Land Rover Discovery Sport Information
Land Rover Discovery Sport information, history and specifcations
In 2014, the new eagerly awaited Discovery Sport was launched as a versatile compact SUV to replace the Freelander, although slightly bigger.
The release of the Discovery Sport marks the start of Land Rovers three-family line-up, with the Defender models aimed at the off-roading market, the Range Rover models occupying the luxury car market and the Discovery models aimed at the family car market.
The Discovery Sport’s design fully embraced its target market as the practical everyday family car incorporating comfort, entertainment, and safety throughout the vehicle.
The seating configuration throughout is available as either a five-seater or a seven-seater. The seven-seater is known as a 5+2 configuration, offering flexibility as the seats in row 3 are integrated and can be folded flat, the seats in row 2 have a 60:40 split and the ability to recline and slide the seats back for extra legroom.
For those family adventures, the Discovery Sport offers an impressive load capacity.
With the flexible seating configuration, the capacity can vary from 194 litres to a whopping 1,698 litres with the seating in row 2 and 3 folded flat. Even with five people in the vehicle, the load capacity is still an impressive 981 litres.
The optional Powered Gesture Tailgate is also an added benefit allowing for ease of opening and closing the tailgate without the need to even touch it, perfect for loading luggage into the spacious boot.
Land Rover designed the Discovery’s in-car infotainment system with the whole family in mind. Controlling the vehicles climate, navigation and entertainment via the InControl Touch system or the optional InControl Touch Pro.
Land Rover has even added the option of an entertainment pack for the rear passengers that includes two screens in the front headrests, with WhiteFire digital headphones and USB ports.
With the Discovery Sport designed as a practical family car, it was important to have exceptional safety standards. The vehicles sturdy body along with its airbags throughout are just some of the Discovery Sports standard safety features. The autonomous emergency braking and optional Lane Keep Assist & Driver Condition Monitor are optional aids to help keep everyone on in the car safe. With all these safety features The Discovery Sport has been awarded the 5-star safety rating from Euro NCAP, rating it the safest vehicle in its class.
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