Thread: New Disco Sport Ordered

Congratulations Bob... sounds like a nice addition!

What colour?

The 17inch rims are an interesting choice Bob,,
not much tyre performance research done on this site!

What is the engine designation?

Slightly off topic, but how did you find the Yeti Bob? I know someone who is thinking of buying one. Interested to know why you're replacing it. Assume Disco Sport is larger, better on road?

Hit the dealer up to throw in the tow bar. A mate who has had a DS for 6 months is having to pay $2700 for the tow bar!

Originally Posted by MrLandy

Slightly off topic, but how did you find the Yeti Bob? I know someone who is thinking of buying one. Interested to know why you're replacing it. Assume Disco Sport is larger, better on road?

The Yeti is very good. My main gripe is the loud road noise, not good off road and not as quiet in general as a Land Rover product. The ride is also a bit firmer and less supple than the DS. We are tending to use it more for country driving than I anticipated and also like to go off road when we do go bush so the DS is a bit bigger, more luxurious and has significant off road capability. It also has similar fuel consumption and is not much worse than the Yeti for shopping trips. We also have two baby seats in the back for the grand kids my wife looks after every week and the larger size will be helpful for prams etc.


Having said that, the DS also has pretty loud road noise compared with the D4, which is almost silent, even on the rough chip bitumen that is common in WA. It is more acceptable than the Yeti, however, pretty similar to a Commodore hire car I drove last weekend.

Originally Posted by WhiteD3

Hit the dealer up to throw in the tow bar. A mate who has had a DS for 6 months is having to pay $2700 for the tow bar!

I will not get a tow bar since the D4 is set up for towing and touring. The dealer quoted $2500 for a factory tow bar.

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

The 17inch rims are an interesting choice Bob,,
not much tyre performance research done on this site!

What is the engine designation?

The engine is the 132 kW 2 l turbo diesel Ingenium. It is equivalent to the current SD4 engine which is an old design. It is supposed to have less turbo lag and is lighter, more fuel efficient and quieter than the SD4. On my test drive I didn't notice any turbo lag with the old engine. Certainly much less than the SDV6 D4.


Re the tyres, after the problems with availablilty of 19 inch and even 18 inch tyres for the D4, I want the much more common 17 inch size, which is available for the DS. Since I don't want any of the stuff that mandates the larger tyres I am sticking to the 17 inch tyres while they are an available option.

Hi Bob,
Congrats on the new purchase.
I've just bought a DS too, but was too impatient to wait for the Ingenium engine so I'm picking up mine this weekend. Hopefully I won't regret it too much as I've heard mixed reviews of the Ingenium from the UK - such as less powerful than the 2.2 it replaced, quieter/smoother at idle but noisier/rougher at high revs, smaller fuel tank to make room for the supplementary adblue tank, and real world fuel efficiency more like the one it's replacing than the 'official' figures for the new engine. But the clincher for me was that there's some attractive deals to be had on the remaining 2.2 litre models and considering a DS was right at the top end of my budget it allowed me to get a car that I wouldn't otherwise have been able to afford.
I'm in Perth too, so see you around on the roads no doubt as it's still a niche car round here...