Thread: New D5

Originally Posted by phl

Over 3100kg!!!

Unless that's a mistake, that's extremely heavy.

[Edit] Forgot to add the official link.

Thats probably it's GVM. Its 480kg lighter than the previous model, which was between 2500 and 2700kg. So definitely not 3100kg

Cheera

Dan

You guys are as bad as Defender drivers talking about a D4! Give it a chance and have a drive before you get so negative about everything. We haven't even seen one in the flesh yet.


You are living in the 21st century where there are global rules on fuel consumption, carbon emissions and everything else that we hardly even think about. You can't make a brick like a Defender or even a D4 now and comply with all the rules. Wind tunnels probably provide more input than we know and drive shapes in a particular direction.


I reckon they have done a great job of getting drag down, keeping some of the Discovery DNA, getting weight down and keeping a Land Rover family likeness through all of the models under almost impossible obstacles thrown up by governments, regulatory bodies and marketing departments.


One issue that I can see is that Terrain Response is optional so there will be many fewer genuine off road versions available on the second hand market than with the D4. At least low range is standard on everything from SE up according to the build your own web page. They are obviously going all out to increase market share with the SUV buyer public, rather than the 4WD drivers like most of us.