Jaguar Land Rover is celebrating impressive sales across all brands during the first financial quarter of 2017-2018 (April-June, UK), with figures up 3.5 per cent year-to-date led by the recent major product onslaught. The Tata-owned company, including Land Rover, Range Rover and Jaguar brands, reported 137,463 sales for the quarter […]
Land Rover Discovery Sport
213kW Land Rover Discovery Sport & Evoque confirmed for Australia
Following the overseas announcement of the MY2018 Land Rover Discovery Sport and Range Rover Evoque updates, the local arm has now confirmed some specs and pricing. In case you forgot, the 2018 Land Rover Discovery Sport and Range Rover Evoque will be available with a new 2.0-litre turbo-petrol four-cylinder engine […]
MY2018 Discovery Sport gets 500Nm twin-turbo, 213kW petrol
The highly popular Land Rover Discovery Sport and Range Rover Evoque are about to receive a big power and torque boost for MY2018, thanks to the arrival of the British marque’s latest engines. At the most potent end of the power scale, both SUVs will receive the new Ingenium 2.0-litre […]
Australian vehicle sales for March 2017 – HiLux storms ahead
The Australian VFACTS sales figures for new vehicle registrations for March, 2017, have been released. And for the second month in a row, total SUV sales have overtaken total passenger car sales (includes sports cars). The stats show 41,484 SUVs were sold during March 2017, against 38,972 passengers cars. This, […]
2017 Land Rover Discovery Sport HSE TD4 180 review
Land Rover has kicked off 2017 with a bang with its latest rendition of the Discovery Sport. It brings with it the newly developed all-aluminium ‘Ingenium’ engine, state-of-the-art convenience technologies, and a revised model lineup. With the 2017 model update, it might be a little confusing. Land Rover has changed […]
2017 Land Rover Discovery Sport gets new Ingenium engines
Land Rover’s MY17 Discovery Sport is next in line to receive JLR’s new Ingenium turbo-diesel engine family, washing away the current 2.2-litre DW12 engine which is a legacy of the Ford era. Weighing 24kg less than its predecessor, the “all-aluminium” 2.0-litre Ingenium should bring a noticeable improvement in weight distribution […]
Australian vehicle sales for July 2016 – Corolla returns to form
The Australian Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries has released the national VFACTS new vehicle registration figures for July 2016, with most brands experiencing a drop in figures compared with June, likely due to the start of the financial year. For the top 10 best-selling vehicle brands, Toyota is still the […]
Land Rover Discovery Sport pulls 100-tonne train (video)
Land Rover has come up with an extravagant marketing campaign for its Discovery Sport, showing one towing no less than a 100-tonne train in Switzerland. Land Rover is no stranger to public feats of strength like this; back in 1989 a 200TDi took on a similar carriage in Plymouth, UK. […]