RE: Discovery And Range Rover Sport Prices Revealed
Wednesday 1st July 2009
Land Rover has announced full pricing and specification details for the new Range Rover Sport and Discovery 4, including several new engine choices and all-new interiors. The changes appear to mark a shift further upmarket for the brand under current owners Tata Motors.
Mechanical and interior improvements come at a cost, though. Prices are up across the range, with the least expensive S model disappearing and the most basic SE up over £2000 to £44,895, with an additional £5800 premium for HSE spec. The 3.6 is also up over £2000 to £56,995 and the V8 HSE is up nearly £3000 to £61,995.
Discovery And Range Rover Sport Prices Revealed
Full details on new Land Rover pair
The revised powerplants are partly a result of Land Rover's joint development programme with Jaguar, and are intended to give a nod to green concerns as well as overall performance.
The Range Rover Sport will still have a choice of 3 engines, but the 'baby' 2.7-litre V6 is now up to 3.0 litres (it's actually related to the new engine in the Jag XF) with a consequent power-hike of nearly 30 per cent. The 3.6-litre TDV8 is unchanged, while the range-topping supercharged version is up to 5.0 litres (that engine too being shared with Jaguar). It uses variable camshaft timing, a new direct-injection system and a revised twin-vortex supercharger to impressive effect, with 29 per cent more power and 12 per cent more torque along with small improvements in both fuel economy and CO2 emissions.
The model range shrinks from seven models to four, with two main trim levels of SE and HSE instead of the previous four. SE becomes the most basic trim (with the 3.0-litre unit only), but even then the Sport is pretty plush, with leather, 19ins alloys and enough multimedia bits to start charging people for entry.
HSE spec adds more decadence, and larger-engined models bring further refinements, including a new version of Land Rover's 'Adaptive Dynamics' system and clever adaptive cruise control. The 5.0-litre flagship even gets a 'bling' chrome tailpipe finisher, allowing lesser cars to see their lowly reflection amongst your refined fumes.
In its latest 'Discovery 4' incarnation, the Disco also gets the new 3.0-litre TDV6 seen in the Range Rover, in addition to the existing 2.7-litre variant for the GS base model. Prices continue to rise across the range, with the range-topping HSE up £2000 to £47,695, but new interiors and improved standard equipment across the range as well as the new engine account for at least some of this optimistic packaging shift.
Both revised Landies go on sale on 1st September this year.
Discussion
Trusty Steed said:
pilchardthecat said:
£48k for a Discovery.
Hmmm.
Don’t forget that you are also getting three years of valet & cleaning every week when it goes back under warranty!!!Hmmm.
pilchardthecat said:
Trusty Steed said:
pilchardthecat said:
£48k for a Discovery.
Hmmm.
Don’t forget that you are also getting three years of valet & cleaning every week when it goes back under warranty!!!Hmmm.
dazsmith69 said:
a new version for footballers and posers who tottle to work and back in them clogging up the roads. its a shame these arnt used more by farm workers and true offroaders.
Really? I don't mind 4x4s being used in Cities at all. Are you really suggesting that X5, X6, RR, RRS, Cayennes etc are designed to be used on farms? I guess the Land Rover products could though, saying that.
I'm all for freedom of choice, so buy what you want to drive and drive it where you want to. I love my ancient 4.0 V8, which incidentally I use as a London commuter
PetrolTed said:
Guess I'm a poser then I love mine.
We had a Disco 3 courtesy car for one of the 14 times (yes, FOURTEEN) our Freelander 2 has been back at the dealer. The Disco was a fantastic vehicle. Hugely practical, very comfortable, (IMHO) very handsome and not much obviously larger than the F2. Yes, it's longer, but not so wide as to feel massive (unlike the in-laws' RR Vogue which feels like a house to drive). I love mine. I am a fan of the Disco. :thumbsup:
Happy to be hated by the world.
dazsmith69 said:
a new version for footballers and posers who tottle to work and back in them clogging up the roads. its a shame these arnt used more by farm workers and true offroaders.
Can you explain to me how using 4x4 to go to work and back will clog up the road more than an exec saloon? s class etc. I'm in two minds about this.
On the one hand my Disco 3 has been a great car to drive and I would really like a Disco 4 with improved economy and better performance, but on the other hand has Land Rover's quality improved?
Since it was new mine has had two software failures, two clutches and a flywheel (probably because the dealer didn't replace the flywheel when the first clutch went), two parking sensors replaced and a hand brake module failure. Not good eh? And the customer service has been even worse.
Which dealer valeted and washed you car? Only one LR dealer has ever done that for me, and they've gone bust!
A main West Country main agent made me return the loan car early and pay for the clutch and flywheel because they couldn't decide if a sudden total clutch and flywheel failure on a 36000 mile car was covered by warranty..... and the gear lever came off in my hand on the way home.
The Audi Q5 looks nice and it gives 37mpg.
On the one hand my Disco 3 has been a great car to drive and I would really like a Disco 4 with improved economy and better performance, but on the other hand has Land Rover's quality improved?
Since it was new mine has had two software failures, two clutches and a flywheel (probably because the dealer didn't replace the flywheel when the first clutch went), two parking sensors replaced and a hand brake module failure. Not good eh? And the customer service has been even worse.
Which dealer valeted and washed you car? Only one LR dealer has ever done that for me, and they've gone bust!
A main West Country main agent made me return the loan car early and pay for the clutch and flywheel because they couldn't decide if a sudden total clutch and flywheel failure on a 36000 mile car was covered by warranty..... and the gear lever came off in my hand on the way home.
