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The same evoque, only with handles: Test drive updated Land Rover Discovery Sport. The same evoque, only with handles: Test drive of an updated Land Rover Discovery Sport Land Rover Range Rover Vlar - "High Range Rover Velar technologies"

"Old" Discovery Sport Sample 2015 was a double car: quite modern outside and surprisingly archaic inside. Prostine analog appliances, a bunch of primitive buttons and black plastics, silver inserts and is clearly inspired by a two-year-old front panel architecture. Considering the English taken by the British to integrate into the interior of at least two, and better than three screens, the widespread introduction of sensory keys and glossy plastic, Discovery was clearly knocked out of the concept. But in fact, its update predetermined not even fashion as such, but a change of generations at Range Rover Evoque, on the platform of which it was built.

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True, unlike younger Range, Discovery did not receive a new index, while maintaining the L550 designation, and, accordingly, did not change generation - at least officially. The update without a generation change is the most early that Discovery Sport is a very popular model in the European market, where almost 34 thousand cars were sold last year, and in general, this crossover in general, this crossover remains bestseller over the past two years. Against this background, Russian 1.5 with small thousands are a bit, but something else. In general, it is unclear why Evoque with a move to the PTA platform, the remaining processing of Fords heritage under the EUCD abbreviation, deserved a new index, and Discovery Sport - no. What it is - saving funds to develop a full-fledged update or just a pause to the coming changes, it is difficult to say: it is probably a mixture of the first and second. But under the minimum changed body, you can find some noticeable changes, easily predicted, taking into account the change of platform. What is the essence new Discovery. And does it make sense to buy it, not "Bebi Range"?

All new, but not very

Those who read our spring test drive, from the story about technical Base Updated Discovery Sport can get bored. After all, "Sport" before, before the update, divided the platform with the younger from the Range Rover family, and therefore the current update was a logical translation of the machine to new rails followed by a relative. In general, the TK for the preparation of the model to electrification was issued to engineers for another 3.5 years ago, and at the heart of the fresh "disco" lies the same conditionally new PTA platform - Premium Transverse Architecture (premium architecture for cars with cross-location of the engine), which, as if The butterfly, left the Ford Heritage Cocoon in the form of a "cart" EUCD with an intermediate link called D8.

Everything here is very similar to what we have seen half a year ago: For example, if you compare the body structure, it becomes noticeable that it is exactly the same as Evoka. In addition to the hood, roofs and doors of the trunk, aluminum became only cups of shock absorbers Yes, the front crossing, on which the bumper is attached; Particularly high-strength steel forms front and rear spars, central rack and central transverse floor amplifier, and the front base racks and the rear floor amplifier are made of ultra-shrink steel. The floor rose by 25 mm for mounting the battery and other hybrid strapping, and in parallel with this grew (yes, did not decrease) by 20% fuel tank. The engine, on the contrary, slightly lowered and worked on the scheme of its attachment, reducing the level of vibrations and noise. The wheelbase with restyling has not changed - it is 2,741 mm, and the clearance is the same 22 cm.

Like the Evoku, Discovery Sport has slept: if the first weighs at least 1,800 kg, then the circuit-free mass "disco" according to the standard DIN - 1 979 kg for gasoline and 2,009 kg for diesel. One of the reasons can be considered the limited use of aluminum. From it, as before, the exterior panels are made - the roof, the hood and trunk, but old crossover weighed 1,863 kg, and now, with a new hybrid scheme that makes carrying optional equipment And the battery, the equipped mass has become more. Of course, Land Rover engineers explain the "Ceiling" also increased in part passive security: The body became hard by 13% and is generally better holding a blow.

As part of the power units, everything also came into line with the fact that we have already seen again in Evoque: this is a systematic "soft hybridization" of the line, which has not reached us as scenario. In Europe, the only version of the Discovery Sport without a generator starter and a 48-volt battery is a basic, in which there is no full drive, and a nine-speed "machine" ZF. All other machines with this set are equipped with a starter-generator associated with a belt transmission with crankshaft, throws out the power on accelerations, and on braking, on the contrary, generates electricity and spares it in the battery. The battery in such a scheme cannot feed the car autonomously, but never discharge completely. This is the same Torque Fill scheme as other soft hybrids: it only facilitates the life of the motor and driver, slightly compensating turbolags, as well as providing 7% less fuel consumption and lower CO2 emissions by 10 g / km.

