Thread: Discovery 5

Good on you Greg. I agree also. How people can say that ALL the practicality of the D4 and room of the D4 has gone is beyond me. Wait until we can touch and feel before criticising everything based on very limited facts.


My observation is that they seem to have managed to maintain the room and practicality in a car that looks like it probably shouldn't have the room and practicality of the boxy D4. However, time will tell.


To answer the criticism of the single piece rear tailgate they introduced the optional inner tailgate, so you get the barrier, folding table and seat function of the old as well as the extra weather protection of the full sized tailgate, so it is a win win situation.

Bob I think the car looks sensational. Even better than the FFRR, and certainly more attractive than the RRS. Who says 'real' 4WDs have to be boxy, uncomfortable and rattle like a Salvation Army collection tin?
I would definitely look at a higher-spec one of these as a replacement for my L322.
But...the idea of going back to a single-turbo V6 doesn't thrill me, and neither am I thrilled by 20 inch wheels. Apparently 19s may be available, but there's precious little all terrain tyre choice in that size. I'd dearly love to get one with 18s if possible.

Originally Posted by Graeme

A tail-gate mounted ladder will do the trick.

True, maybe if I buy one I'll need to include that and still delegate that to the boy

LR Aus site only shows a 19 inch wheel option at the moment.

If it has the same size tyres as the current RRS or FFRR then you will hopefully be able to fit 275 55 20's.

If you go through the build your own and start with an SE you can get 19 inch wheels as an option. However, most of the special packs include 20 inch plus wheels so you would probably need to get dealers to fit or after market wheels to get 19 inch. Hopefully 18 inch GOE wheels will still fit but that will remain to be seen.

18" Compomotive/GOE don't currently fit the RRS.

When the options for wheels on the Aussie Land Rover site are 19", 20", 21" and 22"

I think we might be being a little hopeful with the 18's