The Favourite of Thieves and Footballers: Is The Range Rover Sport SVR Britain's Most Overrated Car? 

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Your shirt game is on point in this one 😂

18:26 Jay the reason why so many cars were waiting for parts was because JLR moved their entire parts stock warehouse to a new site - all at once. Was absolute chaos and something like 140,000 parts got misplaced in the process and still havent been found. Also JLR told their parts suppliers 'we are moving to this new site, send new stock here if you cant figure it out we wont be using you anymore' and funnily enough a fair few said fine, so theyve been trying to sort that out as well with new suppliers. Amazing logistics throughout 👍

"Drive it like you stole it"...takes on a whole new meaning with a Range Rover....

I honestly love the RR Sport since it looks likea Bond villain's henchmen vehicle of choice. A lot of luxury "SUV" try to look all "coupe" like and swooshy. This is square and thug-like and doesn't pretend what it is.

JayEmm, you mean you press a button down there and the suspension "May" go up 🤣

As a Brit I feel proud of it, much like a RR, Aston, Jag or a MINI, they may be foreign owned but they’re home grown

Have one for 3.5 years now. Had some issues... had them fixed. But what matters is I love love love this thing. It is simply sublime! Best allrounder I ever had. Now is the time to add a maser gantourismo or (I am leaning towarda this choice) jaguar f-type R to stay "british ish":. Greatings from Poland!

Looking forward to Billy update... What a hero !

Owned an 2018 SVR for three years and absolutely loved it.

You don’t have to use the touch screen to adjust the driving mode; you can also use the rotary control.

Jay In my books your reviews put most reviewers and you tubers to shame. Your pick of cars Like is the F355 Exige SVR DBS says your at a different Level Mate. Awesome work.

I think if you do some research, you will find that the other manufacturers have similar backlogs/wait periods for certain parts due to the shortages/delays caused by COVID supply chain issues. I know, COVID was ages ago, right... but it wasn't in manufacturing terms. And I don't know about all JLR dealers, or what they were like in the past, but our dealer is an extremely professional organization with a very high level of customer service.

this thing is BEGGING for a proper exhaust system

It's just designed for going from 0-37mph as loudly and as pointlessly as possible in a city centre.

Crazy now how you can get a facelift SVR on 50k mileage for mid £40k. Seems like only months ago they were still £70k plus.

I love these and would have one in a minute if insurance wasn't so brutal.

I don't want to cast aspersions on all drivers of any particular model of car, but I know about the stereotype of (for instance) either BMW or Audi drivers being unspeakably awful in various ways. Well, I drive a very ordinary car and I'm not a pants-on-fire type, so some people perhaps might think I'm just a bollard on wheels (always in the way) - which leads me to say that certain SUVs seem to be driven by unspeakable types. On my little daily commute, there's a stretch of dual carriageway and I routinely move to the right lane because I'll be heading into the right-turn stream at the next roundabout (only half a mile from the previous roundabout), but there are certain people (...) who seem to believe that the right lane on this half-mile stretch between two roundabouts is meant to be travelled at warp speed (rather than at the 50mph limit). I can be sure that at least once a week I will leave the first roundabout and before I've gone 50 yards there will be somebody in a huge barn on wheels trying to charge through my rear bumper, sticking within inches so that all I can see is their radiator grill in my rear view mirror as they do their "move out of my way, peasant!" pose - because getting to the second roundabout three seconds quicker is vital to them. Would you believe that it was the turn of a Range Rover Sport SVR driver to glue him/herself to my bumper just yesterday...?

I used to hate range rovers. But now... I dunno... Maybe it's the pure idiocy of the vehicle. I love them now. A vehicle that is luxurious, unreliable, off road capable for no reason? Lolololol. This appeals to the American in me.

We sell lots of them, They're like an off road Bentley to drive nothing else comes close, Its the way they make you feel when your behind the wheel which is indefinable and some people just won't get it, Yes they have there faults but so does every Brand and when they reach a certain price point around mid £25 k they become affordable to some people who can't afford to maintain them properly and that's when they become unreliable and problematic, Remember that a £70k car is still going to cost the same to maintain and repair when it becomes a £20k car.

I've been reading up on all the vehicle restrictions in London and I've completely scratched it off my list of places I'd like to visit. It's absolutely insane.

Good luck getting insured

Oh. Suspension. Might a comparison drive with an GLE63AMG be appropriate. Proper Thor's Hammer.

The SVR sounds amazing, looks amazing, but the thirst......no. I'd prefer a full fat, well spec'ed 4.4 RR, preferably in Autobiography trim.

Should have bought a facelift F Pace SVR , cooled seats, pivot pro, better handling, better value. OK I admit I did.

I suspect the problem with suspension crash and jitter is easily solved, by any and every owner. Yet they never will. Tyres. Fit wheels with higher profile tyres. No, it won't corner like a sports car any more, but yes, you will look less like a drug dealer or a footballer's girlfriend. But that defeats the point with around 95% of owners. JLR are so close to having amazing, world-beating cars. And yet they seem determined to f**k up at every opportunity.