And now - good news. Those who all this additional hitch is not impressive (and she is not very impressive seriously - we all understand that this is a forced measure of automakers, drove into the angle of "green"), can sigh calmly, then that in Russia there will be no hybrids - neither "soft "Nor connected. Yes, in Europe at the beginning of next year, Plug-in with a three-cylinder engine, a separate electric motor and a more capacular battery appear. And in the meantime, simple gasoline and diesel cars with two-liter in-line "fourths" of the familiar family of the Ingenium family will come to Russia in the meantime. The basic will be a 200-strong gasoline engine, which in a more expensive version develops 250 hp, and diesel units are issued 150 and 180 hp. respectively.

Suspension schemes have not changed - it's all the same MacPherson in front and a compact multi-dimensione from behind. As before, adaptive shock absorbers are available for surcharge, the stiffness of which is tracked and adjusted every 10 milliseconds. However, about what the suspension surprised, let's talk a little later - at first I will sit in the car and look at the updated interior: restyling went for advantage of him.

Where are your handles

As we already know, the interior demanded a renewal much more exterior: painted black buttons on the black panel looked old-fashioned. However, what happened as a result of restyling, it is possible to estimate it ambiguous: the front panel saved the dominant horizontal lines, but changed the physical keys to the sensory. The steering wheel and the design of the user interface here is "General Corporate", that's just a third screen for controlling the Discovery Sport climate system, it is not allowed by status. On the other hand, it is laid wireless charging, which is not available for any money for expensive and avant-garde Jaguar I-Pace, - in general, it is not worth looking for a clear logic.

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Before the drives of the driver, instead of traditional analog scales, a 12.3-inch screen can be, which complements the 10-inch touchscreen of the multimedia system. It is not worth sad about the absence of a third display: regardless of their number they are controlled by a single processor, and than them are more, the harder it is necessary to "gland" - in the reviews of owners of other Rangers, there are complaints to the attachment interface. The central touch screen, of course, is made by the capacitive technology, and the resolution of both displays is comprehensively sufficient: the picture is clear and easily distinguishable.

But with the bottom touchpad, everything is not so definitely. On the one hand, the branded scheme with convenient swivel-push regulators, which can control the temperature, intensity of the blowing, heating and ventilation of the seats, and at the same time off-road modes, convenient. The regulators themselves are inscribed by monochrome screens that display climate settings, and others are displayed around them depending on the selected control mode. But all the other keys like the heating of the glass, intensive cooling of the salon, the control system of stop-start and so on - sensory, and get into the desired zone on the move is quite difficult, and the careless "swipe" is able to cause real wakhanal. Updating obvious operational disadvantages like the rapid polluteness of a large black glossy canvas, we will rejoice at least that the keys are contrasting and well read by even the day, and the orange indication of the inclusion of informative.

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The washer of the ACP selector was changed by an unchanged lever - the same as the related evoque and other concern models like Jaguar E-Pace. This solution, like some other designer and ergonomic little things, are attributed to the idea of \u200b\u200b"give Discovery Sport even more sports": they say, having a selector, the driver better feels in touch with manual control And can be gone to twin for it, switching transfers. Taking into account the ability to order submissive petals The explanation looks somewhat contrived - on the other hand, the selector is really familiar and easier to manage than the washer.

The rear row has changed little: the wheelbase is here 6 centimeters more than that Evoque, - 2,741 mm, so that passengers of the second row feel freely, and the flat sofa is quite loyal to the third sidok. The third row at the length of the machine at 4,597 mm here is expected modest, but it is quite possible to sit on it, it is quite possible - and it would be better to wait for it and it would not be worth it. By the way, the children on the second row will have the charging ports, and in the "disco sport" you can order up to 6 pieces.

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Among the features of the interior organization in Land Rover, the total volume of small compartments and boxes scattered through the cabin, as well as the preserved seven-letter layout, mark up to 45 liters. We will note the wide seats designed for large front passengers: side support so unobtrusive that slender seeds will hang out between her rollers. But the general profile is quite convenient, the settings of the lumbar backpage are even redundant, and the range of adjustments of the seat and steering wheel can find a convenient position to almost any driver.

