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The Discovery Sport marked the third generation of compact SUV produced by Land Rover and replaced the Freelander.Although the Freelander model range had been a successful way to enable Land Rover to move into the medium SUV market, the company felt that the Freelander brand was tainted with memories of unreliability, and that the Discovery brand was more prestigious.
The Discovery Series II was the last Land Rover SUV to use an evolution of the original 1970 Range Rover underpinnings – with its extended, 185 in (4.70 m) long, four-door body still riding on the same, relatively short 100 in (2,540 mm) wheelbase, ladder-frame chassis, combined with live axles front and rear, into 2004.
Jaguar F-Pace; Land Rover Range Rover, Range Rover Sport, Range Rover Velar, Discovery 2,996 cc (182.9 cu in) 294 kW (400 PS) @ 5500 550 N⋅m (406 lb⋅ft) @ 2,000 – 5,000 2019–present DOHC I6, Twincharged, MHEV Jaguar F-Pace; Land Rover Range Rover, Range Rover Sport, Range Rover Velar, Defender 2,996 cc (182.9 cu in)
Land Rover 1/2 ton Lightweight; Land Rover Discovery Sport (L550) Land Rover Series II; Land Rover Series IIa; Land Rover Series III; Land Rover Llama; Long Range Patrol Vehicle; Land Rover LR3; Land Rover LR4
The switch to Lxxx codenames occurred after the sale to Ford with L30 being renamed L322 at the top of a model line-up of Range Rover Sport (L320) Land Rover Discovery (Discovery 3 L319), Land Rover Defender (L316) and Freelander (L314). The third-generation Range Rover was designed to accommodate BMW's M62 V8 engines for future models.
The D7 platform was developed as the Premium Lightweight Architecture (PLA) aluminium platform for larger vehicles. There are four variants of the D7: the D7a (also known as the iQ[Al] [7]) used by the Jaguar XE (X760), Jaguar XF (X260), Jaguar F-Pace (X761) and Land Rover Range Rover Velar (L560); the D7e for the Jaguar I-Pace, the D7u used by the Land Rover Discovery (L462), Land Rover Range ...
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JLR builds Land Rovers in Brazil, China, India, Slovakia, and the United Kingdom. The Land Rover name was created in 1948 by the Rover Company for a utilitarian 4WD off-road vehicle. Currently, the Land Rover range consists solely of upmarket and luxury sport utility vehicles. Land Rover was granted a Royal Warrant by King George VI in 1951.