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Buying a used SUV - Range Rover Sport or Touareg?

Which of Range Rover Sport 2012 SDV6 and Touareg 2013 3.0TDI with air suspension will:
a) have least body roll on corners and undulating road surfaces, and
b) be most reliable?

Asked on 13 May 2014 by Ian

Answered by Honest John
Check them out in www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar But the last of the old shape RR Sports certainly handled better. Very good to drive both on road and off road on 19-inch Pirelli Scorpion tyres.
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