Land Rover Discovery Sport

Land Rover Discovery Sport
Production period:	since 2015
Class :	SUV
Body versions :	Station wagon
Previous model:	Land Rover Freelander

The Land Rover Discovery Sport (code name L550) is a mid-range sport utility vehicle from the British manufacturer Land Rover . The vehicle had its world premiere at the Paris Motor Show in 2014 and has been available for purchase since February 28, 2015. The predecessor model of the off-road vehicle was the Freelander .

The Tata Harrier , introduced at the end of 2018, shares the platform with the Discovery Sport, but is only available with front-wheel drive .

L550 (since 2015)

1st generation
Land Rover Discovery Sport HSE Luxury TD4 (2015-2019)
Production period:	since 2015
Body versions :	Station wagon
Engines:	Otto engine : 2.0 liters (147–213 kW) Diesel engines : 2.0–2.2 liters (110–177 kW) Otto hybrid : 1.5 liters (227 kW)
Length:	4597-4599 mm
Width:	1894 mm
Height:	1724-1727 mm
Wheelbase :	2741 mm
Empty weight :	1759-2168 kg

Stars in the Euro NCAP - Crash Test (2014)

The vehicle design goes back to the Land Rover Discovery Vision Concept, which was shown at the 2014 New York International Auto Show . Gerry McGovern was responsible for the design of the Discovery Sport. The British designer also designed the Range Rover Evoque . The automobile is a road-oriented off-road vehicle with optimized driving characteristics. Land Rover is pursuing the goal of building Discovery as a sub-brand with the vehicle. In addition to the Discovery Sport, the Discovery also exists as a high-quality off-road vehicle.

The Discovery Sport is produced on the Land Rover LR-MS platform , a heavily modified version of the Ford -EUCD platform. Land Rover was part of the Ford Group until March 2008 and is now part of the Indian manufacturer Tata Motors . A five or seven seat version is available.

Its predecessor Freelander was launched in early 1998 and built in two generations by autumn 2014, making the Discovery Sport the third generation. In Germany, the vehicle is assigned to the automotive middle class . In the United Kingdom it is called a compact SUV .

The Discovery Sport had the same engines installed in the Freelander 2 in the first year of production. These are the Ford EcoBoost four-cylinder 2.0 liter turbocharged petrol with 176 kW (240 PS) and the Ford Duratorq four-cylinder 2.2 liter turbocharged diesel with 110 kW (150 PS) and 140 kW (190 PS) respectively. The first engine will be offered in the United States and the second engine in Europe. From August 2015, the Ingenium engines from Jaguar Land Rover will be used instead of the engines from Ford . The Ingenium engine family are four-cylinder engines with turbocharging . The engines are installed transversely, which creates additional space in the interior.

The Discovery Sport is equipped with a 9-speed automatic transmission from ZF or a 6-speed manual transmission from Getrag . Both are also available for the Range Rover Evoque. The vehicle does not have a reduction gear for off-road use, but like the Freelander it has the Terrain Response System . The driver can choose a driving program here depending on the surface being driven on. In addition, a variant without all-wheel drive is also produced.

The Discovery Sport is manufactured at Jaguar Land Rover's Halewood Body & Assembly Facility near Liverpool , as is the Range Rover Evoque. Jaguar Land Rover Ingenium engines are produced in Wolverhampton , England. The engines supplied by Ford were manufactured in factories in the London borough of Dagenham and in Valencia , Spain.

Rear view
interior
Land Rover Discovery Sport (since 2019)

Technical details

Automatic transmission from ZF

The newly developed, compact multi-link rear axle from the British manufacturer is used for the first time in the Land Rover Discovery Sport. With long suspension travel and an axle articulation of 340 millimeters, it ensures, among other things, the Land Rover-typical off-road mobility. The steering knuckles , like the lower wishbones, are made of a thin-walled hollow aluminum casting. The small spring domes on the rear axle enable the installation of a 5 + 2 seat solution, in which the third row of seats can be lowered almost flush into the vehicle floor.

With the adaptive chassis control Adaptive Dynamics , the Discovery Sport has MagneRide ^TM dampers with which the vehicle damping can be individually adjusted. The damping fluid is provided with magnetic particles and is exposed to a magnetic field , whereupon the viscosity decreases or increases. In this way, the damping can be set to be harder or softer as required.

