Safety Air Bags?

[steelo]

Hi peoples, One of my sons mates parents (whew) owns a diesel Disco 1 but when talking to them & checking it out just now I noticed the rego said 1999 & it had no safety air bags on either side. Mines a 96 ES & does also isn't 1999 a Disco 2???
Is their rego & all their paperwork wrong? I told them I'd check up on here for them.
Thanks

[bee utey]

1999 first registration year is consistent with a D1. Not all D1s were registered in the same year as they were made, sea freight and dealer stock can keep a vehicle unsold for up to a year. Also model years don't change exactly at 31 December, new models generally come out around 2-4 months before that. Airbags were optional on D1s.

[steelo]

Buying used: Land Rover Discovery 1 - motoring.com.au
According to this twin air-bags were made standard across the range in April 96 & this is an Ozzie site.
Is this correct? as these are some of the sites (as is this one) are were you usually go to get little bits of info.

[edddo]

A 99 Discovery 1 without airbags is all good.
The 'S' was a low spec model with no airbags/no abs. They are sometimes sought after due to their low tech specs.
99 was the last year of the D1.

[101RRS]

Buying used: Land Rover Discovery 1 - motoring.com.au
According to this twin air-bags were made standard across the range in April 96 & this is an Ozzie site.
Is this correct? as these are some of the sites (as is this one) are were you usually go to get little bits of info.

Don't believe everything you read.

[steelo]

Hahaha (does that work here ), that's part of the reason I thought I'd ask owners as well

[sheerluck]

A 99 Discovery 1 without airbags is all good.
The 'S' was a low spec model with no airbags/no abs. They are sometimes sought after due to their low tech specs.
99 was the last year of the D1.

Yes, I have a '98 D1 S, which is very plain Jane. No airbags, no ABS, very simple.

[101RRS]

Hahaha (does that work here ), that's part of the reason I thought I'd ask owners as well

Yes - very true - it is forum where people post their opinions not necessarily facts. It is up to the original poster to work out what is relevant and what is not.

Garry