Land Rover Discovery 1997.

1997 saw Land Rover bring in a back-to-basics Land Rover Discovery S to contest the 40,000 minus epsilon market with Jeep, Toyota, Mitsubishi, ....

Land Rover Discovery 1997.

• station wagon, 5 (+2) seats, 4 doors, ABS & air bags on SE and SE7
• loa: 4524mm, width: 1793mm, height: 1928mm (roof), 1968mm (rails) track: 1486mm/1486mm, grnd clearance: 206mm (min)
• approach: 40, departure: 32.5, ramp break over: 151
• turning radius: 5.95m
• weight: 1905kg (unladen), GVM: 2720kg, towing: 750kg (unbraked)
• V8i:
  • 3950cc, petrol (92 RON unleaded), V8, efi, 2-valves/cyl, ohv
  • bore: 94mm, stroke: 71mm, c.r.: 8.13:1
• Turbo-diesel, direct injection, intercooled:
  • 300-series, 2495cc, diesel, 4-cyls, 2-valves/cyl, ohv
  • bore: 90mm, stroke: 97mm, c.r.: 19.5:1
• transmission: 5m/4a, 2-speed transfer case, full-time 4WD, lockable centre diff'
  hi ratio: 1.222:1, low ratio: 3.320:1, axle diff' ratio: 3.54:1
• suspension: live-coil/live-coil, brakes: disc/disc
• 2mm steel ladder chassis, many aluminium alloy body panels
• tyres: 205R16 or 235/70R16, fuel-tank: 88L
• 39,990 (`S') - 51,570 (`SE7'), Aus

	V8i manual	Tdi manual	auto' V8/Tdi
1st	3.32:1	3.69:1	2.48:1
2nd	2.13:1	2.13:1	1.48:1
3rd	1.39:1	1.30:1	1.00:1
4th	1.00:1	1.00:1	0.73:1
5th	0.73:1	0.77:1	n.a.
rev	3.43:1	3.43:1	2.09:1

Note the very slightly higher overdrive top gear ratio on the automatic. When the torque converter locks up this means less engine revs than the manuals and potentially better fuel economy at freeway / motorway cruising speeds.

	S	SE	SE7
Manual (V8 or Tdi)	39,990	42,990	49,120
Auto' (V8 or Tdi)	42,440	45,440	51,570
Air Bags	no	driver	driver+pass'
ABS brakes	-	-	std
Air Conditioning	std	std	std
Cruise Control	-	std V8i	std V8i
7 seats	-	-	std
Alarm + central locking	-	std	std
wheels (16x7J) + tyres	steel, 205R16	alloy, 235/70R16	alloy, 235/70R16
Metallic paint	750	750	std

Rossignol: as for SE7 plus leather trim, electric seats with heating, twin electric sunroofs, front foglights, heated windscreen, CD player, Rossignol skis (!) and lockable ski rack, special badges and trim
V8i auto: 57,500, Tdi auto: 57,500

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