was the full-size. I loved it and then ended up test driving a new full-size as well. Ultimately, I'd say it really comes down to aesthetic choice -- do you want the more "sporty" design and flare of the Sport OR do you want the full-sizey, well, full-sizeiness that comes alongside that model. To me, the better handling in the Sport was well worth it PLUS it doesn't hurt that it was $20-25,000 less. If I had to do it all over again, I'd grab the Sport - and if we played the game of money is no option, I'd just end up with the new 2024 SV Sport over any of the trims (SV Bespoke included) of the Full-Size. My last piece is, if you loved your 2017, you'll be blown away by the 2023+.

[@inbruches374]

@@SGVirtusAuthor Thank you so much for the detailed response! I've been on the waiting list for the full sized one since April 2022 and running out of patience - and miles on my 2017 before things start to get very very expensive... So now I'm back to considering the Sport. Money IS an object, so it being significantly less expensive certainly doesn't hurt. For $100k I can get it with the bells and whistles that I want, which is still below the starting price of the full sized one. I do like the aesthetics of the large one a lot, but I guess I can always upgrade down the road when wait times aren't as ridiculous and/or pre-owned ones become available. One thing that is annoying is that Land Rover seems to keep running out of things. E.g. colors are very limited right now, and for some crazy reason you can only get a heads-up display on an Autobiography or SV, which is ridiculous. I even had that on my 2017... I guess that's what you have to deal with if you love the design. Btw, I test drove the Audi RS Q8 and that thing is a beast! Having said that, it has almost too much power - similar to the SV. It might be my age coming though, but I think 5.7 seconds from 0-60 feels safer lol

[@SGVirtusAuthor]

@@inbruches374 Hey thanks for just as detailed of a response back! I can't BELIEVE that you've been waiting that long still. When I was at the dealer and put my original deposit down (back in March of 2023), I was told it was ~12 months wait for the full-size, and ~6-8 months for the Sport. Well. Here I am, closing in on that 8 month time period I do NOT have my ordered Sport ha. I said it one of my videos (this one maybe?) but that I found it absurd that the original person who ordered this vehicle waited 13 months. It's just insane. To hear that you're pushing 18 months?! INSANITY. Gee... I mean, if you were to put in a reservation for either model now I'd hate to guess how long that line is.... And that's how I specked my Sport too - ~100k and ALL the things I want, no compromises. Although, believe it or not, at the time of my reservation, my model will be amongst the few to actually have the HUD and camera rear view mirror since it was one of the first allocation builds.