Mark Nichol puts on his favourite leggings to discover 10 essential facts about the Land Rover Discovery Sport. Read our full review here: www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/...
Wow. I actually really liked this review. I liked how it wasn't taken too seriously like other car reviews. It was fun, entertaining to watch, and I even though some of the jokes were a tad cheesy, I found myself chuckling over their cheesy-ness. Anyway, I just subscribed. Keep up the good work!
These videos are getting really good. Very different to usual mundane reviews. I didn't like the Honda CR-V review a few months ago but this is bang on.
Can I ask if you worked out the onboard computer mpg figure against real mpg for accuracy/inaccuracy? I’ve done a few long trips in one and although it was brand new, manual and a lower powered Se after zeroing the trip/fuel computer and driving pretty consistently I got some pretty good figures on motorways and single lane A roads and hilly dual A roads the main route was a third of each and managed 50mpg at times averaging mid to high 40s
The fuel economy remarks surprise me. Having had one of these on long term rental, I can say with certainty the 53 mpg is not possible on real world driving (At least, I couldn't recreate it). But I could get my rental to consistently return 42 - 45 mpg. 30 mpg seems excessively low...
I like what LRover is doing with their image. Kind of similar vehicles, this one even has the black C pillar from his older brothers, but somehow seems to look different. Not sure about another person's opinion, but at least they do not seem to go the Audi way = everything is the same but different size.
when it comes to price/performance it's actually quite good value so long as you stay within the lower 2 ranges, with its standard equipment and performance. Especially compared to Audi, BMW and Mercedes.
The HSE tends to be the review sample, and its well equipped but quite expensive, I expect most will be looking at the SE tech, which has most the essentials, (but even that misses out on and auto dipping rear view mirror and full leather) adding sun roof, tow bar, full leather, electric seats, a good infotainment /nav and parking technology here will add getting on for 5K, given the vanilla SE is about as well equipped as a defender, actually I would say LR are a big tight on the standard equipment, another reviewer blinded a little by the expensive toys on the expensive option list most won't go for.
I had a manual to start with and changed to an auto HSE last September for several reasons. The car is now six months old and has done 8000 miles. The new auto has been a right pain in the arse. 1. External temperature sensors read -32 degrees on occasions and the car climate control tries to cook you. Its been stripped down and three replacement sensors fitted in the wing mirrors with no success in fixing it. 2. The auto box has massive lag at junctions and roundabouts, delaying pulling away by up to four seconds which is downright dangerous. 3. Smell of electrical burning coming through the front air vents. 4. Annoying rattles from the rear seats. 5. Wheel squeak when driving from the front offside wheel. 6. MPG is always in the mid 30's even when I drive it really carefully. Currently going through the massive headache of rejecting the vehicle!
I have one of these and I agree, Dave is a lying bastard - we're just over 30mpg! Recommend the Black Pack too - especially on a black car...looks like the kind of SUV Batman would drive in that spec
Theres only one thing you need to know. The Discovery Sport isn't a reliable car. At least, not according to the latest What Car? Reliability Survey. Owners derided their Discovery Sports for a litany of faults, giving it an overall score of just 43.8%, which leaves it languishing in 25th place out of the 27 large SUVs included in the survey.
Anyone looking into buying Discovery Sports? Please be aware of the build quality of this as I learned the hard way... I bought approved used Discovery Sports HSE LUX and was disappointed with the build quality of my car as it has many issues but the biggest of all is the rust (as this also known as car CANCER). In my childhood I have lost a bike to this (rust) and was painful, now looks like my dream car Discover sports will be lost to this too... The list is huge, but the highlights are as below: - 1. Engine Oil dilution after 4 months of the purchase of my car. 2. Real MPG of the car is 50% less than the claim by land rover. 3. Radio reception is so poor that looks like they forgot to connect the antenna. 4. The suspension feels like non-existing with 20” wheels fitted by land rover. 5. Rubber seals around the doors have gaps in them. 6. Visible black paintwork coming off the exhaust system. 7. Poor pant used on the wheels as the flakes are coming off there too. 8. AdBlue does not last the service intervals. Thanks to the extremely poor materials used for this car so far, the heat shield has fallen off the bottom of my car luckily no one was behind us so no injuries in this incident but it’s extremely dangerous for the other road users driving behind land rovers as you never know what may fall off. I have been to land rover garage but none of the above is covered under warranty! So be aware of the issues before you buy this car. I am in the process of creating a video showing all the known flaws in my discovery sports which may be relevant to other cars.
Sport it is not! The overly thirsty Dis-Ingenuous (see what I did there?) is a mess. Been driving one for 3 weeks now and am glad to be giving it back at the end of the week. The 9-speed is erratic and Sport mode and Sport in general is a mess. Kick downs kicks in with very little effect to the speedo. Funny how the new Jag F-Pace is getting a sensible power option and not just the guttless 2 litre diesel! It's such a shame because inside is a really nice place to be. The Disco Sport is simply let down by it's inability to Discover or be Sporty!