Technical specifications

model	P200	Si4	P250	Si4	P300e	eD4	TD4			SD4
Construction period	since 08/2019	02 / 2015–05 / 2019	since 08/2019	06/2017–05/2019	since 04/2020	since 02/2015	09/2014–06/2015	since 02/2015	since 02/2015	since 07/2017	09/2014–06/2015
Engine type	R4 petrol engine				R3 petrol engine + electric motor	R4 diesel engine
Displacement (cm³)	1997	1998	1997	1998	1497	1999	2179	1999			2179
Power (kW / PS)	147 (200) / 5500 / min	177 (240) / 5800 rpm	184 (249) / 5500 rpm	213 (290) / 5500 rpm	227 (309) / 5500 / min ⁽¹⁾	110 (150) / 4000 rpm	110 (150) / 3500 rpm	110 (150) / 4000 rpm	132 (180) / 4000 rpm	177 (240) / 4000 rpm	140 (190) / 3500 rpm
Max. Torque (Nm)	320 at 1250-4500 rpm	340 at 1750 rpm	365 at 1400-4500 rpm	400 at 1500 rpm	540 at 2000-2500 rpm ⁽²⁾	380 at 1750 rpm	400 at 1750 rpm	380 at 1750 rpm	430 at 1750 rpm	500 at 1500 rpm	420 at 1750 rpm
Top speed (km / h)	207	200-220	225	218-233	209	180	180	180-194	188-200	204-220	188
Acceleration 0-100 km / h (s)	9.0	7.6-8.2	7.6	6.7-6.8	6.6	10.6	10.3-11.7	10.3-11.7	8.9-9.9	7.5-7.7	8.9-10.4
Gearbox (standard)	9-speed automatic				8-speed automatic	6-speed manual transmission	6-speed manual transmission			9-speed automatic	6-speed manual transmission
Transmission (optional)	-						9-speed automatic			-	9-speed automatic
Drive, as standard	all wheel drive					Front wheel drive	all wheel drive
Fuel consumption over 100 km (combined)	7.8-8.0	8.0-8.3	7.9-8.0	8.2-8.4	2.0-2.1	4.5	5.7-6.0	4.9-5.3	4.9-5.3	6.4	6.0-6.1
Combined CO ₂ emissions (g / km)	177-180	181-197	179-183	186-190	46-48	123	149-159	129-139	129-139	169	159-161
Emission standard according to EU classification	Euro 6d-TEMP	Euro 5 / Euro 6 / Euro 6d-TEMP	Euro 6d-TEMP	Euro 6	Euro 6d	Euro 6 / Euro 6d-TEMP	5 euro	Euro 6 / Euro 6d-TEMP			5 euro

⁽¹⁾ System performance

⁽²⁾ System torque

Registration numbers

Since the market launch up to and including December 2019, a total of 17,270 Land Rover Discovery Sport have been newly registered in the Federal Republic of Germany. 2016 was the most successful sales year with 4,856 units.

Source: Federal Motor Transport Authority

Web links

Commons : Land Rover Discovery Sport - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Land Rover website

Individual evidence

↑ Land Rover Media Center: The New Discovery Sport
↑ Kshitij Sharma: Tata Harrier Vs Land Rover Discovery Sport: Same Platform Different Focus. In: zigwheels.com. December 10, 2018, accessed January 2, 2019 .
↑ Result of the Land Rover Discovery Sport in the Euro NCAP crash test (2014)
↑ ^a ^b ^c Stephen Dobie: Meet the Land Rover Discovery Sport . In: Top Gear magazine , September 3, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
↑ United Kingdom: Dagenham Engine Plant . Ford . Retrieved September 22, 2014.
↑ Detailed information from the manufacturer , accessed on February 20, 2015

[1] Land Rover Media Center: The New Discovery Sport

[zigwheel-2] Kshitij Sharma: Tata Harrier Vs Land Rover Discovery Sport: Same Platform Different Focus. In: zigwheels.com. December 10, 2018, accessed January 2, 2019 .

[3] Result of the Land Rover Discovery Sport in the Euro NCAP crash test (2014)

[Top_Gear_3_Sep_2014-4] Stephen Dobie: Meet the Land Rover Discovery Sport . In: Top Gear magazine , September 3, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2014.

[Ford_DuraTorq_Plant-5] United Kingdom: Dagenham Engine Plant . Ford . Retrieved September 22, 2014.

[6] Detailed information from the manufacturer , accessed on February 20, 2015