Engine: 4.4-liter, V8
Horsepower: 300 @ 5,500 rpm
Torque: 315 lb-ft @ 4,000 rpm
MPG: City: 14; Highway: 20
Horsepower: 300 @ 5,500 rpm
Torque: 315 lb-ft @ 4,000 rpm
MPG: City: 14; Highway: 20
Performance - 12/20
Hitting 60 mph in less than 7.5 seconds is credible for an SUV of 5,468 pounds, and the HSE does that thanks to the Jaguar-sourced V8. Give due credit to the six-speed automatic from Aston Martin with its adaptive logic and well-spaced ratios. The name-dropping doesn’t stop there: Brembo brakes slow the 19-inch (or optional 20-inch) wheels when the good times must no longer roll. This is still a body-on-frame, truckish vehicle — with a surprising towing capacity of 7,716 pounds. Acceleration is decent, handling isn’t bad and braking is OK. It performs on the street reasonably well, and if the call of the wild drowns out your sense of reason, the Sport is equipped with Active Roll Mitigation, Dynamic Stability Control, Hill Descent Control, Terrain Response, and the requisite height-adjustable, load-leveling air suspension. In an SUV like the Sport, it makes more of a marketing statement than anything else.
