Land Rover Discovery Sport

The entry level Land Rover gets a new heart — the 2-litre Ingenium diesel engine.

- Aatish Mishra

THE LAND ROVER Discovery Sport has been around from 2015, but it had a dinosaur of an engine — a 2.2-litre diesel motor doing duty in it. That motor has been replaced globally by a newer, more efficient one and this update has made it to India as well. It is a familiar engine, we’ve seen it on a bunch of Jaguar cars already – the XE, XF and even the F-Pace. Part of the Ingenium family, it is JLR’s attempt at a new generation of more efficient, cleaner power units. The engines are up to 80kg lighter than their predecessors, and have been engineered to significantly reduce internal friction (by up to 17 per cent) to improve efficiency. What is different about these engines compared to the older ones is that they have significant advancements in electronically controlling the oil pressure, engine temperature, and piston cooling. They also feature mechanical changes like an offset crank and roller bearings on the cam and balancer shafts.