Yes, I was certainly expecting something to pop up. Mark

SVR in Estoril Blue

It was revealed last night at the JLR event, along with the other SVO wonders. 

I don't really know how it works with pebble beach tbh, it's not exactly a conventional show. But then it's in all the weeklies and press

So when is the first road test?  SVR 2018 in Santorini Black.

Yes, even featured in the Daily Mail, according to Google, not that I read it, you understand. Mark

SVR in Estoril Blue

TDV8HST wrote:

So when is the first road test?

From a Press perspective? I really don't know I'm sorry to say; although I've been lucky to be involved with the Nurburgring and Goodwood launch films, I don't know when the Media drives are planned. Knowing PR, it's bound to be somewhere warm

I've no doubt at all the car will be well reviewed though peppered with the self-indulgent sarcasm the hacks cannot resist. Just look at Tim Pollard's comments on the Car magazine web-site. Harry Metcalfe, ex-Evo, did an interesting video review of the base SC 5.0 and thought there was scope for more. He's now working for JLR and I have no idea whether he's seen as bringing something to the party or a thorn in their side or indeed whether he had any input to the SVR but he was right that there was scope for more.

Key for me is whether LR will be able to make them in sufficient quantity. Someone will have waved a wet finger in the air and come up with a number per year. 2000? 5000? Impossible to know but the price increment is smaller than many were expecting and I expect they will sell more SVR's than base SC 5.0, especially since the styling is restrained in an iron fist in a velvet glove sort of way. That will put huge pressure on an already heavily loaded Solihull which is why a second plant serving, say, the Chinese and Russian markets would make some sense. Mark

SVR in Estoril Blue

I would say the less they make the better ! SVR 2018 in Santorini Black.

Providing one of what they do make is for me! Mark

SVR in Estoril Blue

Ha , right sorry Mark , I meant after all of us here have got ours! Then hopefully short supply. No harm in dreaming. SVR 2018 in Santorini Black.

Mark_N wrote:

I've no doubt at all the car will be well reviewed though peppered with the self-indulgent sarcasm the hacks cannot resist. Just look at Tim Pollard's comments on the Car magazine web-site. Harry Metcalfe, ex-Evo, did an interesting video review of the base SC 5.0 and thought there was scope for more. He's now working for JLR and I have no idea whether he's seen as bringing something to the party or a thorn in their side or indeed whether he had any input to the SVR but he was right that there was scope for more.

Key for me is whether LR will be able to make them in sufficient quantity. Someone will have waved a wet finger in the air and come up with a number per year. 2000? 5000? Impossible to know but the price increment is smaller than many were expecting and I expect they will sell more SVR's than base SC 5.0, especially since the styling is restrained in an iron fist in a velvet glove sort of way. That will put huge pressure on an already heavily loaded Solihull which is why a second plant serving, say, the Chinese and Russian markets would make some sense.

An alternative view is why spend more on a version that can only seat four + one, tow less, is not as luxurious, has a harder ride, fewer options, blah, blah.

Maybe numbers will be limited.

Oh, and it's now in the Configurator so play away.

Not sure the Configurator is 100% accurate, as ever. Interesting that eight colours are listed (Yulong White). 

philmw wrote:

Told you...

philmw wrote:

As well as being a very personal thing, it also depends greatly on what you think about the car. My order for a SC is Barolo Black with Indus Silver roof. Nothing too drastic nor boring. I see an SVR, though, in Rolls Royce Salamanca Blue.

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As it'll be short of options it may well end up being cheaper than the AB I first ordered which was over 100k.

I think the person who set-up the Configurator is on similar tablets to me:

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Hmmm. £104,331...

Can't justify that extra £300, so I'll not be buying one...

Oh, and the lack of £104k

philmw wrote:

I've surprised myself in thinking that the car looks better without the privacy glass:



Thats three tanks of fuel saved.

I think I think correctly:

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Good the configurator is up and sort of running. As Phil says, I'm not sure it's 100% accurate but as expected the baseline appears to be the autobiography. I don't see anything I have to specify now that I wasn't on it. Main options added seem to be the new wheels and the carbon fibre trim. I'm not big on software driving aids like blind spot monitoring, or TV etc so that is keeping the cost of mine "down" to a smidgen below £100k, excluding any dealer fit stuff. Mark

SVR in Estoril Blue