![]() Even the P300’s 2.0-litre four-cylinder 300bhp engine will accelerate from rest to 100 kilometres per hour in 7.3 seconds. It has no sporty pretensions and hence no sport mode as such. However, while it matches the Defender with a 900-millimetre wading depth, its ground clearance, approach, departure and breakover angles are less. The off-road ability is set to 11 so, whatever you think it can do, it can probably go one better. The Pivi Pro infotainment system Capable, on and off road Thus, you get an earlier warning of the oblivion that lurks over that ridge, rather than careering into it. These are particularly helpful for off-roading, as displays reveal what the drivetrain is doing in terms of which wheels are working and what diffs it is locking and unlocking, as well as provide close-up views to the sides and directly out in front. This boasts Jaguar Land Rover’s latest Pivi Pro infotainment system from where you can also access the car’s 4WD systems and surround-view cameras. This feeds up into a cleaner, less interrupted fascia that not only retains the “secret” compartment, but now sports a huge 11.4-inch touchscreen. Talking of which, the transmission is now operated by a stubby lever rather than a knob and sits in a much sparser centre console. Take a closer look at the new Land Rover Discovery There's a new steering wheel with a smaller centre hub, matte-surface spokes and better thought-out touch buttons. Inside, the upgrades are more apparent, significant and, you guessed it, Range Rover-like. As for the rear number plate, it sits stubbornly askew, but stylists have tried to confuse you by giving it broader blacked-out surrounds. Did the manufacturer then utilise this update to align the Discovery with the new Defender’s styling cues? Quite the opposite, actually.ĭisco not only retains its Rangey-like silhouette, but has also adopted a sophisticated new front grille, LED headlights, slinky DRLs, sportier-looking bumpers (in R-Dynamic guise), and alloy wheel options ranging up to a massive 22 inches. The latest Discovery retains its Range Rover-like silhouetteīy contrast, both the classic and brand-new Defender models proffer design language that define the military-grade persona of the Land Rover brand. Yet there was something else that muddling of DNA with its more well-to-do siblings meant it had abandoned its simpler but rugged squared-off design for a sleeker, fluid form that more closely resembled, well … a Range Rover. While it was the first in the LR3 / LR4 / Disco lineage to not be constructed in the crude and conventional body-on-frame 4x4 fashion, it shared its platform with the more upmarket and elegant Range Rover and Range Rover Sport, and could easily match their astonishing off-road prowess and then some.Īs for the offset rear number plate, observers clearly forgot that its predecessors did the same, as something of a remnant from when a spare wheel would perch on the posterior of the original 1990s car, pushing the registration number to the side. To elaborate, it was indeed a Land Rover, the core attribute of which is the ability to leave the blacktop and wander at will over all terrain. The latest evolution of the Land Rover Discovery has served only to add to the confusion first instigated by the arrival of the current-generation car in 2017, upon which two questions immediately arose: was it still a Land Rover, and is that rear number plate not quite in the middle? To which the answers were: yes and yes.
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