VIDEO: Range Rover Sport PHEV tackles 999 stairs in China

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https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2018/02/374.jpg Land Rover loves*bragging about the off-road prowess of its range. Now, it's showing off the capabilities of the*Range Rover Sport P400e*plug-in hybrid. In the above video, the British marque sends the face-lifted Sport PHEV up China's (http://www.caradvice.com.au/category/china) Tianmen Mountain Road – known as the Dragon Road, one of the world's most challenging sections of tarmac – before climbing 999 steps to reach the Heaven's Gate rock arch. At the wheel was Le Mans (http://www.caradvice.com.au/tag/le-mans) class winner and JLR Formula E (http://www.caradvice.com.au/tag/formula-e) reserve, Ho-Pin Tung. The 11.3-kilometre Dragon Road features 99 turns, while the staircase stands at a steep 45 degrees. https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2018/02/375.jpg "This was the hardest Range Rover Sport (http://www.caradvice.com.au/range-rover/sport) challenge I’ve ever been involved with because, until we reached the top, we couldn’t categorically say we would succeed," said Phil Jones, expert at Land Rover (http://www.caradvice.com.au/land-rover) Experience. "By making it to the summit, we’ve proven the phenomenal capability of the Range Rover Sport plug-in hybrid (http://www.caradvice.com.au/category/plug-in) like never before – with a genuine world first." Powering the Range Rover Sport P400e is a 221kW 2.0-litre 'Ingenium' turbo petrol engine mated to an 85kW electric motor, making for combined outputs of 297kW and 640Nm. https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2018/02/376.jpg Watch the above video to see the Range Rover Sport complete the Dragon Challenge. MORE: Range Rover Sport news, reviews, comparisons and video (http://www.caradvice.com.au/range-rover/sport) MORE: Everything Range Rover (http://www.caradvice.com.au/range-rover)Watch Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBJ2h967VxA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBJ2h967VxA)


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