2018 Land Rover Discovery - Offroad Test

2017 Land Rover Discovery Review: Disco is Back (Review)
Say bye-bye to body-on-frame, but don’t think for a second this Landie has lost any off-road capability

Land Rover builds go-anywhere beasts that can traverse great distances in luxuriant opulence. Most people never need this extreme capability, but it’s good to know it can handle heavy sport when called upon.
Showing an ability to persevere through snow, sleet, hail, and rain while battling high winds and steep sand dunes, our redesigned 2017 Discovery snaked through southern Utah canyons and Arizona desert on our media drive. And although Land Rover had plotted this course to highlight the Disco’s strengths, its PR minders had no idea Mother Nature would supply such a meteorological onslaught. Seriously, the Postal Service would have stayed home.

But the Disco danced its way through the test. No winches, sand ladders, or other assists proved necessary during a two-day drive of almost 500 miles on- and off-road.
This is the second kick at this particular can for Motor Trend. We were able to test a prototype off-road a few months ago in Scotland on a greasy, muddy track through an estate in the highlands. But we were not allowed to take it on public roads.
We can now verify the successor to the LR4 handles like a gentleman on pavement but also retains its adventurous pluck under adverse conditions.
We started the day in rain, which quickly turned to blinding snow as we gained altitude near Zion National Park. Whiteout conditions descended upon our convoy as we passed a jackknifed tractor-trailer. (Our Land Rover Defender support vehicle straightened it out.)

Still, it was an omen of challenges to come.

The Discovery dates back to 1989, when it was known for its boxy shape, stepped roof, and asymmetrical liftgate with a spare tire. The U.S. model changed its name to LR3 in 2004 (third-gen), followed by the current LR4.
This fifth-generation seven-passenger crossover reclaims the Discovery name while showing how far the vehicle has evolved. Its underpinnings have morphed from trucky body-on-frame construction to the more civilized monocoque form, with an aluminum body and steel subframe—sharing a platform with the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport. For those purists who say a real SUV must be body-on-frame, I provide Exhibit A that unibody works just fine for pretty much anything this side of global apocalypse.

To enter the modern age with this new platform, the design team penned a radical departure from the outgoing blocky LR4. This one has curves. The stepped roof is subtle, as is the asymmetrical rear deck that houses the license plate—but this Landie retains its signature clamshell hood.
Designer Massimo Frascella thinks the change will attract new buyers. The Range Rover lineup is designed to be more luxurious and sophisticated while Land Rover–badged vehicles focus on capability. The new Discovery is the most refined version of the rock crawler to date, both in road manners and in amenities such as heated power seats and USB outlets.

There are three engine choices globally; the U.S. gets the choice of a 3.0-liter supercharged V-6 gas engine (340 horsepower, 332 lb-ft of torque) or a quiet 3.0-liter turbodiesel V-6 (254 hp, 443 lb-ft of torque), mated to an eight-speed automatic.

BASE PRICE $50,985
VEHICLE LAYOUT Front-engine, AWD, 7-pass, 4-door SUV
ENGINE 3.0L/340-hp/332-lb-ft s’charged DOHC 24-valve V-6; 3.0L/254-hp/443-lb-ft/t’diesel DOHC 24-valve V-6
TRANSMISSION 8-speed automatic
CURB WEIGHT 4,750-4,950 lb (mfr)
WHEELBASE 115.0-115.1 in
LENGTH X WIDTH X HEIGHT 195.7 x 78.7 x 73.5 in
0-60 MPH 6.9 -7.7 sec (mfr est)
EPA CITY/HWY/COMB FUEL ECON 16-21/21-26/18-23 mpg
ON SALE IN U.S. June 2017
Read More http://www.motortrend.com/cars/land-rover/discovery/2017/2017-land-rover-discovery-review/

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