Discovery 5

Interesting:

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?There is a market for more off-road capability, so of course we're looking at it,? he said. ?In the US there's a wide snowbelt, in the Middle East there's extreme sand and in regions such as Australia and South Africa there is a need to cover very rugged terrain.

?There's a very interesting market for cars with usable capability,? he said. ?The established German luxury competitors are there, but we think there's an opportunity to offer something different and something more. We're well planned to develop and exploit opportunities in that market.?

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Hard-core Land Rover Discovery on the way - motoring.com.au

http://www.motoring.com.au/news/2015...-the-way-51490

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...015/07/187.jpg

Abit of frontal protection and it's all good, although the styling doesn't do it for me, I don't like the Evoque or Disco Sport either, of coarse, there are alot that like this type of styling and a lot that won't add anything else, prefering to keep it stock and that's fine.

It's a start, at least they recognise there is a calling for this type of vehicle, maybe they have been lokking at what owners are doing to the D3 and D4 and previous Discos too.

Baz.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...015/07/187.jpg

Whatever ^^^^ is,, its not the next Disco.
its just a tarted up RRS.
and the next Disco wont be that.

I think the shape will be very similar to the 4. maybe a more rounded front, but still with the distinctive Disco headlights, no "eyebrows" here!

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Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...015/07/187.jpg

Whatever ^^^^ is,, its not the next Disco.
its just a tarted up RRS.
and the next Disco wont be that.

I think the shape will be very similar to the 4. maybe a more rounded front, but still with the distinctive Disco headlights, no "eyebrows" here!

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Yes, Auto Car has just taken a previously released image and toughened up the look with a snorkel, bigger tyres, winch and some branding - it's just there to give people something to look at. Wheel articulation would certainly negate it as a viable candidate for the real thing. The acknowledgement that a tough, capable vehicle is warranted is what is interesting. That, and the fact that SVO are involved. I'm sure though, that a vehicle produced by SVO will not be cheap so that is an issue. It'll be interesting how they will differentiate it from the "new" defender.

WA newspaper article the other day saying that LR had extended the production of the Defender for another year (due to increased sales, night have only been the 110).
In the article they showed an image of the likely future Defender replacement, and apart from only showing 2 doors, the image was quite similar to what is here.
Seeing as this image has a snorkel, it might be they are intending it to be more utilitarian and it may be a Defender replacement.

I think the 5 will take cues from the disco sport. It might not look like the render above but I expect it to be a fair bit different to the current disco.

I just hope they dont round off the tailgate. That utilitarian boxiness has been quite handy since the D1, and is one of the main differences style wise to the (previous model) range rovers.

Cheers

Dan

My bet is it's a Discovery Sport (Freelander)

If you think about it though, if they do a good job with the new Defender there there isn't really a need in the line up for a a hard core Disco. The main reason to buy a Disco now for someone who off roads is that the defender is so outdated in terms of comfort and safety that if you want a car for driving the family around during the week and the go off-road on the weekend then you have to choose the Disco.

If the new defender is rugged and utilitarian but has reasonably comfortable seats and cabin and 5 star safety, which you would imagine it will, then for the daily driver/ weekend off-roader it now becomes a real option, I reckon it's a reasonable bet you might even get EAS. You wold only go Disco, RRS if you are focussed on luxury with some off road ability out of the box.

I know if the new Defer is good I will buy a base/low model one (depending on what real off-road ability you get with higher models) and mod it to hell.

At a recent RR Club meeting, the product manager for JLR said that after the Defender production stops in December this year, there will be a "mourning period" of at least year. They don't want to bring out the new Defender for at least a year. A rugged Discovery might fill the gap - even if it is at a price premium. Although the D5 would probably be out at the same time as the new Defender... who knows! :angel:

There is also going to be a Jaguar SUV. Perhaps it will be based on the current RR Sport? I have no idea ...

But production of these vehicles is not based on bushability. It's based on profit. And the competitive advantage that the Disco has had over the RRS, is its great room - and its extra row of seats. And also, its cheaper. There are many many more Discos sold for the school run than are used for the bush.

IMO I hope the Defender comes out based on the current Disco platform. I presume the D5 will be 400kg lighter than today's, and that it will lack a chassis. Which IMO, means it will not be as tough. But it will be better for the school run.

Funny that most of the posts here want wheel arches painted ... current utes and SUVs dropped the wheel arches years ago. The 150 series dropped them for the Toyota Prado. Even though its chassis was the same (although the interior was a touch wider). Wheel arches just prove an old design guys - one where the wheels stick out from the body, which should be roomier if it was more modern, and swept out to be in line with the tyres. Land Rover use them for marketing style still though ... but painting them would cost a lot more money. When they were stuck on after the car was painted, they were black or grey because that was the cheapest solution. The cheapest solution is to build the arches as part of the body skin, and paint then all at once in the same colour. Stick out wheel arches are also poor for aerodynamics. They're gone guys. Get used to it.

Just hope the Defender is a real chassis or chassis/combined like the current Disco ... and that its get a descent motor.

I bought probably the last version of the D4, and I'm happy I did, because even if the D5 still has a chassis in it, and is all aluminium clad, and has greater articulation and goes up 12" from access mode (just dreaming there) I would not buy one for a few years anyway - I think first run models always have bugs in them and that happens with Mercedes, VW and Toyota too let alone Land Rover.