Range Rover Sport

The Range Rover Sport as an offroad Tourer

The GOOD:

The Range Rover Sport (Pre 2010) were released with smaller disk brakes than later models, allowing fitment of 17" Rims and good quality off road tyres. These Early Sport models have become affordable, economical, reliable and comfortable. Econony figures of 15L Per 100km off road in rough slow terrain are incredible.

Range rover sport runs the same suspension and driveline as their much heavier Disco 3 and 4 counterparts, both considered excellent offroad performers. Add more power and less weight and superieor interior comforts and suspension and you have the Range rover sport. The Roof Construction allows for Roof top tent rack fitment easily as the Range Rover sport has factory M10 Bolts in the roof rack channels on all models. (See Pic Below). Possibly the strongest roof for carrying gear weve ever seen.

The BAD:

The V6 Models were built with a 'fragile' camshaft pulley wheel that can shatter at anytime causing catastrophic damage, (See 'Rova Range' Bentleigh website for more on this and how to fix it)

The also have a seemingly 'failure engineered' plastic thermostat housing.

Both these components can be replaced with after market ones that sort these two and prevent expensive engine failures...

If you are wanting to fit poleless awnings to your existing roof rack without a tent:

Ostrich Wing Awning now makes shorter awnings.
At 2.2m in length it works well with the Rangie's shorter roofline. It would have to be the best match we've seen for this vehicle. Tough Touring has also just released a new 2.4m Wing awning that sits real nice too... More on these here - awnings

With a low mount rack fitted and air suspension on Highway setting you get 185cm under the Awning when its set up. If you are taller than that - air suspension can be modified to be left at crawling height giving you up to 194cm under the awning. We have manufactured Rack specific Awning to rack brackets to sit Either up or low beside whatever rack you have on this vehicle. These brackets also allow fitment of most quality pole less wing awnings to common platform and basket touring racks...

Roof top tent and awning racks: made by Tough Touring for the Range Rover Sport

Check out our Tough Touring Roof Racks for the Range Rover Sport - designed for heavy loads, no road noise and made for Rooftop tents >>

If the plan is to run a roof top tent on the range rover - Tough Touring has manufactured Roof top tent to vehicle rack kits specifically designed for the Range Rover Sport to provide the ideal foundations for rooftop tents and poleless awnings. Its important to note that the range rover sport tapers downwards to the rear, meaning racks also have to be designed with a slope forwards to fit roof top tents level...

Tough Touring Range Rover Sport roof tent rack Unique Features:

The Lowest on the market / Sloped for level fitment

Heavy duty 200kg in off road environment

Tough Touring roof racks allow rooftop tents to be easily removed (just 4 bolts on the outside of the rack)

Can revert to normal roof rail or rack when tent is lifted off leaving the foot rails in place.