Thread: Discovery 5

Originally Posted by phl

I actually like the body coloured wheel arches, as I feel the black looks like an after thought; but to each their own.

Just in relation to the Discovery 5 being more utilitarian and defender like rather than range rover end of things,
The way I see it the disco 3 look gives a big hat tip to the Defender and the later models are getting close to range rovers,

Basically with all the Australian mods being made that's what we are doing, making our discovery's more utilitarian

Surely black plastic fenders are just that ........hard waring and durable,

Every decision that land rover make is not necessarily the correct one, they are good at looking back at designs from their past to gain inspiration but I believe that the defender should be just discontinued and its memory not be sullied by a crass upgrade,
A new type of car should be designed much like when the Discovery 3 came about, a new name and a diverse concept would be very much appreciated, imagine a discovery 3 striped back to the bare essentials with newly designed landrover mods for overland adventure coming in at $60,000, no more to spend (we know that there's always more to spend)
but really this could be done.

A good look at discovery owners mods would be a great place to start and see what the market wants, I know the South Africans have with there expedition ready disco ....I know it was poo poo,d on this forum but I think that it is the correct path to take,

Get rid of the carpet in the rear .....in fact everywhere !
Different variations (cab , cab crew , ute etc)
Spare wheel access
Dual battery fitted as standard
Go analogue for dials and dash
Go digital with the things that have been proven to work over The last 10 years
Over head cabin storage
The list goes on .....oh and BLACK PASTIC FENDERS......

We will always modify but it would be nice to have a base which you don't feel like your raping the craftsmanship of the maker in doing so......,
Example Bullbar ...I just can't do it to my Discovery

thoughts?

Originally Posted by herrBlick

Just in relation to the Discovery 5 being more utilitarian and defender like rather than range rover end of things,
The way I see it the disco 3 look gives a big hat tip to the Defender and the later models are getting close to range rovers,

Basically with all the Australian mods being made that's what we are doing, making our discovery's more utilitarian

Surely black plastic fenders are just that ........hard waring and durable,

Every decision that land rover make is not necessarily the correct one, they are good at looking back at designs from their past to gain inspiration but I believe that the defender should be just discontinued and its memory not be sullied by a crass upgrade,
A new type of car should be designed much like when the Discovery 3 came about, a new name and a diverse concept would be very much appreciated, imagine a discovery 3 striped back to the bare essentials with newly designed landrover mods for overland adventure coming in at $60,000, no more to spend (we know that there's always more to spend)
but really this could be done.

A good look at discovery owners mods would be a great place to start and see what the market wants, I know the South Africans have with there expedition ready disco ....I know it was poo poo,d on this forum but I think that it is the correct path to take,

Get rid of the carpet in the rear .....in fact everywhere !
Different variations (cab , cab crew , ute etc)
Spare wheel access
Dual battery fitted as standard
Go analogue for dials and dash
Go digital with the things that have been proven to work over The last 10 years
Over head cabin storage
The list goes on .....oh and BLACK PASTIC FENDERS......

We will always modify but it would be nice to have a base which you don't feel like your raping the craftsmanship of the maker in doing so......,
Example Bullbar ...I just can't do it to my Discovery

thoughts?

I think its been discussed before but a chassis that can be 'modulated' would be a great concept.

Not a whole bunch of bits and bobs that can be added and removed when ordering the car.....although that would be great I suspect it might be uneconomical...but rationalised packages that start with the bare basics up to a full body with some decent creature comforts.

So maybe a handful of build-ups to choose from off the shelf.

D3 had a chassis that supported both springs and EAS...but I'm not sure if you could do either Independent Suspension or Live Axle on the same chassis (as an option). If you could you'd have a huge chunk of the market covered with the one platform.

Thoughts
http://www.caradvice.com.au/249762/2...w-badge-march/

Don't forget we are a very small portion of the world market for LR.I do agree and have been saying for ages they need a base model disco.A model without all the whistles and bells.And can be fitted with 17'rims.

...but still has air suspension although with better limp-home logic such as no lowering just because a fault is reported by the brake system.

Scarry

They already manufacture one for South Africa

D4 TDV6 coil sprung.

Trouble is no traction control however I do not follow the logic as the other manufacturers have traction control without air suspension.

Originally Posted by chuck

Scarry

They already manufacture one for South Africa

D4 TDV6 coil sprung.

Trouble is no traction control however I do not follow the logic as the other manufacturers have traction control without air suspension.

It has traction control - it just doesn't have Terrain Response.

Cheers,

Gordon

It's a nice idea n the surface a basic expedition ready Disco. But then I start thinking about what I would ditch as opposed to what I would add, and the first list is pretty short and the second is quite long.

Colored wheel arches yes I can live without
Air suspension - no
Terrain response - no
Electric windows - yes but they come standard in Kias now so why?
Stereo - no
Aircon - no
Leather seats -yes, no,maybe, they are actually pretty practical they don't absorb spills and wipe clean
17" wheels would be good as an option
Rear wheel carrier standard would be great
Aux tank standard like cruisers and Prados would be great

But I can't see it being cheap.