Discovery 2017

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  • eelpout
    Member Since: 01 Jun 2017
    Location: Don't call it "Cali"
    Posts: 304
    United States 

    Discovery to becomes it's own brand with JLR

    Alongside Range Rover, Defender and Jaguar.

    Wait? What?

    https://www.motor1.com/news/663245/range-r...gined-jlr/

    So likely no BEV version for a few years, but at least this means the Disco isn't going away anytime soon. Smile
    20th Apr 2023 12:03 am
  • Popsdosh
    Member Since: 06 Nov 2021
    Location: Cambs
    Posts: 138
    United Kingdom 

    Not sure reading where JLR are placing the new discovery brand it will be the one your hoping for . Everything I have seen so far suggest Discovery will be entry level to JLR so built around the DS model.
    20th Apr 2023 5:51 am
  • 747_JK
    Member Since: 26 Jun 2018
    Location: England
    Posts: 412
    United Kingdom 
    2022 Discovery SDV6 HSE Lux Santorini Black

    Read this a few weeks back and been waiting for the big announcement...

    Interesting move!

    https://disco5.co.uk/forum/thread3593.html
    MY23.5 D5 3.0 MHEV Metropolitan Edition – Santorini Black – Ebony Windsor Leather – 21” Style 5025 gloss black wheels – 21” full size spare tyre – Black roof rails – Black side mouldings - Williams Ceramic Coat. [Gone: D5 HSE @ 50,795miles: (now LH68 BYW)]
    20th Apr 2023 6:59 am
  • Wolfpack
    Member Since: 25 May 2019
    Location: Norfolk, UK
    Posts: 360
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Si6 HSE Corris Grey

    Re: Discovery to becomes it's own brand with JLR

    eelpout wrote:
    Alongside Range Rover, Defender and Jaguar.

    Wait? What?

    https://www.motor1.com/news/663245/range-r...gined-jlr/

    So likely no BEV version for a few years, but at least this means the Disco isn't going away anytime soon. Smile


    “Reimagined JLR”

    I had a forlorn hope that would mean less faults, greater reliability and helpful dealerships, but it seems it’s just burying the LandRover name.
    20th Apr 2023 9:35 am
  • Ian_S
    Member Since: 18 May 2021
    Location: South
    Posts: 89
    United Kingdom 

    I think it's nonsense Smile

    It's not like a quick google of 'Range Rover dealers' gives an empty page.... and I'm pretty sure JLR could fix that with google's help.

    Land Rover have opened up a big 'gap' on paper for the Discovery with the new Ranger Rover jumping well beyond £100k. I think they believe most Discovery buyers will be happy to pay £80k for one.

    I think they are forgetting what Discovery stands for and who buys them. It's not people wanting a cheap Ranger Rover. They currently love L322's Very Happy
    20th Apr 2023 9:52 am
  • Ian_S
    Member Since: 18 May 2021
    Location: South
    Posts: 89
    United Kingdom 

    Re: Discovery to becomes it's own brand with JLR

    Wolfpack wrote:
    I had a forlorn hope that would mean less faults, greater reliability and helpful dealerships, but it seems it’s just burying the LandRover name.
    They're helpfully screwing the dealerships too (after investing in the new Arch concept) by moving to the Agency model. So they'll be even less interested in fixing your car as you won't have bought it from them.
    20th Apr 2023 10:44 am
  • 747_JK
    Member Since: 26 Jun 2018
    Location: England
    Posts: 412
    United Kingdom 
    2022 Discovery SDV6 HSE Lux Santorini Black

    The only plus-point is the confirmation in this that the Discovery brand is important to them... so hopefully the D5 isn't the end of the line for us!
    MY23.5 D5 3.0 MHEV Metropolitan Edition – Santorini Black – Ebony Windsor Leather – 21” Style 5025 gloss black wheels – 21” full size spare tyre – Black roof rails – Black side mouldings - Williams Ceramic Coat. [Gone: D5 HSE @ 50,795miles: (now LH68 BYW)]
    20th Apr 2023 11:57 am
  • Popsdosh
    Member Since: 06 Nov 2021
    Location: Cambs
    Posts: 138
    United Kingdom 

    Ian_S wrote:
    I think it's nonsense Smile

    It's not like a quick google of 'Range Rover dealers' gives an empty page.... and I'm pretty sure JLR could fix that with google's help.

