Autocar | 12th April 2017
NEW DISCOVERY
If one were looking for the rock on which the modern incarnation of Land Rover is built, you could easily make the case for the Discovery, a car originally fashioned from a cubic jumble of old Range Rover architecture and the unwanted constituents of the Austin Rover parts bin. The first generation, launched in 1989, was a packaging rethink intended to compete with a new, affordable generation of Japanese 4x4s that made the Range Rover of the day
look old and overpriced. The solution wasn’t flawless (indeed, its flaws
multiplied and deepened over time), but its downsized diesel engine,
utilitarianism and practicality caught the imagination of a public newly enthused about MPVs and the prospect of carrying seven people in hitherto unprecedented comfort.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Autocar 12th April 2017.