![]() Beyond the extra (cost-optional) seats the Discovery Sport boasts an all-new multi-link rear suspension set-up that’s not only allowed it to house the two extra seats, it also promises better handling and greater articulation off-road. ![]() ![]() It also offers class leading off-road ability, but more on that later. So, while the Discovery Sport essentially replaces the Freelander2, it also marks an embiggening of the Discovery family and the introduction of 5+2 (cost optional) seating to the compact SUV segment. But let’s not delve too far into the buyer profile…īut what the Discovery Sport does do, is to help to cement the differentiation within Land Rover families, for instance, Range Rover represents Luxury, the Defender the Dual-Purpose of off-road ability with livability, well, at least the next-generation model will, while the Discovery represents Leisure. Indeed, where the Evoque is chasing the inner-city type who prefers skinny jeans and loafers without socks, the Discovery Sport, in my humble opinion anyway, is chasing the sort of buyer that doesn’t mind getting a bit of mud on their boots. But it’s also more than both of those things, and while our first thought was that the Discovery Sport could steal away sales from the similarly-sized Range Rover Evoque, a week in the thing has convinced us otherwise… it’s aimed at a different type of buyer altogether. ![]() THINK OF THE Land Rover Discovery Sport as the Freelander2 replacement, the Discovery’s new baby brother. ![]()
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