Land Rover shelves plans for 2WD Discovery Sport citing lower 4WD emissions

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20 May 2015

Land Rover has shelved plans for a 2WD Ingenium-powered Discovery Sport in the UK.

The company's new range of efficient diesel engines are now available to order for the Freelander replacement, although a 2WD 119g/km edition slated for launch will now not go on sale in the UK market.

A Land Rover spokesman told Fleet News: "Land Rover drivers really relish the 4WD capability of the Discovery Sport, and with emissions for this model now below 130g/km, there are no immediate plans to launch a 2WD model in this country."

The company's most economical 4WD ‘E-Capability’ 148bhp six-speed manual, five-seater SE model claims fuel economy of 57.7mpg combined and 129g/km CO2.

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427Magnette - 20/05/2015 13:01

That's going to upset a few people in our company who were looking forward to being able to order a Land Rover, our company car and salary sacrifice schemes have a 120g/km limit
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Bob the Engineer - 21/05/2015 09:08

120 Magnette is nothing more than punitive! The only thing with 4WD I know of meeting that is the Suzuki S-Cross. I bet the company don't complain when staff still turn in on snowy days to keep things running whilst all their tree saving colleagues with low CO2 BMW's go back to bed for the day (...won't move off my drive boss)
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Roger McQUADE - 06/07/2015 17:32

Pity Land Rover are still advertising the 2WD model on their website! - Gets a bit confusing when you're looking to buy a new vehicle. Still it's only 2 months since the cancellation of this vehicle and Rome wasn't built in a day!
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