Watch the Range Rover Sport take on the Karahnjukar Dam

The old Range Rover Sport Plug-in Hybrid has climbed the 999 steps of Heaven's Gate in China, and now, the new Range Rover Sport is following in its predecessor's footsteps, proving its off-road prowess right after its launch by climbing up a flooded dam spillway in Iceland.

The epic ascent (which you can watch starting from three minutes and 30 seconds into the video embedded above) saw the new Range Rover Sport resist the surging torrent of water flowing down the ramp of the Karahnjukar Dam - the biggest of its kind in the world - at a rate of 750 tonnes per minute. A loss of traction during the climb risked the Range Rover Sport plunging down the perilous 90m drop at the base of the spillway to the valley floor below.

The third generation of Land Rover's luxury performance SUV is the most desirable, technologically advanced and capable yet, mixing an imposing road presence with instinctive driving responses using the most advanced combination of chassis technologies ever fitted to a Land Rover.