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After 13 years, Land Rover Discovery nameplate returns to the U.S. in mid 2017. The new Discovery will be lighter, longer, wider, and slightly more powerful than the current model. The 2017 Land Rover Discovery was previewed by the Land Rover Discovery Vision concept at the 2014 New York Auto Show.
With a new Defender in the works to handle extreme off-road duties, the Discovery has been repositioned as a premium family hauler rather than a body-on-frame off-roader.
Compared to the current Discovery, or the LR4 in the U.S., the new model’s ground clearance increases to 11.1 inches and the wading depth increases to 35.4 inches.
What’s New
The Discovery rides on Land Rover’s aluminum-intensive Premium Lightweight Architecture (PLA) chassis, which it shares with the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport. Like its Range Rover cousins, the Discovery ditches the heavy ladder frame and moves to unibody construction, which Land Rover claims results in a weight reduction of approximately 1,000 pounds. For comparison, the current LR4 tops the scales at a whopping 5,941 pounds. Performance
The 2017 Land Rover Discovery will be available with two 3.0 liter V6 engines. The base engine is a supercharged 3.0 L petrol unit with 340 horsepower and 332 lb-ft. of torque. The optional engine is a Ford sourced turbo-diesel (TD6) with 254 horsepower and 443 lb-ft. of torque. Both engines are paired to an eight-speed automatic...