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  • ChrisJerman
    Member Since: 01 Mar 2024
    Location: Shropshire
    Posts: 15
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Santorini Black

    Pre/post face lift improvements

    Is there much improvement in the 21plate onwards ? Need to buy another disco as my sons old disco 3 has died so he's getting my 17 plate and wondered is it worth stretching to a 21 plate ?
    In particulare is the ride smoother as find the 17 plate a bit rough in comparision to similare age RRS but prefer the practicality of the disco
  • JonM
    Member Since: 30 Jun 2016
    Location: North Yorkshire
    Posts: 700
    United Kingdom 
    2022 Discovery SDV6 HSE Carpathian Grey

    Yes. The biggest is that the engine is a straight 6 mild hybrid from MY21 onwards. It was the same V6 as the D3/D4 in the older ones.
    Also "Adaptive Dynamics" became standard from MY21. It was only an option before. It improves the handling a lot.
    Watch out though, the low range transfer box became an option on later models - not standard. Also a spare wheel became an option.
    The infotainment also changed the the current PiviPro system in MY21. It was the InControl system before.

    MY2026 D5 Metropolitan D350 - finally arrived after the cyber attack.
    MY2022 D5 HSE D300 - sold....MY2019 D5 HSE SD6 - sold
  • ajac
    Member Since: 20 Jul 2025
    Location: Shakespeare's County
    Posts: 66
    United Kingdom 
    2019 Discovery SDV6 HSE Loire Blue

    If you do have adaptive dynamics check all the steel pipes underneath serving the corners. They corrode and cost mucho money to sort. Its the main reason i sold my 405 autobiography. Beggars belief that LR would use steel in such an exposed high pressurised environment.

    Personally i could not tell the difference with or without. Thumbs Up
  • JonM
    Member Since: 30 Jun 2016
    Location: North Yorkshire
    Posts: 700
    United Kingdom 
    2022 Discovery SDV6 HSE Carpathian Grey

    No pipes on the D5. It's done by electronic adjustment of the shock absorbers - just wires that go to the top of each shock absorber.

    When I got my 2018 D5 with it as an option, I was talking to a previous RR owner who said it had been a problem but the D5 is a completely different system and I've never heard of any problem with it (yet).

    MY2026 D5 Metropolitan D350 - finally arrived after the cyber attack.
    MY2022 D5 HSE D300 - sold....MY2019 D5 HSE SD6 - sold
  • ajac
    Member Since: 20 Jul 2025
    Location: Shakespeare's County
    Posts: 66
    United Kingdom 
    2019 Discovery SDV6 HSE Loire Blue

    Sorry yes you’re correct. I was confusing AD’s with active roll control. Does the later D5’s have ARC? If so my point stands. I had an adaptive dynamics fault on a 322… the fine wires coming off the top of the front struts easily chaf but a bit of insulation tape solved the issue. Common problem I believe. Thumbs Up

    cheers
  • JonM
    Member Since: 30 Jun 2016
    Location: North Yorkshire
    Posts: 700
    United Kingdom 
    2022 Discovery SDV6 HSE Carpathian Grey

    No, D5s don't have ARC. Thumbs Up

    MY2026 D5 Metropolitan D350 - finally arrived after the cyber attack.
    MY2022 D5 HSE D300 - sold....MY2019 D5 HSE SD6 - sold
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