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And here there are ceiling handles - yes, on the one hand, it's a trifle, but on the other, neither in Range Rover Evoque, nor in Jaguar E-PACE there are no them, and in Jaguar the front passenger in sharp turns have to be resting in the floor And grab the half-pectic frame on the central tunnel. Range, in addition and external handles are recessed in the door - well, and then their full two sets, which is definitely good for passengers: it will be enough for cool kosovos. Not in vain, after all, in the end, there are so many electronic assistants for descent, lifting, overcoming the fusion and other off-road fun.

Everything is clear only on off-road

At first, the choice of the surroundings of Barcelona for the venue of the test drive seemed incomprehensible: a widespread limit of 50 km / h and narrow serpentines, on which Discovery Sport pleases only in moderation severe steering With successful electrical detector settings and a clear zero. Moderate rolls, asphalt habits are quite typical for a small crossover, except that the width is almost 2.2 meters taking into account the mirrors hints that it is better to go 120 km / h along the highway, than to drive around with trucks on narrow winding tracks. In the tracks speeds, by the way, neither the wind noise, nor the sound of a motor, do not buy: despite the fact that the double glazing "disco" is not supposed (it does not even have a more "status" euch), and without it noise is quite worthy.

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Setting up the power unit, however, it is quite clear that the word "sport" in the title is nothing more than a way to distinguish a model from larger Discovery. Even the gasoline engine does not give a crossover of the stability: you press the pedal to the floor, wait for a second one and a half - and the car confidently, but smoothly begins to accelerate. In this sense, the choice of engine becomes quite simple: if there is no difference, then why not save on fuel, win in autonomy and get more traction, preferring a diesel engine? With him, Discovery Sport does not become more noisy or even more phlegmatic, but the fuel consumption for a new and more "honest" cycle of WLTP is a little more than 7 liters on the "hundred", which you can fully meet.

But we will go to the off-road plot, and it becomes clear why in the Discovery Sport salon still have ceiling handles and why are uncomfortable, but numerous sensory settings on the multimedia display and the climate block.

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In general, the car's full drive scheme has not changed: the front here is a conditionally a new node of the power take-off, cutting off the rear axle and connecting it if necessary for 400 milliseconds. It can be considered conventionally new because the "old" disco with the Active Driveline system is simply now the control hydraulics replaced with electronics, which simplifies and facilitated the design. Like Evoque, the rear left half is equipped with a coupling that cuts off rear gearboxThat allows you to completely eliminate the rotation of unnecessary nodes with a uniform movement: the front corner reducer turns off the cardan, and the rear coupling is a gearbox, and this gives less friction losses and additional 100 grams of fuel economy every 100 kilometers.

Discovery is ready to show light off-road tricks even to those who will not move from asphalt: for example, standing on a bias on the brakes, you can sell the pedal more and see on the tidy inscription HOLD, which means that the brake can be released. In the city it is just a comfortable chip, and on the area - the ability, for example, bark out of the window and do not turn down. Although, strictly speaking, Discovery Sport has so many cameras of a circular review that they will not have to hang out: besides cameras in mirrors and on the nose, there are integer two cameras at the back: the bottom serves for parking and overview, and the top, with water-repellent coating, hidden in the fin Antennas and works as a wide-angle rearview mirror: on the mirror itself in the cabin you can display a picture from this camera. If you need to track what is happening under the wheels, you can turn on the "transparent hood" mode: in this case, the front and side cameras remember the picture when moving and glue it into a single frame, translating what is happening on the screen in the cabin.

Generally, one of the most strong Parties "Disco" is geometry. In itself, the angles of entry / congress at 25 and 30 degrees during clearance of 212 mm are not recorded indicators, but the total possibilities are decent. Here, for example, visual example entrance and extension to the overpass with additional extensions that increase the requirements for the corner of the ramp. It is clear that the obstacle "calibrated" under the car - but it is quite clearly gives to understand geometric patency. In addition, the maximum angle of the lift to which Discovery Sport can climb is not worse than the new Defender, - 45 degrees. By the way, he tries to the slide. It is very confident: the role of pole is played here.

