LR5 Release Updates?

[Finlayforprez]

Did anyone see this article?

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/n...al&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

 

[catman]

I had not seen it, thanks for posting!

You just cannot toughen up a vehicle simply by putting tires and gear on it. It looks like a Ford Explorer/Jeep Cherokee hybrid in that photo.

Hopefully we get a reasonable compromise between what we want and what LR feels will sell the most units....

 

[Davidinseattle]

Have to agree with you catman. Looking tough and being tough are two very different things...

Just sayin' http://www.autoblare.com/3337/kia-sorento-pacwest-adventure-concept-sema-2015

 

[catman]

Wow, that is something, my eyes kind of hurt. I sure wish I had a tire tread pattern on my seats - I would feel so damn invincible!

 

[toddjb122]

All these spy shots are starting to look the same, BUT, motoauthority released a new story on it so I'll let you guys filter through it to see if there is anything new;

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1031191_2018-land-rover-discovery-spy-shots

 

[umbertob]

Thank you Todd. Nothing new to see there... except that some magazines say the model will be released sooner - this year as a MY2017 - and others, including Motor Authority, say later, next year as a MY2018. We still don't know for sure if there will be a 2017 LR4 or not.

 

[catman]

Posted by accident but since it is now stuck here...
Same photos, different editorial, nothing really new. They use the term 2017 Discovery. .
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/2017-land-rover-discovery-testing-at-the-nurburgring-106460.html

 

[Hayseed_LR4]

Not sure I care how light it becomes - just not getting the use of a 4 cylinder...
Really like the XC90 but the engine just killed it for me. Did not like the way it drove or sounded.

 

[umbertob]

I don't think the 4-cylinder engine will make it to North America, it is probably for ROW markets where fuel costs an arm and a leg. I would expect the SCV6 will be the one and only gasoline power plant offered, hopefully along with a TD6 oil burner like the new Sport and Range Rover, which are based on the same aluminum platform and will most likely be the only models still offering a SCV8 fuel engine in the future.

 

[umbertob]

Latest news is that Jaguar Land Rover is switching all its cars to "scaleable" Ingenium engines (designed in-house) for 2017 and the aging SCV6 of the current LR4, Sport and Range Rover - which was really the old 5-liter V8 with 2 cylinders chopped off and a Supercharger bolted on top to make up for them - will be discontinued.

A 3-liter inline 6-cylinder available in both petrol and diesel versions and a variety of power configurations, including a couple of incredibly powerful beasts if these reports are accurate, will go into virtually every model, except the Disco Sport and Evoque which get the scaled down, 4-cylinder version of that inline 6. With a Turbodiesel I6 allegedly making 400 hp and a twin turbo petrol I6 making 500, I wonder if they will even bother offering SCV8s anymore.

Source: http://www.motoring.com.au/jaguar-l...aight-six-petrol-and-diesels-for-2017-102099/