Thread: Discovery 5

More details now live on the Land Rover website.

All-New Discovery Off-Road SUV - Land Rover? Australia

The interior looks plush, but those high gloss piano black horizontal surfaces between the driver and passenger will be a dust, scratch and fingerprint magnet. Other than that though, I like the inside a lot. Storage capacity is down 55 litres with the third row seats folded, but that's only a 5% loss.

Exterior wise, I'm not really a fan. There's something about the back end that doesn't quite look right. The proportions are strange. Anyway, it'll sell like hotcakes regardless.

Interestingly, the pricing on the Canadian Land Rover site has the D5 starting at CA$61,500 (SE 3.0L V6 Supercharged) which is nearly CA$4k less than the cheapest outgoing D4. It's good to see prices heading in the right direction. Hopefully we see similar shifts in Australian RRPs.

Good to see another MUX/explorer/etc etc on the market,,
2018 Land Rover Discovery softens its style, loses some weight - Autoblog

Originally Posted by catch-22

https://youtu.be/ThdVKTHgVHg

Doesn't look like a split tailgate. Booooooo

Not a split tailgate, the panel I noticed earlier is a fold down "floor extension" it seems that hangs over the bumper - I wonder what it's weight rating is?

Fuel tank has shrunk,sure fuel economy will be better,but towing..........

Coiler is back but maybe not for Aus.

Waterproof key,great

19"rims by the look.

Not all models to have Low range

And the split tailgate,seems that is an item many liked on the older model,but some sort of shelf is provided.....

Originally Posted by Grentarc

Not a split tailgate, the panel I noticed earlier is a fold down "floor extension" it seems that hangs over the bumper - I wonder what it's weight rating is?

660 lbs or thereabouts

Just wondering how it works with a vehicle loaded with gear?

Originally Posted by Grentarc

Not a split tailgate, the panel I noticed earlier is a fold down "floor extension" it seems that hangs over the bumper - I wonder what it's weight rating is?

In place is a top-hinged tailgate with an aluminum picnicking/standing/seating plate, which folds out of the floor and can support up to 661 pounds.

As per the article linked

Originally Posted by Andrew86

In place is a top-hinged tailgate with an aluminum picnicking/standing/seating plate, which folds out of the floor and can support up to 661 pounds.

As per the article linked

Reading an article is too much effort, speculation is so much easier!

I like that article Pedro. LR says people won't stand big panel gaps anymore. Well...i do. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and form follows function in the 4wd world... Well it did until now.

Cheers