In addition to their mild hybrid architecture, the four-wheel-drive models feature Land Rover’s Driveline Disconnect system. Later this year, a plug-in hybrid model will also join the range. For those who prefer to take their fuel from the green pump, there’s a choice of 197bhp and 247bhp petrol engines too. In the black corner, that same 148bhp unit starts things off at the lower end of the power spectrum, and is followed by 178bhp and 237bhp oil-burners. If the wider model line-up is anything to go by, Land Rover seems to think this will be the case, too four-wheel-drive models (all of which come with a nine-speed ZF automatic gearbox) account for the meat of the range. After all, this is a Land Rover, so you’d expect most customers to skip over that particular variant and head straight for the 4x4 models. That said, it’s a front-wheel-drive (yes, you’re reading that correctly), non-hybrid 148bhp diesel with a six-speed manual gearbox that represents the new Discovery Sport in its most efficient form, with CO2 emissions as low as 140g/km and official combined fuel economy of 47.8mpg.Ĭall me cynical, but I reckon that entry-level model is there largely so that the Discovery Sport’s ‘emissions from’ strapline will look a bit more appealing in the brochure. 2015 Land Rover Discovery Sport TD4 180 first driveĪnd so the Discovery Sport is available with a range of transversely mounted four-cylinder petrol and diesel engines, most of which are now complemented by a 48-volt mild hybrid architecture - much like what you get on the new Evoque.2017 Land Rover Discovery Sport HSE Luxury first drive.Land Rover Discovery Sport D180 AWD SE 2019 UK first drive.Land Rover Discovery Sport P200 2019 UK first drive.Originally, this was a fairly heavily reengineered version of the LR-MS platform that underpinned the first-generation Range Rover Evoque, but this has now been done away with and replaced by Land Rover’s latest Premium Transverse Architecture (PTA) - the same platform that, funnily enough, also underpins the second-generation Evoque. You see, in addition to giving the Discovery Sport a subtly tweaked exterior and a new interior that looks and feels far more Range Rover-like than ever before, Land Rover has completely replaced the architecture upon which it’s based. Sure, it looks largely the same as it has since the original model replaced the long-standing Freelander back in 2015, but so extensive are the changes made beneath the skin of Land Rover’s best-selling (and arguably most important) model that simply labelling it a mere facelift almost feels like selling it short. Make no mistake: there’s a lot more that’s new about this updated Land Rover Discovery Sport than immediately meets the eye.
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