But if you move slowly, you can get much more impressions, and positive. Discovery Sport is excellent trained with the usual already techniques like an independent descent from the hill, and he knows how to climb the slide, perhaps even better than most drivers. At one of the steep lifts, we got to the "diagonal" and taking into account the extremely low speed - about 5 km / h - waited for slipping and stopping, but "disco" did not even stuff, quickly grabbed the wheel who lost the clutch and was an obstacle on even move. But if you drive yourself yourself, you can hang.

In the editorial office, "behind the wheel" for me for a long time they are already touched as on the eccentric. That on, then chairs with the car. Unless the ones in the Moscow River from the office did not get to the house (although local residents are said in one of the German towns, they say that they do). In general, I dragged me irretrievably into the triathlon, now only about him and conversations.

And here is the time to go to the new Land Rover Discovery. By coincidence, in December last year, I headed for where the price tags became known for the beginner. Price tags, just say, considerable. Asked for this aluminum miracle no less than 4,033,000 rubles! Moreover, they presented the fifth generation with POMPA, in the center of Moscow, at the very beginning of Kutuzovsky Avenue. And they knit the conclusion of the SUV with its outstanding capabilities, the feeling of freedom. A particular assistant in part "wanted - did." For what even removed mini-movies with famous people who have achieved success on different fields.

I was particularly remembered by one person. Perhaps because the disco premiere I didn't know about her with a strong one, and I also saw it only on the screen. Natalia Shtrombach, beauty-triathlete, owner of the network of sports clubs Fitnessone and, as it turned out later, Mom has four wonderful girls. You listen to how she tells about the sport, about the "best version of Himself" and the role of Discovery in this, and himself mentally recount the blood in his pocket, pretending which authorities will go to donation due to the shortage when buying an SUV.

Three elements

In a sense of Land Rover Discovery and the athlete-triathlet itself. And the point here is not only in the type of car - Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV). In the triathlon regulation, the first discipline should be swimming. Well, not a question. The possibility of swimming on Disco introduced himself when we colleagues with colleagues in local reserves at pre-seventive prototypes. Even the right root location and all sorts of inspection of instructors from Land Rover Experience - they say, the cars are not yet for sale, make a discount - did not hide obvious: the car easily overcomed the water baths. The benefit of the depth of the fusion rose to 900 mm (earlier - 700 mm), although in practice the new disco is ready to drive for a while even with water through the hood due to the cunning air intake performed as a labyrinth.

The second stage in the triathlon is cycling. Here you have to connect a little imagination. More precisely, estimate where in a car having three rows of seats and a bunch of transformation options (including remote, with the help of an application on a smartphone), place two-wheeled vehicles. The task is quite lifting: with the seeds of the second and third rows, we get a useful volume of 2406 liters! And this is not counting boxing on the roof where we placed five pairs of bicycle wheels, going on the new Discovery on the triathlon starts from Moscow to Kazan as part of the Land Rover Irontour. To prepare us, all the same Natalia Strombach took, by the way, the acting triathlete and a multiple finisher of Ironman competitions on the "half-delicious" and "iron" distance with the Fitnessone instructor Pavel Good. He, by the way, is still shocked by the Disco function, allowing the atlducts to leave all the belongings in the car and go to sports with the Activity Key bracelet. You no longer need to take the keys, the trunk will open automatically, it is worth bringing a hand. And purely for reference: Full Ironman is 3.8 km, bladder, 180 km by bike and then 42 km running, and all this is only with interruptions to change props. In the capital of Tatarstan, we were waiting for half from everything listed.

Finally, running. The distance was chosen decent, more than 800 km on the ruthless to drivers and cars of Gorky highway bypass Vladimir, Nizhny Novgorod and Cheboksary. Ruthless, because the plugs, continuous repair of roads and counter conversions, and under the curtain of the day trip - the vintage trucks, which then need to overtake on a poorly illuminated road, having dodged from the oncoming machines. The case is not an easy, but disco has a few trumps in the sleeve. As a professional athlete, he approached the launch with full responsibility. "Dried" (so athletes call excess weight burning - in our case, already at 400 kg!), TDV6, 249 L.B. Burbodiesel, 600 nm), stopped to accelerate to 100 km / h in 8.1 under the hood. C, and competently equipped. If the running is to avoid injuries on long rasions allow carefully selected sneakers (for example, such as Reebok Harmony Road), then Discovery for the smoothness of the pneumatic suspension (in the database, starting with the SE version of 4,709,000 rubles) - a real gift for a long road . And behind the tactics of running - adaptive cruise control. I put a comfortable speed and hold for the traveler at a comfortable distance. Right as a air bag of runners and cyclists. In addition to more efficient energy consumption (fuel), there is also a security issue here - do not promote a sharp change in the road situation. The car is offset by itself until the complete stop, and to continue the movement, it is enough to touch the gas pedal. Beauty!

