2025 Range Rover Sport PHEV Review: Comfortable Luxury, with an Electric Touch
Table of Contents
- Design
- Interior and Tech
- Range and Charging
- Driving Experience
- How DT Would Configure This Car
The Land Rover Range Rover Sport has been available as a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) for a few years now, and those models have made for a compelling option. Sure, they’re expensive, but if you want a plug-in hybrid in a luxurious SUV that still retains some oomph, the Range Rover Sport PHEV has been a solid choice for a few years.
At its core, of course, the Range Rover Sport is still a luxury SUV, though. At the top of the plug-in hybrid lineup is the Range Rover Sport P550e Autobiography, which has a longer range than the base model, faster performance, and extra luxury features that make driving it even better of an experience.
To be sure, there are plenty of plug-in hybrid SUVs on the market, and many of them cost a whole lot less than the Range Rover Sport. But if you’re looking for that Range Rover luxury and have cash to burn, then this vehicle might be worth considering.
Design
The Range Rover Sport’s design may not be as sporty as it could be, but it’s still luxurious, comfortable, and powerful. Our review model, the P550e Autobiography, had a Carpathian Grey paint job, which I think looks fantastic. The vehicle is available in other, more unique colors, though.
Interior and Tech
The interior of the vehicle is perhaps more important than how it looks on the outside. Thankfully, the interior of the Range Rover Sport is ultra-luxurious, with highly premium materials throughout, plush seating, and more. In the front row, you’ll get access to luxury features like seat heating, cooling, and massaging, while second-row passengers will get their own zone of climate controls, plus seat heating.
Range and Charging
The Range Rover Sport is available in two different plug-in hybrid models, and their range is one of the biggest differentiators. While our review model, the P550e Autobiography, had an electric range of 51 miles, the lower-end P460e Dynamic SE only has an electric range of 21 miles. If you intend to use the electric battery as often as possible, like in day-to-day around-town driving, you’ll probably need to upgrade to the much more expensive model.
Driving Experience
Driving the Range Rover Sport is a dream. The vehicle offers a few different driving modes depending on what kind of energy you want to use. There’s a hybrid mode, which will draw on both the gasoline engine and the electric battery to maximize fuel efficiency, and there’s a save mode, which will predominantly use the gasoline engine and charge the battery with regenerative braking.
How DT Would Configure This Car
If you’re buying a Range Rover, you may as well go all out. Just kidding, but if you are buying a plug-in hybrid SUV, there’s no real use in buying one that doesn’t have a range that can actually get you around town. The 21-mile range of the lower-end Range Rover Sport P460e Dynamic SE simply isn’t enough for many drivers, meaning that if you want a Range Rover Sport with enough range to drive in electric-only mode on a day-to-day basis, you’ll need to upgrade to the P550e Autobiography. Of course, you may not necessarily care about using the vehicle in electric-only mode and don’t mind trading the need to plug in on a regular basis for a more fuel-efficient drive. In that case, it may be worth considering one of the mild hybrid models instead, considering the fact that they don’t have to be plugged in the time for charging.
Other things to think about are mostly aesthetic. It’s really up to you if you want to spend the extra cash on different seat coverings, larger wheels, and so on.
That said, it’s also worth considering other plug-in hybrid SUVs. There are plenty of plug-in hybrid SUVs that are a whole lot cheaper than this, but if you want that Range Rover vibe, you’ll love what the Range Rover Sport P550e Autobiography offers.
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