Range Rover Sport UK 1

The opener at the checkpoint was memorable, simply because of its uniqueness.

"Morning, gentlemen. Ever driven a large SUV through the length of a 747, entering from economy and emerging from first-class?"

Well, never, actually, but there's always a first time for everything – the thought that resonated at that point was the amazement at the manner automakers were coming up with in showing off their creations and to go one-up over the competition.

It's not surprising in this day and age though. The world has become a more crowded – and competitive – place, even for large luxury SUVs. The second-generation Range Rover Sport, which is the vehicle doing said plane act, has to show why you'd want one over a BMW X5 and Porsche Cayenne, or a Mercedes-Benz ML and Audi Q7, for that matter.

It does, and rumbling along a specially set-up interior of a decommissioned Jumbo has nothing to do with it. Well, not all of it anyway.

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