Land Rover is planning to building a range-topping variant of the upcoming fifth generation of the Discovery which will be an extremely capable off-road.
Land Rover is planning to building a range-topping variant of the upcoming fifth generation of the Discovery which will be an extremely capable off-road. The car will be built by Jaguar Land Rover’s Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) and will be called the Land Rover Discovery SVX.
A render of the Land Rover Discovery SVX
This will be the third vehicle from SVO after the Range Rover Sport SVR and the Jaguar F-type SVR and it will be aimed to show the best of the brand’s off-road capabilities. The fifth generation of the Land Rover Discovery will come out later this year while the SVX version will come out 12 to 18 months after that.
Land Rover’s Special Vehicle Operations division is considering working on every single car from the line-up. They feel that it is pressing to develop the SVX variant of the Discovery and push the capabilities of the car to boundaries not explored before. The main markets for this specialized vehicle would be countries with a rough terrain like the Middle East, Australia, South Africa and parts of the US.
The Land Rover Discovery SVX would help Land Rover to develop the Defender in different ways because the SVX would root the car in the traditional off-road abilities allowing different variants of the legendary defender including a luxury and a performance oriented variant.
The next generation of Land Rover Discovery will be based on the brand’s latest design language. It will retain the muscular look with some sporty elements as well. On the inside, the SUV will retain its space and ruggedness. At the same time, it will get an increase in quality and more equipment. Powering the SUV will be a 3.0-litre V6 petrol and 3.0-litre V6 diesel engine. It might get a V8 engine as well. It will be based on the new aluminium platform which will make it lighter. The SUV will come to India at a later stage.
Source – Autocar UK