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</p><p>Land Rover has launched its SUV, Discovery Sport, with a petrol engine priced at Rs. 56.5 lakh, Ex-showroom, Delhi. The recent ban on sale of cars with diesel engine capacity higher than 2.0 liter in National Capital Region (NCR), has prompted the British car manufacturer to advance the launch of this SUV in the petrol guise. The Discovery Sport petrol is available in only one trim i.e. HSE which is a notch below its top end variant, HSE Luxury.  </p><p>It’s powered by ‘INGENIUM’ petrol engine. Ingenium is a nomenclature used by JLR for their newly developed 2.0 liter petrol and diesel engines. The petrol motor develops power of 237 BHP@5500 RPM and torque of 340 Nm@1750 RPM. Transmission duty is handled by the ZF sourced 9-speed automatic gearbox which is shared with the diesel sibling. For the record, Discovery Sport diesel has a 2.2 liter diesel engine with two tunes, 148 BHP with 400 Nm torque and 187 BHP with 420 Nm torque. The former is mated exclusively for its top-end variant. This meant that sales of diesel variant came to a complete halt in NCR.</p><p>The petrol HSE trim offers Terrain Response System, Hill Descent Control, Electronic Traction Control, Dynamic Stability Control, fixed Panoramic sunroof, Park Assist- Parallel and Perpendicular, ambient lighting, navigation system by MapMyIndia and few  more gizmos. </p><p>However, it misses out on Adaptive Dynamics with MagnaRide, adaptive Xenon lights, memory settings for ORVMs and front electric seats, 17-speaker Meridian music system and twin screens behind the front seat headrests as part of the Rear Seat Entertainment offered on the top-end HSE Luxury variant. </p>With the launch of petrol variant, Land Rover has increased appeal of Discovery Sport in a market which is observing a steady shift towards petrol cars. Interestingly, Mercedes-Benz recently launched its GLC SUV that’s also available with a 2.0 liter petrol engine which the Discovery Sport will compete against.

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