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This is far from the usual daily trek for most Range Rovers -- which is generally a round of school runs, shopping and maybe a polo picnic. The Empty Quarter in Saudi Arabia is the world's biggest sand desert and one that even the locals are wary about venturing into.
So Range Rover decided to try a world first and get across the vast expanse of sand dunes in a day with the new Sport. And it seems well-equipped for the job, building on parent company Land Rover's offroad expertise with a true dual range four-wheel drive system -- a single range AWD is also available, but was not what you'd choose for the sand challenge.
The Sport has a choice of four engines: a 190kW 3.0-litre TDV6 diesel, a 215kW SDV6 diesel, a new 250kW 3.0-litre V6 and 375kW 5.0-litre V8 -- with a 250Kw 4.4-litre diesel version also due to arrive in Australia early next year -- all mated to an 8-speed ZF auto transmission.
Watch the Range Rover Sport takle the sand dunes of the Empty Quarter on our desktop site.
This reporter is on Twitter: @KarlaPincott
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