When the Land Rover Discovery Sport premium compact SUV with permanent four wheel drive first went on sale in the UK in January 2015, with five and seven seat options, the only downside to the vehicle was that it still continued to use the long serving 2.2-litre SD4 turbodiesel engine made by Ford. Now the Discovery Sport has received Jaguar Land Rover’s own EU6 compliant … [Read more...]
Weekend roadtest: Land Rover Discovery Sport HSE Luxury
Surefooted Land Rover looked unsteady when it launched the new Discovery Sport with the “old” turbo-diesel engine, but their newest model has taken a firm grip on the market. I cannot help but feel the company’s product planners got it wrong when the first member of the new Discovery family was brought to market with the old SD4 engine rather than the new eD4 Ingenium power unit, which is now … [Read more...]
UK sales lift off for Land Rover Discovery Sport
The all-new Land Rover Discovery Sport, has generated close to 4,000 orders in a few months as it replaces the popular Freelander. They are priced from £32,395 to £42,995 with a choice of SE, SE Tech, HSE and HSE Lux specification levels with manual and automatic transmission options. Richard Gavan, product manager for Land Rover said, “We had planned a UK first full year sales target of … [Read more...]