Kazan took?

For example, at a slow pace, in 12 o'clock we got from Moscow to Kazan. Upon arrival, at night twilight, the local Kremlin simply amazes the imagination, and its surrounding architecture too. Competently chosen soffits, highlighting the sharp edges of the complex and located on its territory the Kul-Sharif mosque, could not leave indifferent even such an hopeless skeptic as me. And yet it was thought that tomorrow, in the light of the sun, the outside, as in Moscow, would certainly float all the shortcomings. How wrong! In the past few years, Kazan has become the capital of several large-scale events at once, so the center of the city is licked so that we can safely suit the sidewalks. Guys, Respect! Now it's small - just support cleanliness and order.

The landscaping and hospitality went from the Embankment of the Kazanov River, in whose water area gathered at IronStar 113 Kazan this year the triathletes were to show who for what is much. For the swimming amateurs expaid 25-meter basins, I will explain: the main problems after the water temperature (for us it graciously warmed up to 22 degrees, so some for the 1.9-kilometer stage abandoned the wetsuits) - turbid water, complicated navigation and powerful pressing from rivals. Stumps in all parts of the body The case is quite a week. Especially from Brasystov (in the triathlon competitions you can swim by any style, although the krbil has long been recognized for the fastest and energy efficient) making characteristic legs on your feet.

Bicycles that were elected from the water, which, according to the regulations, should be placed in the transit zone on the eve. And before them is to have a 200-meter march of barefoot on the red carpet (and what about, IronStar-s are we or not?!). Greenhouse conditions? The body, about half an hour, actively thoroughly in a horizontal position refuses to understand where it drains him, now it is already vertically. "Persuits" begin to work only over the years of training and participation in such starters.

The passage of the transit zone is a separate offset in Triathlon (it, as you understand, have to go through again after the cytope). In experienced athletes, it takes a minute, someone and ten not enough. Cunning, for example, in equipment: A considerable time can be saved if you get in a single starting costume (in it and float, and the pedals are twisted, and run), in advance of the cycloths in the pedals in advance and not use socks.

In general, triathlon, like any other sport (and as a new Discovery, which is there), very technical and technologically. And BELELETAP Here, perhaps, apotheosis, technology. From the bike and helmet to the bike - all the milligrama contributes to the general piggy bank of success. However, this does not mean that you can just come from the street and meet the standard. And yet, when one day after several years of pokatushek on a mountain bike (on average, about 15 kg) I moved to the highway (on average 8 kg), then as if I received a second breathing.

The second time in the transit is no longer you run, at first Garzia, like a horse. Due to monotonous cyclic movements during the preceding 90 km, the legs are struck completely, and the eyes refuse to seriously perceive the speed below 20 km / h. That is why the first kilometer in sneakers is extremely important - you need to hardly follow the hour for the pace, not overdo it, to keep the forces on the finish, breaking up gradually and not traumating the bundles.

Here you will also find test drives of tuned and restyling versions of Land Rover. We try to leave for polygons or racing routes to test the new Land Rover in the most extreme conditions. In our test drives Land Rover, we try to answer the questions you are interested in all car enthusiasts. How car behaves at rough terrain or highway. How comfortable will be the owner behind the wheel of the chosen car and whether it is suitable for operation on the roads of our country.

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Geometric parameters are impressive: angle of entry - 34 °, congress - 30 °, ramps - 27.5 °

Bruisers, diagonal hanging, side differences, 45-degree lifts and descents - each obstacle is more complicated by the previous one. Half the route in the windshield of his Discovery I watched an alternately dark evening sky or a gray cliff, ready to break into the salon at the first mistake. To avoid accidents, each crew accompanied the instructor of the global Land Rover Experience command. Here is my horse, like a tour of the stones, pointing the direction of movement. Of course, it could be displayed on the 10-inch multimedia display an InControl Touch Pro image from cameras, but the person is still more reliable.

