Thread: When do the updated Disco 1s really start?

The D1 update is called the Discovery 95MY - my first D1 was built in Oct 1993 and was the first with the 3.9 engine but had the old interior. It was delivered new in Jan 94 and was a 94MY - the last of the old 3.5s were the 93MY.

My D1 update was built in Jan 94 and was called a 95MY and was delivered in the very first shipment arriving in dealerships in late Apr 94 - early May 94. The D1 update was on the road in Australia from about Feb 94 but these were advance vehicles for testing and road testing by the media. As I said, my car was in the first shipment of "production" vehicles and they arrived Apr/May 94.

So the MY does not bear any resemblance to when the car was actually produced - it is a model designation.

Both of my D1s had the aerial on the drivers guard.

The Pre update 3.9 was only sold for a few months - the 3.9 in this D1 is slightly different to the 3.9 in the updates. The updates have a serpantine belt and the earlier 3.9 had fan belts. The earlier 3.9 did not have the R380 grearbox.

Garry

mid to late 1993. was what the british call the 300
my was a true S1 being 1992 late, being the 200, eg 3.5l small headlights differant dash ect.

cheers phil

Thanks for the info guys.
It is amazing that no matter how much you research a model before you buy one there is always something new to learn about it

I'd never even noticed that some of the D1s I drove would have had glass antennas and some guard antennas.

Yeah, late 93'. Although i have seen some bitsa's.

on the guard,,
I soon added an aeriel to the bullbar and rewired

Yup, I know of a Feb 94 D1 update 3 door Tdi R380, one of the first sold on the eastern seaboard of this fair land, has now moved down here and is booked in next week for its 420K service. Still going strong and loved to bits by its owners.

JC