Jaguar Land Rover’s Special Vehicles Operations (SVO) is expanding what they offer by adding a more serious off-road performer.
With the launch of the Land Rover Discovery SVX concept that debuted on Tuesday at the 2017 Frankfurt auto show.
SVX
SVX is the off-road equivalent to SVO’s SVR that adorns the high performance version of Land Rover vehicles. The Land Rover Range Rover Sport SVR and Jaguar F-Type SVR are a couple of those performance oriented offerings. You also have SVAutobiography, the label used for maximum luxury and opulence.
Off-Road Prowess
The Discovery SVX concept is all about getting off-road. Described as the most extreme Land Rover yet. Owed in part to increased ground clearance, body redesign, and suspension (long-travel shocks and revised knuckles). The chunky 20-inch wheels fitted with 275/55-size Goodyear Wrangler all-terrain tires are a nod to the people who actually will buy this and not take it off road.
The raised height improves departure and breakover angles, while the taller tires reduce contact pressure and improve performance on soft surfaces. There is an active center and electronic rear locking differential. These are working in concert with a specially tuned version of Land Rover’s Terrain Response 2. In a bot of a throwback there is a gear lever instead of the normal rotary dial for range selection.
They have also deployed an hydraulic anti-roll system. It increases wheel articulation providing improved body control, suspension articulation and better road response.