Paint it Black
Someone at Land Rover must like the Rolling Stones, are there top three products have all been painted Black!
Words by Ian M. Garner
Pictures by Land Rover Media
The mood at Land Rover seems to have changed. It’s quite Black at the moment, as The Range Rover Sport SV, Defender Octa and Range Rover SV all get the Black treatment.
Staring with the Range Rover Sport SV Black, Land Rover take a regular Sport SV (If there is such a thing) and add Black. Literally everywhere. Narvik paint adorns the bonnet, and the full extended gloss black pack gives all the badging a certain stealth look. The SV Black also gets the 23” alloy wheels which are painted, as you may have guessed, in gloss black paint. Even the brake calipers and quad exhaust system are coated with black.
Next in the lineup is the Octa Black. With the same Narvik paint, customer can also opt for a Matte protective film. The underbody protection is powder coated in satin black along with the rear towing eyes. The front working eye is gloss black as is the quad exhaust. You can opt for 20” forged wheels or 22” Alloy wheel, both of which come in…. yep… .Black.
Finally the full fat Range Rover SV gets the black treatment. Power wise, the Range Rover SV is the poor relation to the Sport and the Octa, with only 615 ps under the bonnet, which in the case of the SV Black is painted in Narvik black. As is the rest of the body. Bit of theme here isn’t there. One interesting feature of the SV Black is the standard offering of the Haptic floor. Part of the suit of wellness technologies being introduced, the carpet features transducers which vibrate in time with the music. This is meant to “augment the listening experience or sooth occupants”
You can read more about the Black Editions on Land Rovers Media page
https://media.landrover.com/en/news
