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The new Land Rover Discovery

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  • The new Land Rover Discovery is a full-sized, three-row, seven-seat SUV with unbeatable capability and versatility
  • It embodies Land Rover’s drive to go Above and Beyond, combining British desirability with an unstoppable spirit of adventure
  • New Land Rover Discovery on sale from Spring 2017 priced from £43,495 (OTR)

The Seven Wonders of Discovery:

Seven principles describe the essence of Discovery and have guided its creation:

1. The Magnificent Seven: every seat is the best seat in the house

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  • Flexible interior provides seven full-sized adult seats, instantly configurable from your smartphone using the world-first remote Intelligent Seat Fold technology

2. A much loved member of the family: keeping you safe for the last 26 years

  • Semi-autonomous safety technology provides the family peace of mind
  • Premium interior combines leading design with durable, high-quality materials and space for the whole family

3. King of the hill: unstoppable on all surfaces, all terrains and in all weathers

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  • Land Rover’s full-sized SUV architecture delivers world-beating all-terrain capability
  • Lightweight aluminium construction saves 480kg, delivering enhanced efficiency and CO2 emissions from 171g/km
  • Super clean Ingenium family grows with adoption of 240PS, four-cylinder diesel engine with 500Nm of torque
  • Towing king: best-in-class 3,500kg towing capacity and semi-autonomous Advanced Tow Assist take the stress out of difficult reversing manoeuvres

4. British creativity: designed with charm & sophistication loved by the world

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  • Design retains key Discovery family cues, adding optimised proportions and sophisticated surfaces

5. Storage addiction: discover the space for everything

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  • Up to 2,406 litres of luggage space with seven seats as standard in the UK and clever storage for 21st century family essentials

6. Connects every generation: Ingenious features that make life easier

  • Digital Discovery equipped with up to nine USB ports, four 12-volt charging points and an in-car 3G WiFi hotspot for up to eight devices

7. After the roads end: reaching threatened habitats and vulnerable people

  • New Discovery will continue Land Rover’s work in humanitarian aid and conservation projects around the world

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2016-09-29T00:24:50-04:00September 28, 2016|
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Next Land Rover Discovery arrives Sept 28 in Paris

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(I wish they would have added those LED lights with the MY17 Range Rover updates)

LAND ROVER TO DEBUT ALL NEW DISCOVERY SUV

– First image released of the Land Rover Discovery full-sized, seven-seat SUV
– Land Rover Discovery to feature leading versatility, capability and technology
– Land Rover Discovery family of SUVs expands to two 7-Seat models: Discovery and Discovery Sport
– On sale in U.S. in mid-2017, All New Discovery continues the Land Rover Above and Beyond journey
– New Discovery world premiere to take place on September 28, 2016, ahead of the Paris Motor Show

(LONDON, UK) – September 5, 2016 – The new Land Rover Discovery will have its world premiere on September 28, ahead of the Paris Motor Show. The Discovery full size 7-passenger SUV embodies the Land Rover Above and Beyond ethos, combining British desirability with an unstoppable spirit of adventure.

Gerry McGovern, Land Rover Chief Design Officer, said, “The new Discovery redefines the large SUV. Land Rover’s design and engineering teams have revolutionized the Discovery DNA to create a highly desirable, extremely versatile and hugely capable premium SUV.”

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2016-09-05T20:00:43-04:00September 5, 2016|
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Is the next Discovery being built in Slovakia in 2018? This JLR supplier thinks so…

The Slovakia plant was announced in December 2015, but I don’t believe we’ve read about what exactly will be built there. 

Are all new L462 Discovery’s being built in Slovakia from 2018 – 2024?  This supplier seems to think so.

INTERNAL NEWS RELEASE: IMMEDIATE

6th June, 2016 – GSM Automotive Witney secures Land Rover Discovery new business award

Confirmation received in the past few weeks that GSM has been awarded the bright front and rear tread-plate business for the new Land Rover Discovery; program name L462. These bright tread-plates, which will be manufactured at our site in Witney, will be supplied to Grupo Antolin’s recently acquired facility in Hartlip where they will be assembled into moulding before onward supply to JLR manufacturing operation in Solihull until 2019. At the end of 2018 JLR production of the Discovery will then switch to Nitra in Slovakia where this vehicle will be produced until December, 2024.

For the team this represented a hard fought win and one secured in the face of fierce competition from mainland Europe. It is hoped that additional program nomination of variants for this vehicle will be announced in the coming weeks.

About GSM Automotive:

GSM Automotive is a world leader in the supply of Badges, Functional Film, Labels, Illuminated Scuff-plates; Tread-plates; Tail-gate Garnish, Pedal Kits and sub-assemblies; as well as genuine service parts. The company’s customer base includes virtually every major vehicle manufacturer in the global automotive, light and heavy commercial vehicle markets.  With manufacturing across multiple sites the company is a market leader in its sector.

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2016-07-20T23:53:13-04:00July 21, 2016|
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Bits of info on the L560, Range Rover "Coupe"

Nothing too concrete but I wanted to get things posted here for reference. 

With the first real spy shots of the forthcoming "coupe", it was time again to do some Linkedin searches.  As we’ve seen before there are plenty of people posting about their connection to the 18MY L560 project. 

Again just random bits from Linkedin:

** What does the VP stand for in the models listed below? X761 is the F-Pace.

Body-in-White (BIW) Tooling design for:
– Jaguar-Land Rover X761VP, L560, L560VP
– Support for JLR L560 @Steelweld Barford, United Kingdom (March 2015 – May 2015)

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Another past employee adds:

** "Range Rover Evoque XL" (Grand Evoque is also mentioned in other places)

Contributing to the successful development of three iconic programmes: X761 Jaguar F-Pace, L462 Land rover Discovery 5, L560 Range Rover Evoque XL from concept phase through to launch. My main responsibilities have been to:

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Finally there’s Gerry McGovern’s comments back in 2014 "It will be a distinct model, differentiated, not a derivative,”

2016-06-11T00:25:10-04:00June 11, 2016|
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