Land Rover Discovery Engines by Year

The Discovery came to the US for 1994 with the Rover V8. It was sold as the LR3 for 2005–2009 and the LR4 for 2010–2016, then as the Discovery again from 2017. The Discovery Sport is not included.

Pick a year to see every engine offered that model year, with its code, rated horsepower and the trims it came in. Each engine links to its full specs.

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Series I US (1994–1998): 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998

Series II (1999–2004): 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004

LR3 (2005–2009): 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009

LR4 (2010–2016): 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016

Discovery 5 (L462 (2017–2026): 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020 · 2021 · 2022 · 2023 · 2024 · 2025 · 2026

Series I US (1994–1998)

1994 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
3.9L / 241 V8	—	Discovery

1995 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
3.9L / 241 V8	—	Discovery

1996 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
4.0L / 241 V8	—	SD, SE, LE, SE7

1997 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
4.0L / 241 V8	—	SD, SE, LE, SE7

1998 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
4.0L / 241 V8	—	SD, SE, LE, SE7

Series II (1999–2004)

1999 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
4.0L / 241 V8	—	SD, SE, LE, SE7

2000 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
4.0L / 241 V8	—	SD, SE, LE, SE7

2001 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
4.0L / 241 V8	—	SD, SE, LE, SE7

2002 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
4.0L / 241 V8	—	SD, SE, LE, SE7

2003 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
4.6L / 278 V8	—	S, SE, HSE, S7/SE7/HSE7

2004 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
4.6L / 278 V8	—	S, SE, HSE, S7/SE7/HSE7

LR3 (2005–2009)

2005 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
4.0L / 245 V6 Cologne V6	216 hp net	LR3 (base), V6 SE (2007)
4.4L / 268 V8 AJ-V8	300 hp net	SE, HSE

2006 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
4.0L / 245 V6 Cologne V6	216 hp net	LR3 (base), V6 SE (2007)
4.4L / 268 V8 AJ-V8	300 hp net	SE, HSE

2007 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
4.0L / 245 V6 Cologne V6	216 hp net	LR3 (base), V6 SE (2007)
4.4L / 268 V8 AJ-V8	300 hp net	SE, HSE

2008 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
4.4L / 268 V8 AJ-V8	300 hp net	SE, HSE

2009 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
4.4L / 268 V8 AJ-V8	300 hp net	LR3 (HSE pkg)

LR4 (2010–2016)

2010 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
5.0L / 305 V8 AJ133	375 hp net	LR4, HSE, HSE LUX

2011 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
5.0L / 305 V8 AJ133	375 hp net	LR4, HSE, HSE LUX

2012 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
5.0L / 305 V8 AJ133	375 hp net	LR4, HSE, HSE LUX

2013 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
5.0L / 305 V8 AJ133	375 hp net	LR4, HSE, HSE LUX

2014 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
3.0L / 183 V6 supercharged AJ126	—	LR4, HSE, HSE LUX, Landmark

2015 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
3.0L / 183 V6 supercharged AJ126	—	LR4, HSE, HSE LUX, Landmark

2016 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
3.0L / 183 V6 supercharged AJ126	—	LR4, HSE, HSE LUX, Landmark

Discovery 5 (L462 (2017–2026)

2017 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
3.0L / 183 V6 diesel AJD-V6	254 hp net	SE Td6, HSE Td6, HSE Luxury Td6
3.0L / 183 V6 supercharged AJ126	340 hp net	SE, HSE, HSE Luxury, First Edition

2018 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
3.0L / 183 V6 diesel AJD-V6	254 hp net	SE Td6, HSE Td6, HSE Luxury Td6
3.0L / 183 V6 supercharged AJ126	340 hp net	SE, HSE, HSE Luxury, First Edition

2019 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
3.0L / 183 V6 diesel AJD-V6	254 hp net	SE Td6, HSE Td6, HSE Luxury Td6
3.0L / 183 V6 supercharged AJ126	340 hp net	SE, HSE, HSE Luxury, First Edition

2020 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
3.0L / 183 V6 diesel AJD-V6	254 hp net	SE Td6, HSE Td6, HSE Luxury Td6
3.0L / 183 V6 supercharged AJ126	340 hp net	SE, HSE, HSE Luxury, First Edition

2021 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.0L / 122 inline-four turbo AJ200P	296 hp net	S, R-Dynamic S, Dynamic SE
3.0L / 183 inline-six turbo AJ300 Hybrid: rated output of engine and motors combined.	355 hp net	R-Dynamic S, R-Dynamic HSE, Dynamic SE, Metropolitan Edition, Tempest/Gemini Edition

2022 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.0L / 122 inline-four turbo AJ200P	296 hp net	S, R-Dynamic S, Dynamic SE
3.0L / 183 inline-six turbo AJ300 Hybrid: rated output of engine and motors combined.	355 hp net	R-Dynamic S, R-Dynamic HSE, Dynamic SE, Metropolitan Edition, Tempest/Gemini Edition

2023 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.0L / 122 inline-four turbo AJ200P	296 hp net	S, R-Dynamic S, Dynamic SE
3.0L / 183 inline-six turbo AJ300 Hybrid: rated output of engine and motors combined.	355 hp net	R-Dynamic S, R-Dynamic HSE, Dynamic SE, Metropolitan Edition, Tempest/Gemini Edition

2024 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.0L / 122 inline-four turbo AJ200P	296 hp net	S, R-Dynamic S, Dynamic SE
3.0L / 183 inline-six turbo AJ300 Hybrid: rated output of engine and motors combined.	355 hp net	R-Dynamic S, R-Dynamic HSE, Dynamic SE, Metropolitan Edition, Tempest/Gemini Edition

2025 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.0L / 122 inline-four turbo AJ200P	296 hp net	S, R-Dynamic S, Dynamic SE
3.0L / 183 inline-six turbo AJ300 Hybrid: rated output of engine and motors combined.	355 hp net	R-Dynamic S, R-Dynamic HSE, Dynamic SE, Metropolitan Edition, Tempest/Gemini Edition

2026 Discovery engines

Engine	Rated	Offered in
2.0L / 122 inline-four turbo AJ200P	296 hp net	S, R-Dynamic S, Dynamic SE
3.0L / 183 inline-six turbo AJ300 Hybrid: rated output of engine and motors combined.	355 hp net	R-Dynamic S, R-Dynamic HSE, Dynamic SE, Metropolitan Edition, Tempest/Gemini Edition

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