    Land Rover have opened up a big 'gap' on paper for the Discovery with the new Ranger Rover jumping well beyond £100k. I think they believe most Discovery buyers will be happy to pay £80k for one.

    I think they are forgetting what Discovery stands for and who buys them. It's not people wanting a cheap Ranger Rover. They currently love L322's Very Happy


    You forget they have an 8 seat defender and they wont compete with that on price . The Discovery is low volume production and not worth the development cost to bring a new model forward. The DS is a different kettle of fish and will be lower cost introduction to the JLR fold .In effect the DS will become the Discovery. In the last few months they have slowly let it be known they are only really into making 100k plus cars. If a D6 does appear expect it to be up there with the rest of them.
    20th Apr 2023 6:14 pm
  • WmDisco
    Member Since: 27 Dec 2022
    Location: Staffordshire
    Posts: 30
    United Kingdom 
    2018 Discovery TDV6 SE Silicon Silver

    Having just borrowed a Defender and now had my new Discovery I am in no doubt that there is a good slot for Discovery. Its not a Defender and its not a Range Rover (or a Velar). Price wise some Defender 90s are more pricey than Discovery - I can't make out why but each to their own. I would predict that Defender sales will slow and Discovery sales will increase as nostalgia purchasers decline.
    I hope any new Discovery does not go through the "lets sack the dashboard designer" school and "let's just glue an iPad onto the dash instead" - like the Range Rover and to some extent the Defender.
    20th Apr 2023 8:12 pm
  • beanoir
    Member Since: 17 Apr 2023
    Location: UK
    Posts: 5
    United Kingdom 

    Oddly I think the Defender is more of a lifestyle car, particularly the 90. The rear seats don’t even fold past 45 degrees, it’s basically pointless if you want a Defender for utilitarian purposes.

    When I was at the LR dealership the other week, they had a Defender 90 in the showroom, it was exactly the same price as the new RRS sat behind it. I was really scratching my head to understand how that could possibly be right.

    So, I decided to ignore it and put a deposit on a Discovery instead. I had set out with the intention of swapping our Disco 4 for a Defender 90 and then using it as my daily driver, but I just couldn’t see the point in it.

    I do feel like LR are teetering on the edge of completely losing their way.
    20th Apr 2023 10:08 pm
  • eelpout
    Member Since: 01 Jun 2017
    Location: Don't call it "Cali"
    Posts: 304
    United States 

    I
    Quote:
    hope any new Discovery does not go through the "lets sack the dashboard designer" school and "let's just glue an iPad onto the dash instead" - like the Range Rover and to some extent the Defender.

    I fear the new (Tesla) style Velar cockpit is an indication of things to come. :/

    the Defender and Disco are not the same, and I wish the (2020) Defender owners who are screaming that the Disco should cease to exist would understand that.

    I wonder, now having confirmed that the Disco will live, if they'll do a cabin refresh with the petrols & diesels in between any PHEV/BEV variants or Disco6 that will likely come down the road.
    20th Apr 2023 10:18 pm
  • discus
    Member Since: 22 Aug 2019
    Location: North
    Posts: 158
    United Kingdom 

    Bonkers...

    Discovery is a very strong brand, but the fact it is a Land Rover, and the tradition that connects into is a huge part of the brand identity.
    22nd Apr 2023 11:20 am
  • Darras
    Member Since: 16 May 2020
    Location: Newcastle
    Posts: 764
    United Kingdom 

    Who gives a rats a Censored se.

    They’ve dragged the LR brand down to such a level, be it engines conking out or a fake 2 year waiting list for a car that gets delivered without all the options, that the very name they once traded on is toxic beyond belief, no wonder they want rid of it, period!

    As for us owners, we should be hiding or picking off anything that says LR on the bodywork. Otherwise it says we really are planks to keep buying this crap.

    At least the black on black more or less obliterates it on mine.
    22nd Apr 2023 12:01 pm
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