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The Discovery SDV6 is unique here thanks to V6 bi-turbo-diesel, eight-speed automatic and fully independent suspension.

WHAT you see here is a Discovery SDV6. More specifically, a Discovery SDV6 SE, the lower of the SDV6 specifications, which starts at $84,880. That’s an $8K jump on the Everest Titanium, but on par with the Prado Kakadu. The current Discovery is heavily based on the Discovery 3, so is in effect the end-product of 13 years of continual evolution and is now close to the end of its product life. An all-new, considerably lighter Discovery built on an aluminium monocoque, as per the current Range Rover and RR Sport, should be here mid-to-late 2017 to replace the current (and heavy) steel separate-chassis model. POWERTRAIN AND PERFORMANCE THE SDV6 designation means this Discovery has the more powerful of the two bi-turbo V6 diesel engines, which claims 183kW and 600Nm. The less expensive TDV6…

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4x4 Magazine Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2016

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