Land Rover will finish production of the Discovery Sport on the finish of 2026, after greater than 11 years.
The SUV stays configurable within the UK however is not accessible to order from the manufacturing facility in varied European markets, together with France, Germany and Spain.
A JLR spokesperson informed Autocar: “Discovery Sport production will end in December 2026, in line with normal product lifecycles. As part of this transition there will be a managed sunset of manufacturing ahead of this date for certain markets.”
This brings an finish to one of many longest on-sale runs within the UK: the Discovery Sport was launched right here in February 2015, making it older than the Mazda MX-5 and Alfa Romeo Giulia. After it goes, the Volvo XC90 would be the UK’s oldest automobile.
The removing of the Discovery Sport from order books coincides with the imposition this month of the EU’s up to date General Safety Regulation 2 (GSR2) ruleset, which mandates a number of security capabilities not fitted to the SUV.
JLR has up to date its different fashions to adjust to GSR2, however the Discovery Sport’s age – and comparatively skinny revenue margins – most likely made such an funding unviable.
Porsche made the identical choice with the Macan, which was launched at across the identical time because the Discovery Sport, and is bowing out of production this month.
It is not but clear when the Discovery Sport will exit its house market (the place GSR2 just isn’t a authorized obligation), nevertheless it’s probably that JLR will cease taking new orders upfront of its retirement.
The entry-level SUV has traditionally been a big quantity generator for the corporate, rating as its prime vendor in 2016 (its first full 12 months on sale), with greater than 122,000 examples offered globally.
A major overhaul in 2019 – together with a brand new platform and inside – helped to maintain it recent in opposition to rivals, however in newer years its age has caught up with it, and JLR offered lower than a tenth of that 2016 determine in 2025.
That made it the corporate’s slowest selling-model, behind the full-sized Land Rover Discovery, which can be developing for retirement because the tenth anniversary of its unveiling approaches.
The Discovery Sport’s cancellation raises questions over the way forward for the intently associated Range Rover Evoque, which is constructed alongside it at JLR’s Halewood plant on Merseyside.
