Much praise and a couple of qualms with the Rover
Many of you are probably familiar with the Beach Boys and their famous "I get around" hit. There is a line in the song that goes like this: "We always take my car 'cause it's never been beat." In my case, we always take my car 'cause it is new. Very rarely have any of my testers collected such

2006 Ranger Rover Sport Supercharged (Photo: Philippe Champoux, Auto123.com)

unanimous praise for styling, comfort, roominess, performance and features. As far as I can remember, only the Honda Odyssey, the Volvo XC90 and Ford Mustang have received the same level of complete admiration. One of the downsides is a seemingly unquenchable thirst for premium black gold. I averaged just under 23L / 100 km over nearly 700 km of driving. This is a new record for me. The only other serious fault I could find with this Sport is the annoyingly large number of rattles coming from the hatch. Although I repeatedly closed and re-closed both the hatch and the glass, the noises remained.

Bloody Hell for an SUV that makes no excuses for being what it is. That may be but its "in-your-face" truckness also carries the stigma of what is possibly wrong with this world.

The 2006 Range Rover Sport's pricing begins at $77,800 and will climb to about $100,000 with options. The 2007 prices have risen between $500 and $600.

Good stuff:

2006 Ranger Rover Sport Supercharged (Photo: Philippe Champoux, Auto123.com)

Supercharged power
Smashingly good looking

Not so good stuff:
Fuel consumption
Fuel consumption
A few too many rattles

Competitors:
Audi Q7
Cadillac Escalade
BMW X5
Lexus LX 470
Mercedes ML
Lincoln Navigator
Porsche Cayenne
Volkswagen Touareg
Volvo XC90