I love this channel but I do feel it presents upon a dynamic akin to Jeremy Clarkson, point being is being Original is always better

The vehicle of vulgar new money; they only offer a four year and very limited warranty. Kia is 7 years! Even for a bottom end Picanto.

The main criteria around here for driving gigantic Rangerover's is to be small and blonde.

I was an ex traffic cop and at one time i used to admire the Range rover owner It was a gentleman's farmer car as my service progressed i saw it change to a drug dealers car and the choice of criminals to use making there living Criminals love them i would not touch one with a barge pole and i can tell you currant serving officers will always take a second look at anyone who drives them and they will check them when seen in the uk

If money is no issue, why not 😂

Black wheels, tinted windows, private plate. How completely devoid of class.

Would rather have an F Pace SVR.

Before I clicked the 'more' tab i thought it was gonna say stolen

As a mechanic and shop owner, I love the the Range Rover Sport!

Thieves are watching you right now

James that large car that passed you at the end was a Chevrolet Caprice estate from the 1980s. It will make the Range Rover seem small and economical. The Chevrolet is over 5.5 metres long.

It's almost safe for the rest of us to buy Range Rovers/Sports again as all the bellends have moved to Defenders.

My friend has an Autobiography which had 22" wheels. He put on a set of 21" wheels and it completely transformed the ride comfort.

They're crap. Poor build quality and reliability, badly designed and styled, difficult to work on, poor availability of spares/parts, awful customer service/care, now enormous depreciation, hugely overweight, innefficient and they exist simply to cosset certain peoples egos. Almost everyone that works on cars knows they are total dogshit. Also, did i mention they are becoming uninsurable in the UK???

I tried to insure a 2011 tdv8 yesterday I am 48 with NCB the price was £4396 the car was only valued at £6500. A Porsche Cayenne turbo is only £1700 😪

Favourite of Thieves and Footballers. Quite right James, quite right

“The other Range Rover demographic - drug dealers” 🤣🤣 Great review as always 👍

Hi James, would like to hear more of your thoughts on Range Rover thefts, in like a sit-down-and-talk style video you sometimes do. I rarely watchMark McCann's videos but the several ones he's done on car security have been very eye-opening. Its quite crazy that a few people can't get quotes from JLR's own insurance. Keyless entry makes it easier for owners to go in-&-out of their car when they are carrying many things but unpopular opinion I know, I think its one of the worst inventions because it has made owners very vulnerable to car theft.

When you have money but don’t understand how to enjoy life or beauty but a Range Rover. Chavtastic.

Difference between a hedgehog and range rover...pricks are on the outside on a hedgehog

Don't forget the Ozempic and wine-fueled, teenager moms... they love these too.

…”don’t buy one - but if you do, I totally understand “ - brilliant Jay 😂

Vehicles of this nature are not about economy, maintenance, technical ability, engineering etc. No, what this vehicle is about is making a consumer statement. And in that respect, it is hands down the clear winner.

While driving a brand new one, I realised that I either drove it like a librarian (making it pointless) or I drove it like a bank robber (making me a sociopath)

The growl of the JLR 5.0 block is just sublime, actually reminds me of a big cat growling. Beautiful

Every drug dealers, fraudsters, money launderers dream car.

Have the exhaust tips changed and put a TDV6 badge on the back 😂

Looks really good for a big SUV in my opinion. Being quite rare here in Germany, they are actually somewhat special, too. I'd drive one.

You can tell that James likes this car , just because his shirt is busier then east end market in tourist season!!!

SUV's will always jitter and jostle you side to side due to high C of G And that's why I'll never buy one. James you didn't feature the breakdown truck in this vid 😅

Hateful thing, one of the crapest cars to work on and driven by belters.

Love it, In fact I love pretty much ALL range Rovers, ever. But I would never ever own one - (and I know this has been done to death) - cant afford the repair bills or the stress of its unreliability.

Do lots of long trips in them and they work perfectly.

That shirt brightens up the ‘bat cave’ interior nicely!!!

Not sure it premier league footballers anymore The money in the lower leagues means any half decent pro can afford one and not loose any sleep at night.

Terrible panel fit at 4:20

Driving on the m62 today i went past 6 broken down cars. 4 were rangeys.

If the police saw you driving 125mph down a road in this they'll just wait for you at the Land Rover workshop or complaints department.

It’s the guilty pleasure syndrome! You know you shouldn’t but you can’t help it. 😩. Great review and totally agree on the interior. You have a Rangey for the luxurious feel it gives you. Might be worth doing a similar review of the P400 Hybrid🤔👍.

SVR - Seriously Vexatious Reliability

Wont It break? Or be stolen? And be driven by The school pickup single kid family look at me peeps 😂

Great review! I am on my second SVR and just love everything about it! Sounds snd goes awesomely and great value for money ! There csn be issues like any other vehicles but if they are well maintained then it will take care of you as well!

