Road TestCar reviews - Land Rover - Discovery - TDV6 5-dr wagonLand Rover modelsOverviewBristling new turbo-diesel TDV6 is the pick of Land Rover's (heavy) new Disco bunch16 Sep 2005 A NEW Land Rover Discovery has been a long time coming and, generally, the Ford-backed British design is something the company can be proud of. It retains the previous Disco’s off-road mastery, yet is refined, quiet, comfortable and safe on the open road. It’s as technically advanced as the BMW-developed Range Rover, which means it’s the equal of anything else out there, especially in terms of engine efficiency. The interior is big, comfortable and, in top-level versions, capable of seating seven adult passengers where other seven-seaters only offer their back row to small children. And even though at 2.7 tonnes the top-end Discovery is unacceptably heavy, the TDV6 version, in reality, is surprisingly fuel-efficient. Model release date: 1 May 2005 to 1 September 2009 All car reviewsAlfa Romeo Abarth Alpine Alpina Audi Aston Martin BMW Bentley Chevrolet Chery Citroen Chrysler Dodge Cupra Ferrari DS Ford Fiat FPV Foton GWM Great Wall Holden Haval HSV Honda Hyundai Hummer Isuzu Infiniti Jeep Jaguar Lamborghini Kia LDV Land Rover Lotus Lexus Maserati Mahindra McLaren Mazda Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-AMG Mini MG Nissan Mitsubishi Peugeot Opel Proton Porsche Renault Ram Rover Rolls-Royce Skoda Saab SsangYong Smart Suzuki Subaru Toyota Tesla Volvo Volkswagen Previous modelDiscovery 3 replaces the Series II Disco that appeared here in March 1999 and received its final facelift - spelling the first significant change to the model's trademark look in more than a decade - in November 2002. While the 2002 upgrade brought mainly cosmetic revisions, the 1999 car was bigger, more commodious for seven occupants, offered far better on-road handling and better turbo-diesel performance. Discovery 3 improves on both iterations on all counts. |
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