Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23823
Pelyma wrote:
LT wrote:
Part of the thinking for buying a MY14 D4, was that if the D5 is pants, I'd keep the D4 forever and buy something else for business use. This train of thought went nicely with the man maths.
Tom, have a word with my wife will you
Paul, your D3 is likely to have pending chassis and suspension issues. It could fail at anytime. As such it can no longer be deemed safe for transporting whippets or towing horse trailers. Just imagine if it was a baking hot day and you were stranded for hours on the hard shoulder of the motorway waiting for recovery.
The animal concern lines are an old favourite. Almost guaranteed to work.
What colour do you fancy?2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography (now semi-retired)
4th Apr 2014 3:24 pm
chalky
Member Since: 21 Aug 2008
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 3145
Russell
I remember seeing that stepped roof design,
And the red one in the pic is a photo hacked disco back end, F2 sides, mixture of evoque, F2 & disco snippets making up the front ?
My guess Is that the release will be well received on this and many other forums ?
Taking into account that it may be the smaller end of the new DISCOVERY family i.e. F3 then we can't make a direct comparison however judging by the quality of new design they have churned out recently the only problem I'm going to have with it is price ?Only dead fish go with the Flow !
4th Apr 2014 3:31 pm
Pelyma
Member Since: 06 Jan 2005
Location: Patching, Sussex
Posts: 15496
Trouble is she has just taken it for an MOT, not even an advisory. I'm quite tempted with Red, but definitely not black, the last 2 have been silver. Considering a lease too, I've always bought them outright in the past but looked at Clvr lease on an HSE at £556 + VAT 6 + 35 months 15K miles. Ho hum, especially as the house is on the market too DS3 TDV6 HSE - Silver with Alpaca (old one) Gone
DS3 TDV6 HSE- Silver with Alpaca (new one) Gone
D4 HSE Lux - Montalcino Red Gone
Porsche Cayenne V8 Diesel S
4th Apr 2014 3:36 pm
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23823
Ah yes the good ole days. I too bought my 06 HSE for cash. 2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography (now semi-retired)
4th Apr 2014 3:46 pm
J77
Member Since: 03 Mar 2008
Location: Fife
Posts: 6270
This will replace the Freelander rather than our beast, but will ultimately spawn a whole new family, with us guys being Full Fat Discovery owners.23.5MY Defender 90 X-Dynamic SE D250 MHEV Pangea Green
I just wonder how the new Discovery Family will be specified ?
What I mean is:
Will the Baby Disco have Air suspension & a low range box ? (as the current FL2 hasn't)
will the daddy Disco be offered with the full monty (as we have now) Air & low range ?
will the family have the new engines from the greater family (Jag ones) ?
the current FL2 isn't a worse vehicle for not being the same as a Current Disco...but if there were a fully specced bit smaller Disco it could / would be goodBREXIT - done properly.
Right now ...We need Government - not Politics
Save the Dipstick Flagbearer-keep it simple, less likely to fail campaign-agenda items:Starting Handles, Acetylene Lamps.
Founder: Dipsticks-R-Us Inc
D3 HSE-perfectly formed, passenger friendly...has real DIPSTICK
Jag XK-but sadly no DIPSTICK...HUGE design fault
FL2 has DIPSTICK..."real comfort in rear seats"
VW Golf wondermobile (?)..has real DIPSTICK
Morris Minor..original DIPSTICK technology..and a real KEY.
5th Apr 2014 9:03 pm
chalky
Member Since: 21 Aug 2008
Location: Yorkshire
Posts: 3145
I'm pretty sure that the baby Disco will remain along the same ethos as it is now, from pretty basic right up to a range topping varient, I can't see it having a low range box myself as that would make it too simple in terms of choice ?
If you require a low range box and the highest spec smaller one is 12K cheaper than the disco the choice to go small will be too simple for the consumer,
The majority of Disco owners will not benefit from a low range box and this will be where LR tempt other owners across from the likes of Merc and BMW.
The price difference should be significant enough to leave the extra hardware off making it a much more competitive vehicle to sell.
I'm really looking forward to the new generation that will take us forward another 10 years !Only dead fish go with the Flow !
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6th Apr 2014 7:10 am
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20841
if Land Rover want to have a range that competes from the FFRR & its equivalents...(if there are any)
right down to Dacia Duster level..
then agree that having the baby Discovery simple is one way....
BUT...
once it was a small car was cheap-o & a bigger one not so
so maybe to cater for this who want smaller then a FFDisco a fully specced but smaller model will be there
I may be wrong - but hasn't the Suzuki Grand Vitara has a dual range box
look at what we have now...the EVOKE...which is a small car
specced & blinged to the eyeballs...
...& look at Jaguar...the Xe will be launched with 4 & 6 cylinder engines - bargain basement & not so bargain basement.
the peeps we are to get will be very interestingBREXIT - done properly.
Right now ...We need Government - not Politics
Save the Dipstick Flagbearer-keep it simple, less likely to fail campaign-agenda items:Starting Handles, Acetylene Lamps.
Founder: Dipsticks-R-Us Inc
D3 HSE-perfectly formed, passenger friendly...has real DIPSTICK
Jag XK-but sadly no DIPSTICK...HUGE design fault
FL2 has DIPSTICK..."real comfort in rear seats"
VW Golf wondermobile (?)..has real DIPSTICK
Morris Minor..original DIPSTICK technology..and a real KEY.
6th Apr 2014 6:15 pm
Ken
Member Since: 20 Feb 2006
Location: Here
Posts: 10865
No Bruce the people we already have are interesting
6 cylinders a must..... I can't stand 4-pot drizzles.I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
6th Apr 2014 8:58 pm
SN
Member Since: 03 Jan 2006
Location: Romiley
Posts: 13710
Re: Vision Concept launch
cooperman17 wrote:
New Discovery concept to be launched at New York motor show on April 16th.
Looks VERY like one of these
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Steve N | 21MY Defender | 08MY Discovery 3 (history) | 06MY Discovery 3 (ancient history)
6th Apr 2014 10:46 pm
thorgal
Member Since: 26 Nov 2008
Location: on the east side
Posts: 541
I will be there...
6th Apr 2014 11:39 pm
jjvd21
Member Since: 16 Jul 2007
Location: Chicago
Posts: 1070
Shamefully copied from another forum:
16 D4 Landmark
05 D3 HSE V8
THE original D4 spotter
7th Apr 2014 2:44 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73079
Hopefully the middle one is not reality. It looks like someone welded the ar$e end of a Mondeo onto an eVoke. Just looks totally wrong.
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