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Here"s something you don"t see everyday. It"s a Bowler EXR-S, which for the uninitiated, is a Range Rover Sport-based "all-terrain supercar" with a 5.0-litre V8 and 285mm of suspension travel. Yeah, it"s a serious bit of kit.You might have heard of Bowler - the Derbyshire-based engineering firm made its name building Dakar-ready off-road racers like the Defender-based Wildcat. It built this EXR-S, the first of only three in right-hand drive, in 2015. Though fundamentally a road car, there are few things more extreme that legally wear a set of number plates. There"s an integrated FIA roll cage, a special E Control" rear differential with 50/50-split all-wheel drive and six-piston Brembos. Its suspension comprises fully independent double wishbones front and rear, with bespoke Bilstein dampers and Eibach progressive springs. The body is composite, and the interior leather-lined, but both borrow heavily from the old Rangie, as you can see from the pics.Power stands at 550bhp, which allows for 0-62mph in 4.2 seconds and a top speed limited to 155mph. We suspect it will do that over literally any terrain.The Bowler will be sold to the highest bidder at Silverstone Auctions" sale on May 20. A pre-auction estimate puts the price at between 95,000 and 115,000 for this one-year-old, 480-mile example.Which is about the price range you"re playing with if you"re configuring a new Range Rover Sport SVR. Which would you have?
Date written: 27 Apr 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 3186
Here"s something you don"t see everyday. It"s a Bowler EXR-S, which for the uninitiated, is a Range Rover Sport-based "all-terrain supercar" with a 5.0-litre V8 and 285mm of suspension travel. Yeah, it"s a serious bit of kit.You might have heard of Bowler - the Derbyshire-based engineering firm made its name building Dakar-ready off-road racers like the Defender-based Wildcat. It built this EXR-S, the first of only three in right-hand drive, in 2015. Though fundamentally a road car, there are few things more extreme that legally wear a set of number plates. There"s an integrated FIA roll cage, a special E Control" rear differential with 50/50-split all-wheel drive and six-piston Brembos. Its suspension comprises fully independent double wishbones front and rear, with bespoke Bilstein dampers and Eibach progressive springs. The body is composite, and the interior leather-lined, but both borrow heavily from the old Rangie, as you can see from the pics.Power stands at 550bhp, which allows for 0-62mph in 4.2 seconds and a top speed limited to 155mph. We suspect it will do that over literally any terrain.The Bowler will be sold to the highest bidder at Silverstone Auctions" sale on May 20. A pre-auction estimate puts the price at between 95,000 and 115,000 for this one-year-old, 480-mile example.Which is about the price range you"re playing with if you"re configuring a new Range Rover Sport SVR. Which would you have?
Date written: 27 Apr 2016
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 3186