The Audi Q5 looks nice and it gives 37mpg.
musu said:
I'm in two minds about this.
On the one hand my Disco 3 has been a great car to drive and I would really like a Disco 4 with improved economy and better performance, but on the other hand has Land Rover's quality improved?
Since it was new mine has had two software failures, two clutches and a flywheel (probably because the dealer didn't replace the flywheel when the first clutch went), two parking sensors replaced and a hand brake module failure. Not good eh? And the customer service has been even worse.
Which dealer valeted and washed you car? Only one LR dealer has ever done that for me, and they've gone bust!
A main West Country main agent made me return the loan car early and pay for the clutch and flywheel because they couldn't decide if a sudden total clutch and flywheel failure on a 36000 mile car was covered by warranty..... and the gear lever came off in my hand on the way home.
The Audi Q5 looks nice and it gives 37mpg.
Hunters of Derby. I originally though that they were a waste of space, but having had my Disco in for similar problems as yours more often than I care to think about, I have changed my tune! Every time it goes in, they loan me a car, Always a Disco or Puma Defender. Servie is exellent and they are on par with serving costs with my Local LR specialist (DLS in Wirksworth), have to haggle a bit on this!!On the one hand my Disco 3 has been a great car to drive and I would really like a Disco 4 with improved economy and better performance, but on the other hand has Land Rover's quality improved?
Since it was new mine has had two software failures, two clutches and a flywheel (probably because the dealer didn't replace the flywheel when the first clutch went), two parking sensors replaced and a hand brake module failure. Not good eh? And the customer service has been even worse.
Which dealer valeted and washed you car? Only one LR dealer has ever done that for me, and they've gone bust!
A main West Country main agent made me return the loan car early and pay for the clutch and flywheel because they couldn't decide if a sudden total clutch and flywheel failure on a 36000 mile car was covered by warranty..... and the gear lever came off in my hand on the way home.
The Audi Q5 looks nice and it gives 37mpg.
different experiences are interesting.
We had, many moons ago, a Freelander. Terrible vehicle. To the point where mums boss (at the time) told her to get rid of it asap and bought her a land cruiser.
a 5 series later and the first RR arrived. Silver in fairly basic spec (but still with leather etc). This was upgraded to a HSE spec in green with all the nice bits in the interior. It's a fantastic car and neither of them have ever gone wrong. The dealer service has been impeccable on all but one occasion (wrong parts ordered).
It pulls the horse box at the weekend, and ferries to board meetings during the week. Pretty much exactly as god intended.
Now that the specs have improved and the 3.0 engine is available, a Disco 4 will be ordered in sept.
We had, many moons ago, a Freelander. Terrible vehicle. To the point where mums boss (at the time) told her to get rid of it asap and bought her a land cruiser.
a 5 series later and the first RR arrived. Silver in fairly basic spec (but still with leather etc). This was upgraded to a HSE spec in green with all the nice bits in the interior. It's a fantastic car and neither of them have ever gone wrong. The dealer service has been impeccable on all but one occasion (wrong parts ordered).
It pulls the horse box at the weekend, and ferries to board meetings during the week. Pretty much exactly as god intended.
Now that the specs have improved and the 3.0 engine is available, a Disco 4 will be ordered in sept.
PH said:
SE becomes the most basic trim
This makes me laugh. What does "SE" stand for, then? It always used to stand for "Special Equipment", so how can it be the most basic model? What is special about its equipment specification if it is the most basic model? Why not call the basic model "Range Rover Sport" and the model with all the toys "Range Rover Sport SE"? Nothing means anything anymore, it is all just hollow marketing gimmickry. The chrome tail pipe finishers say all that need to be said about modern cars. I particularly like the fake exhaust outlets on current Land Rover turbo diesels. Has anyone else noticed them? Peugeot and Ford do them, too. How could anyone, anyone with even an ounce of petrol (diesel?) in his veins, ever (1) design such a cynically pointless abomination or (2) buy or drive a vehicle with them sticking out the back?
To my mind, the Range Rover Sport is dogs
t, it really is. If they want to make them and you want to buy one (OK, OK, take one on never endingly complicated HP, PCP or lease--nobody buys these things with cash), good on you all, but please don't pretend it is anything worthwhile. As a piece of design and engineering it fails on all counts: it is neither a sports car, nor a luxury car, nor an offroad car, nor a utility car. As a fashion statement, it is an unabated success in the manner of a Burberry check baseball cap, Louis Vuitton monogrammed luggage or those Polo Ralph Lauren shirts with the GIANT polo player on them. Surely anyone with one of these cars would be infinitely better served by, say, a Skoda Octavia estate 4x4 or--if you must advertise--an Audi A6 Avant quattro. Hell, the latter is even available with some pretty offensive accoutrements.
Edited by r129sl on Wednesday 1st July 15:54
Why isnt their more information on the disco in this article instead of loads on the RRS?
I would much rather have the disco over the RRS, much less in your face and showy!
Nothing wrong with 4x4's on the road, they make for much nicer long distance crusers than most saloons as they are all now focused on driver involvement and have hard, harsh, crashy suspension set ups. In a Disco you will waft along on a wave of torque with a better view of all thats going on in complete comfort. (can you tell im looking at a Disco as my DD?)
I would much rather have the disco over the RRS, much less in your face and showy!
Nothing wrong with 4x4's on the road, they make for much nicer long distance crusers than most saloons as they are all now focused on driver involvement and have hard, harsh, crashy suspension set ups. In a Disco you will waft along on a wave of torque with a better view of all thats going on in complete comfort. (can you tell im looking at a Disco as my DD?)
Edited by general190 on Wednesday 1st July 16:12
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