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- Industry News
- 2 April 2026
The Land Rover Discovery Sport has been given a redesigned modern interior with the latest technological features and seating. With up to 7 seats taking it practically to a new level, giving practical accessories to families.
What’s new?
Interior:
All Discovery Sport models will feature a digital instrument cluster as standard. It has a redesigned centre console with a new floating 11.4-inch curved glass Pivi Pro2 touchscreen with intuitive controls.
The Discovery Sport offers up to 7 seats with multiple upholstery options between the model ranges. To improve the ride quality, it has 24 different seat configurations that corelate perfectly with different driver modes.
As standard, the Discovery Sport comes standard with new gear shifters surrounded by a dark anodised aluminium trim finish.


Prof Gerry McGovern OBE, Chief Creative Officer, JLR, said: “Discovery Sport is a characterful, modern, compact SUV, with a versatile interior and intuitive technology – perfect for active family life.”
The second row of seats can slide and recline allowing for more boot space, with the seats folded down it has a load space of 1.794 litres and a powered tailgate to make the process of loading and offloading seamless.
Exterior
The Discovery Sport features subtle exterior changes, the contrast roof and exterior accents that are finished in Gloss black. It still features the Discovery Trademark three-line signature of the front air intakes. The car sits on new 21-inch alloy wheels finished in Gloss Black and 19-inch Gloss black or Diamond Turned wheels both are optional.


Performance
The Electric Hybrid is powered by a 1.5-litre turbocharged engine with an electric motor and 14.9 kWh lithium-ion battery. The redesigned Discovery Sport features Plug-in-electric hybrid and mild hybrid options. The P300e has an electric driving range of 61km and can charge from 0-80 percent in under 30 min.
Range
Land Rover Discovery Sport Dynamic SE
Land Rover Discovery Sport Dynamic HSE.
Land Rover Discovery Sport P300e
Pricing
The Discovery Sport is priced from R1,305,400.
Available
It is currently available at local dealers.
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