Thread: Discovery 5

Originally Posted by ozscott

Good God. Unless they brace it up but I fear it's going south (this isn't Chicken Little stuff either just disappointing news). I will obviously reserve judgement but the D3 with 17's and an e locker or D4 with aftermarket 18's is looking more and more like a good buy versus D5. Anyway we will see.

Cheers

Or a D4 with 17's

There's a few around..

Scarry that would be cool. Cheers

The L322 workshop manual says that "snatch recovery should be avoided". There would be a reason for that. In an effort to get lighter and lighter and satisfy emissions and economy manufacturers make compromises. It is inevitable that Offroad ruggedness gives way to others things on designers wish lists.

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I seriously do hope the steel sub frames have fixed any potential chassis issues that the new RRS has, it would be a shame to see the D5 relegated to only being good as a expensive shopping trolley.

I would have thought they'd base the new Defender on the D4 platform. This makes more sense for a serious off-roader.

Cheers, Babs Sent from my iPhone using Forum Runner

Originally Posted by Grentarc

Yes, but that's not salted European roads, they know how to get a car to rust!

Quick google and scratch around on UK sites,not much on rusty tailgates,remembering some of the D3's are getting towards 12yrs old.

There are quite a few in Aus that have done a fair bit of beach work as well.

There is the occasional mention of corrosion in upper tailgate on older Sports.

As for not sealing,no issues anywhere.

Sounds like LR are grasping at straws,looking for excuses...

Originally Posted by Babs

I would have thought they'd base the new Defender on the D4 platform. This makes more sense for a serious off-roader.

Cheers, Babs Sent from my iPhone using Forum Runner

They probably look at that as going backwards,so it will never happen,just like going to smaller brakes to accomodate smaller rims.

The well documented brake size issue is a bit weird,as other vehicles,similarly powered,such as LC200,and even the Audi TDV8 can be fitted with 18's.LC200 can actually be fitted with 17's,as an option on most if not all models.

Originally Posted by scarry

Quick google and scratch around on UK sites,not much on rusty tailgates,remembering some of the D3's are getting towards 12yrs old.

There are quite a few in Aus that have done a fair bit of beach work as well.

There is the occasional mention of corrosion in upper tailgate on older Sports.

As for not sealing,no issues anywhere.

Sounds like LR are grasping at straws,looking for excuses...

Unless they are figuring the L319 will have the same issues as the L322? Easy to find rust and sealing issues with those. They have been around longer, but first gen L322 may not be the same quality later ones and/or L319 are...