2014 Range Rover Sport in the Desert

The new Range Rover Sport has set the fastest recorded time for a land vehicle crossing of the ’Empty Quarter’ - one of the harshest and most challenging desert environments on the planet. The Empty Quarter - or Rub’ al Khali - is the largest sand desert in the world and the second largest desert after the Sahara. Intensely hot by day with temperatures exceeding 50°C, it is also dangerously arid. With no reliable water sources and an ever-shifting terrain, it provides a true test for man and machine. The d