Land Rover is considering a more performance-oriented version of the new Discovery Sport to rival the likes of the Audi SQ5.
Land Rover director of programs Murray Dietsch admitted that the Discovery Sport was not an "outwardly sporty vehicle", but responded "I'd like to make it one" when asked about the possibility of a more powerful variant.
"We'll see how it goes with the market," Dietsch told Australian journalists in Paris.
The Australian-born engineer said that a sporty Discovery Sport, while entirely hypothetical at the moment, would not necessarily use a high-power turbo petrol engine, but could feature a torquey diesel similar to the Audi SQ5.
"We've got sporty derivatives of other vehicles in Europe that have got higher output engines that are diesel, so it would be horses for courses I think," he said.
"If you did a 300hp [224kW] petrol or something like that then there's probably not going to be a huge amount of call for it in Europe, but if you did a 250hp [186kW] diesel then there might be."
Read more at http://www.caradvice.com.au/313386/land-rover-discovery-sport-british-brand-considering-sporty-audi-sq5-rival/

Land Rover director of programs Murray Dietsch admitted that the Discovery Sport was not an "outwardly sporty vehicle", but responded "I'd like to make it one" when asked about the possibility of a more powerful variant.
"We'll see how it goes with the market," Dietsch told Australian journalists in Paris.
The Australian-born engineer said that a sporty Discovery Sport, while entirely hypothetical at the moment, would not necessarily use a high-power turbo petrol engine, but could feature a torquey diesel similar to the Audi SQ5.
"We've got sporty derivatives of other vehicles in Europe that have got higher output engines that are diesel, so it would be horses for courses I think," he said.
"If you did a 300hp [224kW] petrol or something like that then there's probably not going to be a huge amount of call for it in Europe, but if you did a 250hp [186kW] diesel then there might be."
Read more at http://www.caradvice.com.au/313386/land-rover-discovery-sport-british-brand-considering-sporty-audi-sq5-rival/
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