Practicality and performance don’t often go together, but we all get a little excited when they do. Case in point: the optional back seats in the new Porsche 911 GT3 Touring.

That’s one end of the scale though – a performance car with a sop to being sensible.

At the other end of the scale (literally and figuratively) are properly practical cars that have had the wick turned up considerably. Like these two: the Range Rover Sport SV and the Audi RS6 GT.

The former is the fastest version of Range Rover’s sportiest SUV, a follow-up to the outrageous previous-generation Sport SVR. The latter is a run-out version of Audi’s über go-faster estate, complete bespoke bodywork and manually adjustable coilover suspension. Each costs over £170,000.

But are these proper performance cars, or just jack-of-all-trades machines that don’t quite hit the mark?

Over to Top Gear Magazine’s Deputy Editor, Ollie Kew, to find out. With a little ‘help’ from The Stig…

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00:00 Intro
00:49 The Stig
02:48 Audi RS6 GT
06:45 Range Rover Sport SV
10:55 Conclusion

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