Description
This… is the 2013 Range Rover Sport 3.0 SD V6 HSE Black—the last year of production for what many will tell you is the best Sport they ever made. Before the new shape arrived, before touchscreens and digital dashboards tried to take over the world, this was the sweet spot—pure Range Rover muscle with just the right amount of tech and a cabin built like a luxury tank.
Under the bonnet sits a 3.0-litre twin-turbo V6 diesel with 255 bhp and a mountain of torque, capable of launching this two-and-a-half-tonne beast to 60 mph in just over 8 seconds. Top speed? 124 mph. Fuel economy? Around 30 mpg combined—which, for something this big, is practically witchcraft. Insurance? Group 43. ULEZ? No—Euro 5 diesel, so you’ll be paying the charge if you stray into central London.
When new, this exact car cost in the region of £60,000, and being an HSE Black Edition, it’s dripping with kit: 20-inch gloss black alloys, privacy glass, adaptive xenon headlights, full leather interior, heated front and rear seats, premium Harman Kardon audio, navigation, Bluetooth, reversing camera, front and rear parking sensors, climate control, keyless entry, and that all-important air suspension that makes it ride like a magic carpet.
Just arrived with a service history that reads: 15,627, 21,032, 31,482, 44,001, 50,789, 51,888, 54,499, 55,572, 64,405, 76,300, 90,174, 104,354 miles—and yes, we’ll service it again before it leaves us.
This is the last of the old-school Range Rover Sports—brutal, beautiful, and built to conquer everything from the M25 to the muddy depths of the countryside. And in Black Edition form, it looks like it’s just stepped off the set of a Bond film.