Maximum ground clearance Discovery in the emergency is 353 mm

Discovery also jumps. And literally. A decent part of the route tight contact with the surface had only three wheels, and sometimes only two. Slipping to the new rock, I was morally preparing that now the very moment when I fly down upside down. But a two-year SUV, taking a small pause, so that the Terrain Response 2 system in the "Auto" mode set up the main aggregates under a new obstacle, drove, as nothing had happened. Confident. Without harness and slip. Yes, and on regular "Houdiers" and 21-inch disks.

The final test before the well-deserved holiday is to set the car across the slope under the angle of 30-35 degrees. By the way, despite the fact that the declared maximum is 35 degrees so that the "disco" makes the "ears", the slope should be much more. Just after 35 degrees, the oil starvation of units can begin.

The All-Terrain Progress Control system helps when starting on slippery surfaces and will bring the car from the mud. As far as possible, of course

It seems that at the final turn we moved a little. The steering wheel is rotated to the right until it stops, right front wheel Hanging almost a meter in the air. Honestly, I even saw the instructor clogged. I also wanted to close my eyes, but that the power of gravity does not squeeze me through the window, I had to grasp the passenger seat with my right hand, and it seemed that the left I could reach the earth. Having exhibited the car to the maximum allowable position, I exhaled, and the walking went to show that all the doors, including the rear, perfectly open and closes - a certain demonstration of body rigidity.

I was not profitably from off-road qualities. Barely audience saw the first official photos The fifth generation of Discovery and learned that the frame design gave way to the carrying aluminum body, as the universal wristing began. Commentators indignant that heartless marketers turned the legendary SUV in a banal city crossover. Meanwhile, the main characteristics were ignored: four-wheel drive, two locks, the maximum road clearance is 283 mm (in versions with spring suspension - 220), and in extreme conditions, the SUV "rises to the tiptoe", rising to 353 mm from the ground, moves Pneumatic suspensions - 210 mm, depth of overcome fodder - 900 mm, angle of entry - 34º, congress - 30º, ramps - 27.5º, wheel articulation - 500 mm (in versions with spring suspension - 380 mm).

But, in truth, appearance and indeed controversial. In tribute to the predecessors, only barely noticeable steps on the roof and the asymmetric trunk door remained. And if the first still performs the function of increasing space over the head of passengers from behind, then the second clean water Decor. Spare wheel No longer hang on the door: it is now solid and made of composite materials.

It is curious that in general the car is very good. Stylish lines, dynamic traits - everything as we love today. And if it were some other new model Land Rover companies, it would be accepted at times warmer. Just for 27 years, the automaker itself taught us that Discovery is a rural guy who prefer to discos fist fights. And suddenly, after four generations, the design of which was thrown solely with the help of the line, it is born. In favor of the new appearance, among other things, there are such arguments as aerodynamics, safety and environmental friendliness. There is no dispute! But the same factors do not interfere with the guys from Mercedes, which the decade is customized by G-Class under modern standards, without changing the packaging.

If everything is unambiguous with appearance, the salon exceeded all expectations. I sit at the driver's seat, I close the palm inscription Discovery on the steering wheel and get the Range Rover: from the skin and tree to the drawing of door cards. Nuances, of course, are. In order to dilute a little in the corners of the model, Discovery was left without digital dashboardReferring to analogue with a small display in the center, as well as in some places, replaced aluminum or wood with plastic. But on the part of smart and practical solutions, "Disco" furnished his premium brother.

What do you need big familywho decided to go on a trip by car? Many compartments to decompose junk, a bunch of sockets and USB inputs, WiFi, a spacious trunk and comfortable chairs. Discovery has full order with this. In the cabin a total of 21 niche with a total capacity of 45 liters. Multimedia is able to distribute Wi-Fi to eight devices at the same time, and 9 USB connectors and 6 sockets can provide them with energy. You can install 5 children's chairs with the ISOFIX system (in the 7-seater version). Front chairs with massage function. The third row without irony can be called full. And, in the end, with just one click on the head of the head or on the smartphone, using the Remote brand application, all seats are folded into a flat floor. Of course, most of these features are available for surcharge or in top-end setsBut they really turn out to be indispensable assistants in a long road.

