The 2023 Range Rover Sport Keeps the V8

• Land Rover brings the 2023 Range Rover Sport into its third generation.

• The 2023 Range Rover Sport features either a 3.0-liter I6 mild-hybrid powertrain, a 3.0-liter I6 plug-in hybrid, or a turbocharged 4.4-liter V8.

• The 2023 Range Rover starts at $84,350.

On the heels of the new Range Rover, Land Rover is showing off its small sibling: the 2023 Range Rover Sport. It joins the Land Rover family as the third installment in the nameplate and replaces a quickly aging second-generation model. As you’d expect, the Range Rover Sport follows the larger Range Rover nearly in lockstep, with a similar design and an updated engine array. While this is generally good news, the updated Range Rover Sport does ax one of its coolest second-generation features.

If you’re wondering what’s missing, it’s under the hood. The 5.0-liter supercharged V8 won’t join the updated Range Rover Sport, just like it's moving away from the larger Range Rover. The top engine is a 4.4-liter turbocharged V8. While it probably won’t have the ridiculous exhaust note of the outgoing 5.0-liter, the new mill does make good power: 523 hp and 553 lb-ft of torque. If you want less power—at a lower price—Land Rover is also offering a 3.0-liter inline-six that’s assisted by either a mild-hybrid system or a plug-in hybrid system.

The base mild hybrid 3.0-liter Range Rover Sport makes a combined 355 hp and 369 lb-ft of torque. That number shoots up on the P400-badged models to 395 hp and 406 lb-ft of torque. Plug-in hybrid Range Rover Sports send 434 hp and 619 lb-ft of torque to the wheels. Managing power from all of these engine options is an eight-speed ZF automatic that feeds Land Rover’s intelligent all-wheel-drive system. Land Rover also promises a Range Rover Sport EV, but that’s not scheduled until the 2024 model year.