RE: Land Rover Discovery SVX - Frankfurt 2017

[RemaL]

Having had a weekend at the British F1 using a Disco5 2ltr this engine will make up for some of the poor looks and poor 2ltr engine I drove.

[ZX10R NIN]

That's more like it but still not quite a Ford Raptor but a good effort by Jaguar.

[British Beef]

That rear number plate !!!!!!

Its been said before, but it truly is absolutely fooking horrible.

These Discos look utterly rubbish from behind, tall and narrow (even though they are not) and that number plate.

How, why, who signed off on it?

I suspect they thought the Disco needs its "Visual differentiator" from other LR models, so lets completely fook up the number plate position, that will mark it out!

[Aids0G]

Awesome if only i had a spare (assume) £80,000 - £100,000 hanging about i would get on the list!

Can only speculate but standard rear winch (to erase errors) and optional? front winch for the ambitious!

[hondansx]

jhonn said:

It's eyecatching, that's for sure (and not necessarily in a good way); I'd file it under 'Trying too hard'.

Land Rover must be seeing what Kahn are doing with the Jeep Wrangler and Twisted et al are doing with the Defender and trying to grab a piece of that market.

I've no doubt they'll sell more than a few of them and good luck with it - at least it's showing that their marketing department are active.

Exactly what they are doing. They brazenly came out saying they want to put the likes of Kahn, Twister and Urban out of business.

[anonymous-user]

At least they have realised that robbing things like a standard touchscreen unit from the base model was a bad idea.

Hope they decide to bin the cloth seats at some point as well.

[anonymous-user]

My friend had a Disco 3 with the old Jag derived 4.4 V8, on a 54 plate I believe. I was so excited to try it ,but fk me it was pathetic and as thirsty as my XJ12. It was still better than the woefully underpowered 2.7d though.

This, however, could convince me to overlook how wk the Disco 5 looks.

[dazwalsh]

That thing looks ace with that wheel and tyre combo, the sort of car (like the defender) which looks better caked in mud rather than gleaming on the streets of central London. The orange touches can be binned though.

Edited by dazwalsh on Tuesday 12th September 21:42

[anonymous-user]

Want!

[Nickbrapp]

British Beef said:

That rear number plate !!!!!!

Its been said before, but it truly is absolutely fooking horrible.

These Discos look utterly rubbish from behind, tall and narrow (even though they are not) and that number plate.

How, why, who signed off on it?

I suspect they thought the Disco needs its "Visual differentiator" from other LR models, so lets completely fook up the number plate position, that will mark it out!

Isn't the plate being offset a nod to the previous discoveries with the spare wheel being on the right, god knows why they couldn't fit it in the same place but with a square plate like the previous ones too.

I like the new discovery, although I always think the front looks like a clay model with no visible bulbs in the headlights because of the LEDS, god knows why it's only this model but every other car with led headlights looks normal

[Thomo97]

I look forward to being mown down by one on the North East Hampshire school run in the not too distant future. At least with the V8 there is a slight chance I'll hear it coming ...

[David87]

Fantastic! If only they had done this to the Discovery 4 rather than the disgrace that is the Discovery 5.

[Swoxy]

"With this being the first JLR product to bear the moniker, it certainly whets the appetite for what could come next though."

[Walter Sobchak]

More importantly, will it be the first LR to actually be built well and not break?, sadly probably not, I think it looks great, I've still got a huge soft spot for LR/RRs, reliability issues aside.

[AJDMoss]

Is the back of it still as hidiuous ?