Roads in Utah and Arizona, although better than in Russia, are still far from German autobahn: both by the quality of the web and the limitations speed \u200b\u200bregime. The sharp desire to put pressure on the accelerator pedal until it stops, caring towards the horizon in the desert deserted highway under the words of Johnny Cash "There Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down", stamped Speed \u200b\u200bLimit 65 signs (105 km / h). Laws here are severe. The colleague exceeded the speed of only 15 miles, and received the consequences in the form of a police officer at the "charged" Ford Explorer, 240 dollars fine and lost hours on his payment.

And yet, having examined on the sides and making sure that in the field of view, neither the soul, I translate the puck of the 8-speed ZF automaton into the sports mode, squeeze the steering wheel streaming and blends the gas to the floor. Rocky diesel V6 with a capacity of 249 forces and 600 nm finally struck thick noise insulation, penetrating into the salon. Slightly cropped on the ass, the SUV rushed forward. 130, 140, 150 ... by about 170 km / h Potion pace, and the numbers on the speedometer began to change slowly. 191 ... 192 ... 193 ... for such a thing here and shoot, probably, can.

According to the passport, the car accelerates to hundreds for 8.1 seconds. But due to the smooth stroke and several layers of noise insulation, it seems that the process is somewhat slower. With the gasoline "six" of the return of 340 forces and 450 nm of feeling even more deaf. On paper, he for a second faster than a diesel engine, but the engine sounds so tasteless that even a desire to put even a desire to put on the gay.

The specific gasoline motor compressor and a little empty steering wheel - here, perhaps, all comments to the new Discovery on the track. In the rest, it can only praise. In comparison with the precursor of turns, it is more dynamic, confident and almost without rolls. There is also a fuel efficiency, which I "lost weight" is almost half a half. Ughabs and irregularities dissolve in an independent pneumatic suspension, which inherited by Range Rover.

I left the most controversial moment at last - the cost. In Russia, the price tag begins with 4 million rubles and takes place for 6.5 million versions on which we traveled to the wild west, cost 5.6 million expensive? Acceptable? And these are questions to you, dear readers. Only time will show what the future is waiting for the fifth generation Land Rover Discovery. However, about 20 thousand pre-orders around the world, made as soon as the clouds were torn, set up an optimistic scenario in which Discovery still occupies an important place in personal geographic discoveries.

Terrain Response 2.

The new Land Rover Discovery received an electronic adaptation system to Terrain Response Roads 2. Among the main differences from the first generation technology - switching between the "Washer" modes and the "Auto" mode, which itself adjusts all the vehicles under this or that coating: "asphalt" , "Grav / Gravel / Snow", "Dirt / King", "Stones Small Power" and "Sand". In addition, there is a prayer, descending from the mountain and something like off-road cruise control All-Terrain Progress Control.

As already mentioned, severe framework remained in the past. The unpainted carrying body of the fifth Discovery is 85% recycled aluminum. Moreover, the manufacturer uses its own variety - from it it is made half of the "flying" metal. The key areas of the body uses high-strength aluminum alloy of the A600 brand. Everything is collected on the glue and rivets.

What did all these innovations give? First, the car "lost weight" by as much as 480 kg. Depending on the type of engine and the configuration, the outfit mass Discovery varies from 2080 to 2223 kg. Secondly, the center of gravity was reduced, and the rosal on the axes was brought to the ratio of 50:50. Thirdly, the new design gives more advantages in terms of car layout. A place for a full-size spare wheel appeared, the space in the cabin, in particular, on the third row.

Reducing the mass in a combination with improved aerodynamics directly affect fuel economy and overclocking dynamics. Three-liter gasoline and diesel V6, which moved to motor gamma The fifth "Discovery" from the predecessor, improved overclocking rates to hundreds per second - 7.1 and 8.1, respectively.

Specifications Land Rover Discovery 5

Test Drive Land Rover Discovery 2017

Attempt number 5.

