Compare the2024 Land Rover Range Rover SportVS 2024 Porsche Cayenne Coupe

The Range Rover Sport’s pre-crash front seatbelts will tighten automatically in the event the vehicle detects an impending crash, improving protection against injury significantly. The Cayenne Coupe doesn’t offer pre-crash pretensioners.

Both the Range Rover Sport and Cayenne Coupe have child safety locks to prevent children from opening the rear doors. The Range Rover Sport has power child safety locks, allowing the driver to activate and deactivate them from the driver's seat and to know when they're engaged. The Cayenne Coupe’s child locks have to be individually engaged at each rear door with a manual switch. The driver can’t know the status of the locks without opening the doors and checking them.

The Range Rover Sport’s driver alert monitor detects an inattentive driver then sounds a warning and suggests a break. According to the NHTSA, drivers who fall asleep cause about 100,000 crashes and 1500 deaths a year. The Cayenne Coupe doesn’t offer a driver alert monitor.

Both the Range Rover Sport and the Cayenne Coupe have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, side-impact head airbags, four-wheel antilock brakes, all wheel drive, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, daytime running lights, lane departure warning systems, blind spot warning systems, rearview cameras and rear cross-path warning.

On the EPA test cycle the Range Rover Sport running its gasoline engine gets better mileage than the Cayenne Coupe running its gasoline engine:

The Range Rover Sport P550e can travel with zero emissions for 51 miles. The Cayenne Coupe can’t move without running its internal combustion engine.

For better stopping power the Range Rover Sport’s brake rotors are larger than those on the Cayenne Coupe:

In an emergency stopping situation, many drivers don’t press the brakes with enough force to stop the vehicle in the shortest distance. The Range Rover Sport has a standard Emergency Brake Assist to detect emergency braking situations (by how hard and how quickly the brake pedal is pressed) and then automatically apply maximum braking immediately in order to help prevent a collision. The Cayenne Coupe doesn’t offer a brake assist feature.

For better traction, the Range Rover Sport has larger standard tires than the Cayenne Coupe (275/50R21 vs. 255/55R20).

The Range Rover Sport’s standard tires provide better handling because they have a lower 50 series profile (height to width ratio) that provides a stiffer sidewall than the Cayenne Coupe’s standard 55 series front tires.

For better ride, handling and brake cooling the Range Rover Sport has standard 21-inch wheels. Smaller 20-inch wheels are standard on the Cayenne Coupe. The Range Rover Sport’s optional 23-inch wheels are larger than the 22-inch wheels optional on the Cayenne Coupe.

The Range Rover Sport offers an optional full size spare tire so a flat doesn’t interrupt your trip. A full size spare isn’t available on the Cayenne Coupe; it requires you to depend on a temporary spare, which has mileage and speed limitations, or roadside assistance and a tow-truck.

The front and rear suspension of the Range Rover Sport uses air springs for a smoother, controlled ride than the Cayenne Coupe, which uses coil springs. Air springs maintain proper ride height and ride more smoothly.

For a smoother ride and more stable handling, the Range Rover Sport’s wheelbase is 4 inches longer than on the Cayenne Coupe (118 inches vs. 114 inches).

The Range Rover Sport’s front to rear weight distribution is more even (51% to 49%) than the Cayenne Coupe’s (56.8% to 43.2%). This gives the Range Rover Sport more stable handling and braking.

For better maneuverability, the Range Rover Sport w/Rear Wheel Steering’s turning circle is 2.1 feet tighter than the Cayenne Turbo GT’s (35.9 feet vs. 38 feet).

For greater off-road capability the Range Rover Sport SV has a 1.6 inches greater minimum ground clearance than the Cayenne E-Hybrid Coupe (9.8 vs. 8.2 inches), allowing the Range Rover Sport to travel over rougher terrain without being stopped or damaged. The Range Rover Sport’s minimum ground clearance is 1.5 inches higher than on the Cayenne Turbo E-Hybrid Coupe (11 vs. 9.5 inches).

The design of the Land Rover Range Rover Sport amounts to more than styling. The Range Rover Sport has an aerodynamic coefficient of drag of .29 Cd. That is significantly lower than the Cayenne Coupe (.34 to .35) and many sports cars. A more efficient exterior helps keep the interior quieter and helps the Range Rover Sport get better fuel mileage.

The Range Rover Sport uses computer-generated active noise cancellation to help remove annoying noise and vibration from the passenger compartment, especially at low frequencies. The Cayenne Coupe doesn’t offer active noise cancellation.

The Range Rover Sport has 1.1 inches more front headroom and .4 inches more rear headroom than the Cayenne Coupe.

The Range Rover Sport has a much larger cargo volume than the Cayenne Coupe with its rear seat up (31.9 vs. 20.9 cubic feet).

Pressing a switch automatically lowers or raises the Range Rover Sport’s rear seats, to make changing between cargo and passengers easier. The Cayenne Coupe doesn’t offer automatic folding seats.

The Range Rover Sport has a standard remote vehicle starting system, so the vehicle can be started from inside the driver's house. This allows the driver to comfortably warm up the engine before going out to the vehicle. The climate system will also automatically heat or cool the interior. The Cayenne Coupe doesn’t offer a remote starting system.

To improve rear visibility by keeping the rear window clear, the Range Rover Sport has a standard rear wiper. The Cayenne Coupe doesn’t offer a rear wiper.

The Range Rover Sport has standard front air conditioned seats and offers them optionally in the rear. This keeps the passengers comfortable and takes the sting out of hot seats in summer. The Cayenne Coupe doesn’t offer air-conditioned seats in the rear.

The Range Rover Sport has a standard heated steering wheel to take the chill out of steering on extremely cold winter days before the vehicle heater warms up. A heated steering wheel costs extra on the Cayenne Coupe.

Insurance will cost less for the Range Rover Sport owner. The Complete Car Cost Guide estimates that insurance for the Range Rover Sport will cost $135 less than the Cayenne Coupe over a five-year period.

J.D. Power and Associates rated the Range Rover Sport first among large premium suvs in owner reported satisfaction. This includes how well the vehicle performs and satisfies its owner’s expectations. The Cayenne Coupe isn’t in the top three in its category.