so i looked at upgrading my sport to a 2017 model, had to cancel it due to the fact the insurance quote was sky high, I'm gutted that it looks like its the end of me owning a Range Rover Sport

Try APlan at Thatcham, I found them reasonable a few days ago, will of course depend on your circumstances and model Joined the X5 45e club
1994 Defender 90 300 tdi

I have shopped around a bit just to double check and the best I could get was £1520, im not going back to paying over £1k for insurance I'm 44 not 18.

Wow, that's a ridiculous amount. Presumably it's a location problem - the old postcode lottery of how many other people have had car crimes in your area.  2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

Try NFU... They're not my personal favs at the moment due to other issues but they can be surprisingly good on cars sometimes.

New Impreza Turbo, on street parking dodgy East London f/c £800 (everyone else was £2k at the time) and that included track day cover!

thanks for the info i will give them a try, I'm totally gutted as i wanted another range rover and I'm now trying to look for other cars that i have no interest in