Range Rover SV 2023 – Business SUV priced at over 19.1 billion VND

The latest generation of Range Rover was launched to Vietnamese customers in July 2022, in which the most expensive version SV (Special Vehicle) was ordered by customers and started to be brought to the country in small quantities. Compared to the regular version, SV has distinct identification points on the exterior and rear compartment space for the boss.

SV is officially distributed in two versions P400 and P615, the difference is engine capacity. Before 2023, P615 had the code P530 and only one was brought home by Vietnamese customers, the price including options was 28 billion VND. The car in the article is the P360 LWB version with a price of 19.1 billion.

Land Rover offers two exterior packages including SV Interpid and SV Serenity, priced at VND366 million but with separate options. The owner chose the SV Serenity package. The identifying feature is the Atlas silver metal grille with Corinthian copper trim. The Range Rover logo is also the same color. The front bumper is divided into 4 horizontal silver bars with copper decorative bars.

Matrix LED headlights with many integrated technologies such as anti-glare lighting zone recognition for oncoming vehicles.

With SV Serenity, the copper color also appears on the roof, gills and rear side trim. The sleek body design increases aerodynamics. Hidden door handles help the drag coefficient to be 0.3 Cd, the lowest in the large luxury SUV segment. The rear privacy glass is also optional at a price of 52.2 million VND.

The wheels are a 291 million VND option, 23 inches in size, diamond-cut in gloss gray and copper. Electronic air suspension, helping the chassis to be raised from 219 mm to 294 mm.

The highlight of the rear of the car is the SV logo on the right, with a new design, simpler and more sophisticated, using ceramic material - a material used for the first time to decorate the exterior of a car. The manufacturing technique is similar to that of high-end watch faces. To make the SV logo, artisans will mold it and bake it at a temperature of 1,500 degrees Celsius, then polish it to create a diamond-like shine. The manufacturing process of the SV logo alone lasts 10 weeks.

The cockpit shares a minimalist design language. The leather-wrapped steering wheel is trimmed with wood, integrated with hands-free buttons and paddle shifters, and the multi-information screen behind the steering wheel has multiple display modes. The car is equipped with a 13.1-inch central touch screen. On the 2023 SV version, the cluster of buttons and knobs to adjust the air conditioning system located below the screen are integrated into the screen, giving a neater feel.

The gear lever cluster is also minimalist, with the 10-mode and volume knobs removed and integrated into the screen. The gear lever is made of ceramic, surrounded by a chrome border. The car has an additional option of black rosewood trim with a mosaic pattern worth 102 million VND. This pattern is made from hundreds of 6-8 mm laser-cut wood pieces and arranged by hand.

The highlight of the car is the Executive Class Comfort business seats for the boss. The optional brown leather front seats and cream rear seats are worth VND274 million. The two seats have full heating/cooling/hot stone massage functions and multi-directional electric adjustment. The most expensive option is the central saddle cluster with refrigerator, central work desk and control screen worth VND1.378 billion.

The boss seat is equipped with a footrest lined with fur carpet, fully electric opening/closing. In addition to adjusting the functions individually, this position has a separate button available, the system will automatically push the seat forward, open the footrest, thigh support, push the buttock cushion forward and recline to the most relaxing and comfortable position.

The two entertainment screens are 13.1 inches in size, while the standard versions are 11.4 inches. HDMI or Type-C connectivity.

The desk can be raised and lowered, opened with two wings and rotated left/right at a certain angle. The top is covered with black rosewood with mosaic patterns. The desk has a sensor at the bottom so that the open/close button is activated when the desk is folded to its maximum.

The screen between the two rows of seats has full functions such as opening/closing the desk, refrigerator, curtains, cooling the cup holder, air conditioning, interior lighting and seat functions. Below is an armrest with integrated storage compartment and wireless charging.

The refrigerator can cool quickly, has two glasses with SV logo and a bottle of champagne. The refrigerator door is also decorated with wood pattern similar to the desk.

Land Rover sales representatives said that if customers order the right batch, they will only have to wait about 7 months, otherwise the waiting time is 9 months. Vietnam is gradually becoming one of Land Rover's key emerging markets, with the best growth rate in the region.

The Range Rover SV P400 is powered by a 3.0-liter turbocharged I6 engine with a low-level hybrid system (MHEV), producing 395 horsepower (400 ps) and 550 Nm of torque. The car accelerates from 0-100 km/h in 6.1 seconds and has a top speed of 242 km/h through an 8-speed automatic transmission and AWD.

After adding options, the final price of the car is 19,185 billion VND.

In Vietnam, the company distributes two SV versions, including P400 priced from 16.869 billion VND and P615 from 25.509 billion VND. The P615 version is equipped with a 4.4 V8 twin-turbo engine, 606 horsepower (615 ps). With the highest price of SV, the car competes with Bentley Bentayga EWB Azure priced at 21 billion VND. If equipped with all options, the price of the car is up to 30.5 billion VND, approaching Rolls-Royce Cullinan.