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LAND ROVER DISCOVERY SPORT: Its lines are functional with a touch of fashion.
Land Rover Discovery Sport ROAD TEST By EWAN KENNEDY from the grandfather of all sophisticated 4WDs, the Range Rover itself. A Range Rover can set you back close to a quarter of a million dollars – new Discovery Sport has a price list that begins at just $56,355, plus on-road costs. Our test car was a highline HSE turbodiesel with a recommended tag of $64,235. The Disco Sport is based on the trendy Land Rover Evoque and shares some visible and many out of sight components with it - a major reason for the low price. There’s not a sign of sleekness or excitement in the shape of the Sport, the
best way of describing its lines is ‘timeless’. As Land Rover Australia points out, those who do want style can opt for the Evoque. The Sport is taller than the Evoque, particularly at the rear and has a squarer tail. The latter makes for a good sized load area that can carry tallish items. Not for the Discovery the swooping slopes of the German SUVs, which look stunning but hamper load area. Land Rover Australia expects the great majority of Australian buyers want turbodiesel power, so offers 2.2-litre fourcylinder diesels with 110 or 140 kilowatts of power.
Torque outputs are 400 Nm on the 110 kW engine, and 420 on the 140. There’s also a 177 kW four-cylinder turbo-petrol unit displacing 2.0 litres. It has 340 Nm of torque, which is very impressive for a small displacement four. Six-speed manual or nine-speed automatic transmissions are offered. Automatics are likely to be the biggest sellers by a large margin, today’s autos are such exceptional units they are no longer just for the person who spends a lot of time in commuting traffic. It almost goes without saying that all models have 4WD.
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THE all-new Land Rover Discovery Sport is not a toy SUV masquerading as a 4WD, it is the real deal - an all-terrain vehicle from the old school. One that can be taken into tough offroad conditions where, believe it or not, even the rather crude Land Rover Series 1 would have struggled when it was launched 68 years ago. Yet the Discovery Sport will meet all the requirements of on-road comfort and handling today’s buyers demand. This seemingly impossible combination of on-road sophistication and off-road ruggedness shows design expertise not only from the Range Rover Evoque, but also
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