I thought we were supposed to be saving the planet?

Highly polished film. Great content. Informative and entertaining. One of my favourite car related channels.

Too wide for a British car, for any car, i was behind one on a busy A road, it was constantly slowing down and moving over to let lorries past coming the other way, i was well peed off, drive a couple of miles and have to slow down about 15 times , it's hideous, the car is hideous, sorry ok, it's not a bad car, but just don't drive behind one on an A road, the constant slowing down will wear a bit thin

Take that stupid electronic suspension off of it and put normal suspension on it like the old Range Rovers

No, thanks!

THE car of the shite parker

Unfortunately I'm not allowed to drive one of these, just like I'm not allowed modern M cars. The combination of my skin tone and this car would immediately stereotype me either as a drug dealer or as someone who loiters outside secondary schools.

"I know he's going to message me later, when he gets home..." I know it's commentary that's been done to death, but that should read "IF" he gets home. I've owned 3 RRs in the last 7 years (Overfinch Sport, a Vogue and a Autobiography). They are fabulous when they work (the operative word being "when") but they are so woefully poorly built, and unreliable...I doubt I'll ever buy another. It felt like mine spent more time at the main dealer, than it did on the road (my 2019 Autobiography was a particularly bad experience). A car shouldn't be a cause of daily stress/anxiety. For me, I need to be confident that it isn't just going to decide not to work when I get in it. For this reason, RR are an epic fail. I've not owned an SVR iteration, but something tells me they're likely to be even less reliable than the standard cars, because performance version always need more baby-ing than the standard.

People who think RRs are the ultimate SUV have not seen a Toyota Century..

I like it but would never pick one over a full sized Range Rover

Bro, the rotary dial is the PHYSICAL way you can adjust your drive modes, you can also do it on the screen like you said.

I've been in the UK a few times. Lot of car moments. But the biggest one I have in my mind is a blue one of these flat out through Glasgow town not caring about red lights at all. Didn't need a Nobel Prize in science to tell that he (or she) was a real gangster 100%😂

you missed a trick here - you should of released this yesterday and half way through made out that it got stolen during testing ...

Can somebody explain why car theft is so rampant in Britain? I mean there is no nearby RHD market nearby to ship full cars.

Thieves, footballers & drug dealers!

Try actually owning it for a single year ..... pay a few of those massive bills ... then try and see what you are offered for the car......... only great for the 1st owner ... this is a driving review .... not an owners review

Just lost £40k on one after 22 months of owning.

You sit so close to wheel 😂your belly is hitting the wheel

It’s a real shame that such an icon has become so closely associated with the chav set. I think anything after the L322 has this problem, be it the full fat or the sport.

Great comments section on this one! I had a RRS Dynamic Autobiography for three years. Great car to drive, was a bit of a dream fulfilled. But three faults, each requiring going into the workshop, in three years on a £90K car isn't acceptable. And it needed an extra oil service despite the low mileage. Just as I was thinking of moving it on my (mainstream) insurers wrote to me saying they wouldn't renew at any price, and I live in the sticks and had as good a record as you could have. I was glad to shift it on when I did at the back end of Covid when used car prices were going up. Jay looked past the SVR MPG which is truly ridiculous for a daily driver and the continuing massive depreciation. All in all this is a great car that no one should own, which to be fair to Jay is sort of his conclusion.

It is the most bonkers car I have ever driven. Things this big shouldn't move like it does, and always made me giggle when you open the exhaust flap.

Just because we can doesn’t mean we should. In its lifetime, it’ll consume around 10,000 gallons (5 tons) of petrol, plus all the other consumables, often just to shift one person (62% of all journeys) from A to B. Sustainable?

Are Land Rover products the worst-driven cars? Even Teslas and the German 3 don't tailgate as much as Range Rovers in my experience.

More like the king of depreciation. 😂

The SVR has a strange image. It’s either a bit of a ‘Chav chariot’ or a car to dream to get out of the hood, a bit like the Escalade was back in the day….

Not a fan of the RRS SVR. Huge fan of the Full Fat Range Rover. I have a 2015 SDV8. Fabulous vehicle that has averaged 30 mog over the 3 years I have owned it & it has never let me down.

Great car, simply not worth the aggro that comes with ownership. Ex RRS owner here.

The "Width" is definitely a concern for "You". 🤣

I prefer the L322 with the big V8 turbo diesel. Quick, efficient for an SUV with huge towing and off road abilities.

That Chevy Station Wagen is glorious. I don't envy the fuel bills, but that car is epic.

For the price the Porsche Cayenne Turbo is a far better vehicle, and I’m not even a Porsche fan.

Februrary 2024 the parts issue was down to 2000 cars, but there was still a workshop backlog for fitting the delivered bits. October 2023; 10,000 cars waiting for parts with 5,000 immobile at dealerships. Reorganising 18 warehouses to 1 big global logistics setup made a mess of everything for a while, but it should all work better and be more "net zero" when it's sorted - says the guy from JLR in the Autocar article i've just skim read,