VEHICLE ANALYSIS: 2016 Land Rover Discovery & L462 - just-auto.com (registration)
It might be more than a decade old but the Discovery is still one of the best four by fours that money can buy - constant development, including the latest Euro 6 compliant diesel engine, has ensured that. That wasn't there before, so for the geeks, it's how you tell a Euro 6 Discovery from a Euro 5 one. In North America, the Middle East and some other regions or countries, a 340hp supercharged petrol V6 is either the standard engine or offered alongside the diesel. While gasoline prices keep falling, Land Rover seems right in deciding not to offer North America’s 2016 LR4 with the federalised diesel which is new in that region for the latest Range Rover and Range Rover Sport. This Td6 is a modified version of the existing PSA-Ford 3. 0-litre unit and it produces 254hp. To some, the Discovery might be too big, too long, too heavy and perhaps such people are correct. Yet, it’s always such a source of amazement at how this vehicle feels a lot smaller from behind the wheel than it is. That’s not to do with interior space - there’s an abundance of it - but how relatively agile the thing is. Hit the suspension... Source: www.just-auto.com
