Watch A Range Rover Sport Belt Up A Mountain Pass Faster Than A Ferrari

The Range Rover Sport SVR is now the "unofficial" record holder of the fastest Tianmen Road ascent
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It seems Land Rover wanted to kill two birds with one stone during its latest PR stunt. A few weeks ago the company sent a hybrid Range Rover Sport P400E up all 999 steps of China’s Tianmen Mountain, but that wasn’t the only ‘activity’ on the agenda.

Employing the talents of Le Mans winner and Jaguar Formula E reserve driver Ho-Pin Tung once more, Land Rover had its sights set on clocking the “unofficial” fastest time up the Tianmen Road and its 99 turns. The vehicle used for the record was a Range Rover Sport SVR, which Tung belted up mountain pass in 9 minutes 51 seconds, beating the previous best time of 10 minutes 31 seconds.

Not bad given that the former ‘record’ was held by a Ferrari 458, but is it just us, or does that particular drive - done in 2016 - look a little, well…less committed?

Watch A Range Rover Sport Belt Up A Mountain Pass Faster Than A Ferrari

But still, that doesn’t make Tung’s mountain drive any less impressive. Make sure you watch the footage at the top of the page all the way through - it’s proper buttock-clenching stuff.

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Comments

Anonymous

Tianmen is the new Nordschleife

03/13/2018 - 13:01 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Too bad not everyone can drive it lol, only tour buses owned by the national park can drive up and down due to the high population of China, cuz if everyone was allowed to drive their own car there’ll be a massive traffic jam

03/13/2018 - 21:16 |
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Anonymous

Insert overused joke here

03/13/2018 - 13:05 |
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ThatV70Guy

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

A record you say?

03/14/2018 - 01:51 |
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Anonymous

Next up, do it with the F-Type SVR

03/13/2018 - 13:17 |
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Anonymous
03/13/2018 - 13:39 |
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SAVAGE DOGG (Ping-Pong Gang) (Corvette Squad)

When you want to do touge racing, but your wife wants a family appropriate car

03/13/2018 - 13:41 |
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Anonymous

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03/13/2018 - 14:52 |
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Anonymous

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03/13/2018 - 14:58 |
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TheBigLoser

Whoever the PR Director at JLR is need a promotion. First make ing an E-Pace do a barrel roll, then making the Range Rover Sport Hybrid climb a steep, 1000 step staircase, and then having the Range Rover Sport SVR make a record run on a mountain pass. Seriously, he NEEDS a promotion.

03/13/2018 - 15:21 |
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That recent I-Pace vs Model X commercial was pretty bad though.

03/14/2018 - 01:03 |
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Anonymous

The driver be like 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂👺👺👺

03/13/2018 - 15:53 |
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TheBagel

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Stop with the upvote glitch bomb.

03/13/2018 - 18:34 |
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Barrechor

Suddenly, a tree.

03/13/2018 - 16:53 |
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Racing Prius (No Character limit aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

In reply to by Barrechor

n o o r a n g

03/13/2018 - 20:43 |
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