The Land Rover Discovery Sport is a compact sports utility vehicle, which should not be confused with the much larger Land Rover Discovery. The Sport is based on Jaguar Land Rover's JLR D8/LR-MS platform and has been made since 2014, whereas the Discovery has used the JLR D7u platform since its third generation was released in 2017. Nearly all Land Rover Discovery Sports on British roads are first-generation vehicles since the mark II Sport was only slated for release in 2020. The Discovery Sport was designed as a replacement for the popular Freelander model. It went on to be Land Rover's best-selling model just a few years after it was initially released.
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Although they are also made in plants in India, Brazil and China, British Land Rover Discovery Sports are principally manufactured in Land Rover's Liverpool plant in Halewood. All Discovery Sports are 5-door SUVs. However, there are two main layouts that owners can purchase. The first of these is a transverse, front-engine front-wheel-drive and the other is a transverse, front-engine all-wheel-drive. Either way, the car is designed for some off-road applications, even if many second-hand ones have never driven over anything other than tarmac. Two transmission options were made available with first-generation Discovery Sports: A 6-speed Getrag manual version and an 8-speed ZF 9-HP automatic. When the mark II was being designed, Land Rover chose the newer Premium Transverse Architecture (PTA) platform for the car, the same one that the latest version of the Range Rover Evoque uses.
A typical Land Rover Discovery Sport of the first generation will offer drivers:
Higher trim levels of the Land Rover Discovery Sport, such as the R-Dynamic HSE will also offer extra features like:
Not all of the above features were made available with every model of Sport as it often depends on the original owner's specifications.