RE: Land Rover Discovery Sport P250 MHEV | Driven
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Drekly said:
w824gb3 said:
The article is wrong. This facelift Disco sport is still on the same underpinnings as the current model which was modified Freelander 2, which itself can be traced back to the 2007 Mondeo.
It looks like Autocar have got it wrong as well"You see, in addition to giving the Discovery Sport a subtly tweaked exterior and a new interior that looks and feels far more Range Rover-like than ever before, Land Rover has completely replaced the architecture upon which it’s based. Originally, this was a fairly heavily reengineered version of the LR-MS platform that underpinned the first-generation Range Rover Evoque, but this has now been done away with and replaced by Land Rover’s latest Premium Transverse Architecture (PTA) - the same platform that, funnily enough, also underpins the second-generation Evoque."
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/land-rover/discovery...
FWDRacer said:
Preconceptions means you are missing out on a brilliant (and for LR) affordable family do-all vehicle. No hot hatch but they steer confidently, so can be hustled along and they ride very well. They tow brilliantly. Breadth of capability is the key. You wouldn't even tow a piffling trailer tent with an X3.
Absolutely. If you need a relatively compact seve seat family vehicle that’s a satisfying drive and pleasant to be in, then this is still in a class of one, five years after launch. w824gb3 said:
The article is wrong. This facelift Disco sport is still on the same underpinnings as the current model which was modified Freelander 2, which itself can be traced back to the 2007 Mondeo.
Sooooo, tell us, if we put a new disco sport and a Mondeo up on ramps what exactly would we recognise on both????Not much. But if you put a 2020 ds on ramps next to a 2015 you'd be struggling to spot the difference. A new acronym and a few mods doesn't get away from the fact this is still the same steel transverse engine platform as the last one which harks back to Ford days. Im not saying it's a bad thing i love ours. But the rest of JLR products (excl Evoque and Epace) are running on much more modern alloy platforms. It's probably because they can't afford to retool Halewood.
I like it. The wife recently swapped her '66 Disco Sport HSE for the new Evoque much to my disappointment. The 5+2 seats worked well for us and the ability to load 3 suitcases with bags on top and still carry 5 passengers made it a great family car.
Only disappointing aspects were the looks and tech which they've improved.
Only disappointing aspects were the looks and tech which they've improved.
w824gb3 said:
Not much. But if you put a 2020 ds on ramps next to a 2015 you'd be struggling to spot the difference. A new acronym and a few mods doesn't get away from the fact this is still the same steel transverse engine platform as the last one which harks back to Ford days.
Simply not true.JonnyVTEC said:
w824gb3 said:
Not much. But if you put a 2020 ds on ramps next to a 2015 you'd be struggling to spot the difference. A new acronym and a few mods doesn't get away from the fact this is still the same steel transverse engine platform as the last one which harks back to Ford days.
Simply not true."The latest Range Rover Evoque is based on Land Rover’s Premium Transverse Architecture (PTA), a heavily modified version of the outgoing car’s D8 platform."
I think this is the most honest vehicle in the whole JLR line-up and, if the roads near me are anything to go by, a very popular one too! It is also good value compared with the rest of the Landrover stable.
This new version seems to address the slight shortcomings with the old one. I think of it as a modern Freelander/LR2, though clearly a bit bigger than the Mk1 and thankfully a world away from it in terms of quality/driving dynamics etc.
As Jaguar, in their wisdom, decided not to offer an XE estate (XF too long/expensive) then a lower spec petrol version may be on the cards as the main family car once nursery fees are no longer a major expense.
This new version seems to address the slight shortcomings with the old one. I think of it as a modern Freelander/LR2, though clearly a bit bigger than the Mk1 and thankfully a world away from it in terms of quality/driving dynamics etc.
As Jaguar, in their wisdom, decided not to offer an XE estate (XF too long/expensive) then a lower spec petrol version may be on the cards as the main family car once nursery fees are no longer a major expense.
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