4x4 Magazine Australia

DISCO DANCING

WHILE all the automotive talk these days is of alternative power systems, there’s still plenty of development work going into the humble old internal combustion engine (ICE). New technologies have allowed engineers to extract more performance and refinement from both petrol and diesel engines, while at the same time reducing emissions and improving fuel efficiency. It will be a long time before we see the end of the ICE. This is certainly the case in Australia, where our long distances and lack of EV infrastructure ensure that the ICE is the only viable automotive power source.

Land Rover is one brand leading the way in developing the ICE to keep it viable for as long as possible, and its Discovery 5 wagon now employs the brand’s latest petrol and diesel engines to keep them current.

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