Aero-slick Land Rover Discovery sheds 1058 lb, gains features

JaguarLandRover engineers continue to achieve significant vehicle mass reductions, this time with the new generation Land Rover Discovery. Shifting to aluminum construction for the bodyshell instead of steel and complemented by an intensive light weighting program for the whole car, has yielded a remarkable 480 kg (1058 lb) saved compared with the previous model. This exceeds even the 420 kg (925 lb) reduction of the Range Rover in 2012 when it was switched to an aluminum-intensive architecture.

The new Discovery, revealed at the 2016 Paris Motor Show closely echoes the Discovery Vision Concept which debuted at the 2014 New York Auto Show. For the production car, Land Rover has abandoned a steel body on a steel frame for an aluminum monocoque.