{"id":184403,"date":"2017-07-10T12:19:51","date_gmt":"2017-07-10T10:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=184403"},"modified":"2017-07-10T13:09:30","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T11:09:30","slug":"new-land-rover-discovery-set-to-launch-in-sa-this-week-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/184403\/new-land-rover-discovery-set-to-launch-in-sa-this-week-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"New Land Rover Discovery set to launch in SA this week &#8211; prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"st\">Jaguar Land Rover is set to launch the all-new <\/span>Discovery in South Africa this week, with prices starting at a fraction under R1 million.<\/p>\n<p>The group claims that the fifth-generation Discovery is its most capable and versatile three-row, seven-seat SUV to date.<\/p>\n<p>The all-new Discovery features an intelligent, permanent Land Rover 4WD system to deliver all-weather and all-surface capability.<\/p>\n<p>The standard twin-speed transfer gearbox features an additional set of lower gears which can prove invaluable in challenging driving conditions. The heart of this system is the electronic centre differential that offers a 50:50 torque split between front and rear axles with the ability to pre-emptively lock the axles before slip commences.<\/p>\n<p>The company noted that the low-range gears are automatically selected when drivers engage off-road driving programmes for rock crawling or mud ruts.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle claims ground clearance of 283mm, and has a maximum wading depth of 900mm.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It&#8217;s finally arrived&#8230;we are launching the all-new Discovery this week, starting from JLR&#8217;s training academy! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DiscoverMore?src=hash\">#DiscoverMore<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JlWUvwgour\">pic.twitter.com\/JlWUvwgour<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lisa Mallett (@Lisa_Mallett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lisa_Mallett\/status\/884319049202749440\">July 10, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>3.0 Litre TD6 Diesel Automatic (190kW) &#8211; From <span class=\"price\">R980,000<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Power: 190kW<\/li>\n<li>Torque: 600Nm<\/li>\n<li>Maximum Speed kph: 209<\/li>\n<li>Acceleration 0-100 kph in 8.1 sec<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/LandRoverDiscovery-e1499680395141.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-184407\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/LandRoverDiscovery-e1499680395141.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.0L Si6 Petrol (250KW) &#8211; From <span class=\"price\">R1,018,500<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Power: 250kW<\/li>\n<li>Torque: 450Nm<\/li>\n<li>Maximum Speed kph: 209<\/li>\n<li>Acceleration 0-100 kph in 7.1 sec<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/LandRoverDiscovery2-e1499680799594.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-184409\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/LandRoverDiscovery2-e1499680799594.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both models have the following specification levels: S, SE, HSE, HSE Luxury and First Edition.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/motoring\/183363\/the-average-value-of-a-new-car-financed-in-sa-hits-r300000-for-the-first-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The average value of a new car financed in SA hits R300,000 for the first time<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jaguar Land Rover is set to launch the all-new Discovery in South Africa this week, with prices starting at a fraction under R1 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":184405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11119],"tags":[25,9417],"class_list":["post-184403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motoring","tag-active","tag-jaguar-land-rover"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184403"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184453,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184403\/revisions\/184453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}