Land Rover Discovery 5 - Time for Diet

Fifth of the name, the next generation of Discovery will have a strong family resemblance to its predecessors. But its weight will be displayed in sharp decline.

Like its cousins ​​Range Rover and Range Rover Sport, the next Discovery will follow a serious diet of aluminum. Without abandoning any of his traditional family vocation.

In its lighter version, the Discovery does not fall below 2.5 tonnes. Suffice to say it does not really play in the featherweight division. Without pretending to adopt the wasp waist of Caterham Super Seven, his successor will therefore not be difficult to do better in this area.

To achieve this, it will take the platform Range Rover Sport and Range, two models that have largely converted to aluminum. Depending on the version, the weight gain should thus be around 300 to 400 kg for the benefit of performance, agility and consumption. Sobriety to be pushed to the limit on the unique diesel hybrid variant, rechargeable mains.

To surf on the success of the Evoque, Range Rover will give him a long version, can accommodate seven passengers.

In 2014, the fifth generation of Disco is not going to renege on its fundamentals. It will retain a cubic desire to look and raised roof in the rear part, unmistakable. A choice at odds with the Evoque and Range Sport, but beneficial to the chest as the livability. Like today, September 1-seater option also included in the program. Increasingly common for the English brand: this feature is also offered by the venerable Defender, Range Rover Sport, not to mention the future Range Rover Evoque and LWB XL (the cons). The Discovery 5 will nevertheless remain the most family model of the British brand. But it also will have a penchant for luxury never more obvious: even if it is still not listed in the Range Rover, the entry price should be around 50.000 euros and a particularly opulent version is also planned.