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There's nothing like spending $100,000 on a powerful, luxurious and fuel-guzzling truck to flaunt your desire for world domination. The Range Rover Sport is one of the most entertaining premium SUV to drive; it feels so solid, like a missile could hit it and it would still keep going. It's fast and off-road capable.

Under the Range Rover's hood sits 4.2 liters of supercharged and intercooled twincam, aluminum alloy V8. 390 horsepower, 410 lb-ft of torque, instant acceleration. With torque like that, a transmission is hardly needed, but the Sport's ZF six-speed automatic contributes to the vehicle's prowess and civility. With 0-60 acceleration in the low 7 second range, passing and merging are no problem. There is a manual-shift mode, but rarely is there the slightest necessity as torque comes in early and strong, peaking at 3500 rpm. With its 5700-pound mass and the available power, stopping a Range Rover Sport takes strong brakes, and the Dynamic Response Package's are up to the task. Four-piston Brembo calipers grip large vented discs in front, with smaller calipers and rotors at the rear.

If the idea of grand touring is fast, comfortable long-distance travel, the Range Rover Sport can accommodate very well, especially in supercharged form. And pavement is not strictly necessary. It is a Range Rover, after all.