Vehicle engineering manager, Range Rover Sport

摘要

"We considered making the wheelbase shorter than the Range Rover's but we chose not to because of the problems that the old Range Rover Sport has - the row two door, when you open it, is very narrow. Some customers said that it's a bit hard to get in and out of, and when we're inside it's not overly roomy. "So we shortened the rear overhang and moved the spare from underneath the car to the inside so it could go over the differential. We made the door 280mm longer and increased the knee room by 24mm. The change in dynamics from shortening the wheelbase would have been minor.