Sat in and had a good nose round one in Glasgow a couple of weeks ago.
2.0 diesel Hse in silver, 21 inch alloys with black interior.
Prices are from £43k for 2.0 S model. Then SE, HSE and HSE lux. This is obviously for the UK market for prices and likely specs as well.
The 2.0 is a small engine, plenty of space under the bonnet.
Windscreen washer on left side, ad blue fill on right side of engine bay sides, a charging point is under the bonnet as well. Suspension air lines are also under the bonnet.
Interior is nice, seats have finally got a decent head rest compared to the fixed ones in the 3/4.
2nd row isn't as comfy as a D3/4 as the seat foam is thinner.
2nd and 3rd row can only be lowered or raised by the electric motors. Low spec models will have a manual control and DS style strap to pull.
I didn't like that idea. It's too much of a novelty feature for my liking and just something to go wrong.
The tailgate is motor driven for upper and the small boot flap. Which I feel is stupid and WILL break.
There is NO decent lower tailgate for sitting on like the D3/4 model has. Which imho is a backwords step.
Boot is 17cm wider, but not as tall, the seats folded flat don't sit as low as a 3/4 does, plus the seat back to boot seems shorter than 3/4. It's lost 50 litres of space and you won't be using it like a van like the 3/4 is.
Dash is well laid out, decent space but I'm 5.8 and under 12 stone so not the best judge for that.
Still got a few controls on a dash panel so it's thankfully not 100% touch screen. Which is miles faster than a 3/4 screen and is very up to date. Has a phone cradle built in which can take a 6S easily. How that will cope with larger phones in the future.... May get outdated very quickly the way phone sizes are going.
Decent cubby bins and such in it. Lot's of storage space.
Front bumper sits too low for my liking. It's going to get damaged off road and imho doesn't need to be anywhere near as low. I don't see how you will get an ARB or similar bumper on it as the grill and headlights are odd shapes and don't have a simple flat edge like the D3/4 has.
Likewise the back bumper and roof. It's got a spoiler so how you get a rear ladder and a roof rack on it will also be interesting.
The step in the roof is ok. It means it's 2 large glass sun roof panels instead of 3 like you got on 3/4 models. I would have brought it forward personally a bit as it doesn't seem right.
The rear doors are massive and the curve in them may make tight bays a squeeze for access.
Overall.
A nice car.
But not a Discovery as we know it. Too gimmicky and it's too mini Range Rover and less family car.
I don't think I could use one in the way I use my 3 and for it to cope.
I also don't think it will get modified in the same way the previous generations can and have been.
I didn't get much info from the people who were showing around it about factory add on's. The D3/4 could from the get go be turned into a G4 replica.
I don't see that ability with the D5.
