What's the news?
Land Rover Ireland has announced pricing for the new Discovery Sport, the sort-of-not-really replacement for the Freelander that is due to arrive in showrooms nationwide from January.
The new Sport will start from €37,100 for a 2.2-litre TD4 S model rising to €66,300 for the range topping HSE Luxury model powered by the 2.2-litre SD4 engine with an automatic transmission. Sitting between the two will be SE models (available from €43,560) and HSE (available from €49,795). The Disco Sport is unique in its class for being the only premium compact SUV to offer a 5+2 seat layout - cars like the Nissan X-Trail and Hyundai Santa Fe can rival the seating capcity, but not the badge kudos.
Arriving later in 2015, a more efficient ED4 diesel engine will join the range, offering CO2 emissions from 119g/km.
Anything else?
Eddie Kavanagh, General Manager, Land Rover Ireland commenting on the pricing announcement said: "The Discovery Sport is very competitively priced at €37,100. As you would expect from a Land Rover, it offers supreme versatility with a very generous and adaptable load space in the option 5+2 seating. And with Land Rover's Terrain Response technology, it has been engineered to meet any challenge. We're confident the Discovery Sport will be a big hit with our customers, both old and new, and we look forward to welcoming them to dealer showrooms in the coming weeks."
Read our first drive of the 2015 Land Rover Discovery Sport here.
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