Thread: How does the Discovery Sports size compare to Discovery’s such as 4?

I’ve been watching Undercover TV Show on Netflix and one of the main characters drives a Land Rover Discovery Sport while another main character drives a Range Rover (looks like a full size L405 variant). What I noticed is that the Discovery Sport looks very reasonably sized, larger than I expected in comparison. Assuming it is the replacement for the Freelander I expected it to be more compact in size.

Reading about the specs of the Discovery Sport I found out it’s 7 seater and shares some of the engines with the Discovery 5 which has me wondering how does it physically compare size wise to its larger brother? Particularly the Discovery 4 range which, having recently become an owner of, is much spacier inside than the old Discovery 1 and 2’s?

Looking at the external dimensions it seems to be fairly close sizewise to a Discovery 2:
Length x width x height x wheel base (mm)
Discovery Sport - 4,599 x 2,069 x 1,724 x 2,741
Discovery 2 - 4,630 x 1,885 x 1,928 x 2,745
Discovery 3/4 - 4,838 x 2,176 x 1,887 x 2,885

Boot space:
Discovery Sport - 981L min - 1,698L max
Discovery 2 - 1,147L (the extra vehicle height might assist here?)
Discovery 3/4 - 1,260L

I’ve Googled and read a bunch of reviews on the Discovery Sport but none have compared it with a Discovery 4 (or even 5) in terms of sizing. Anyone here owned an earlier Discovery 1, 2, 3 or 4 before their Discovery Sport and able to share their thoughts and opinions on the interior room between them?

Great summary there, thanks. Shows how the visual and dimensions don’t translate in practicality.