Land Rover Discovery heading upmarket
The new Discovery 5 will also be considerably lighter than before, Using the PLA (‘Premium Lightweight Architecture) of the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport will enable Land Rover to extract up to half a tonne off the weight of the Discovery 4, whose 2.5-tonne steel bulk has been its Achilles heel for a while now. That should bring significant handling and economy advantages compared to the current model.
Industry experts have speculated that using the light-weight PLA architecture could add up to £7000 to the starting price of the Discovery 5. With the current vehicle available from £41,600 in the UK, this could give a starting price for the Discovery 5 of between £48,000 and £49,000.