
Jaguar Land Rover will build the Discovery Sport midsize SUV as a second model in its new China factory opening today. The UK luxury automaker will open the factory with the Range Rover Evoque as the first production model.

Jaguar Land Rover will build the Discovery Sport midsize SUV as a second model in its new China factory opening today. The UK luxury automaker will open the factory with the Range Rover Evoque as the first production model.

Compact enough to drive around town, comfortable on long highway cruises even with seven on board, yet with all of the technology and ruggedness required to ford rivers and shrug off blizzards, the Discovery Sport, officially unveiled on Wednesday, is the sort of car that’s going to be great for the school run, even if that school happens to be halfway up a mountain.

by Ben Klayman
Jaguar Land Rover is recalling 46,515 Land Rover sport utility vehicles in the United States and Canada because the front passenger air bag may not deploy due to a part failure, according to documents filed with U.S. safety regulators.
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Currently, only four per cent of the registered UK engineering workforce is female – something Land Rover is trying to address with its new Range Rover Evoque ‘WISE’ (Women in Science and Engineering) scholarship programme, which is now open for applications.

Land Rover has unveiled a special edition Freelander ahead of the model’s replacement with the Discovery Sport later this year.