Before meeting with the SUV LAND ROVER Discovery of the fifth generation, I was worried - there were still fresh memories of his elder brother, the Range Rover model, which, being pleasant in communication, frustures on trifles. Moreover, if the former Discovery was square and brutalen, then a newly glamorous fitness trainer, who forgot to pump the fillet part - she has it, right for example, is not indisputable.

Suspension stroke in off-road large.

A couple of weeks ago, I rode the ranges on the GX 460. I now repeat the route to Discovery. Under the bottom - 283 mm of road lumen. Inflated into the UP-top position, the pneumatic suspension works out the terrain without a hint of rigidity, which manifests itself only in the highest - when the lumen grows up to 290 mm. To achieve the limit, however, it is necessary to sit on the belly - so that the electronics understand that the pre-installed clearance options are small.

I liked the off-road cruise control of All-Terrain Progress Control, which acts like the Toyotovskaya Crawl Control system, but in my opinion, more precisely. Assessing the situation under the wheels of electronics supports the low-cost speed. You, say, in the stairs - you turn on the system, let go of the pedals and watch the operation of the autopilot. Changes! Autonomous speed can be adjusted with buttons on the steering wheel. Sorry, All-Terrain Progress Control, while only top DISCO is available in a limited first Edition series.

Supplement for the Terrain Response 2 system with automatic suspension adjustment mode - only 11 thousand rubles. But it is possible to order it only together with a downstream transmission and the third nearby seats - for 220 thousand.

The depth is overcome by the new Discovery of the fusion - 900 mm, 130 mm more than that of the former generation machine. Seals on the doors are double, protection against moisture and dust at the height, and in the literal sense: the engine is inhaled through the channel system in the hood that cuts out water. So the new Disco is the other diver!

Discovery numbers are located high - this is a plus for driving Vzhod.

Was the fifth Discovery more comfortable on the asphalt? Not on 21-inch wheels for sure. While the road is smooth - everything is fine, but it is worth digging onto the comb or a series of pits, like a SUV interior begins to shock and shake. In large potholes literally plush. I would be happy to change these fashionable wheels on the 19-inch, on which I had to ride along the Lengererovsky polygon.

Corners of entry and the congress of the new Discovery with a pneumatic suspension in off-road mode - 30 degrees. Ramp Angle - 27 degrees.

In the remaining asphalt disciplines, Discovery is good even on these wheels. Having dropped without a small half-bottom weight due to the composite frames of the rear doors and aluminum body parts, it clearly looked at the road haggards. Sports sharpness on the steering wheel, as it was not, there is no, but the way the five-meter SUV holds excellently. Instead of fixed pitching DISCO fourth generation - collaboration. True, the owners of the past model, which I collected for a meeting with the new, this was not appreciated.

In one of the participants of Disco-Randevo - 194 cm of growth. And the first thing he noted is an uncomfortable landing behind the wheel. As a person neither tried to sit down, the ceiling, which the new car is clearly lower, misfortunely hung over his head. I jumped into his "four" - and the truth: air in the cabin, like places above his head, is clearly more. Another comrade complained about the lack of skin on the front panel (it cannot be ordered even for surcharge) and that the doors on Disco 4 are closed noble.

In terms of the rear sofa, the new Disco is not different from that in the old one - it is impossible to say that it is very spacious here.

Discovery 5 seats can be folded in several ways: through the menu of the multimedia system, using a smartphone application and using the buttons in the trunk and doorways.

The growth of my second acquaintance discovery owner 4 - 180 cm. He, like me with his 186 cm, got driving with comfort. But immediately came up to the size of the audio volume control knob and its location with the passenger, and not from the driver's side - it is obvious, this is a defective orientation on the right-hand directorial market. On the other hand, the passenger is even more convenient, and the driver can control the music and the helm.

Autopilot works imperfect. Holding in the strip is carried out by sharp grills - the SUV rushes on the sides, sometimes not noticing markings. The steering wheel literally pulls out of the hands.

The lack of skin on the front panel of the new SUV of the second owner of the old Disco also surprised. And the glitches of the multimedia system - upset. In comparison with the old car, there is a faster processor, a new graphics and a beautiful navigation map, but the menu is not turned immediately, the icons are pressed once ... and the feeling of quality: "Previously all the pens of management electronic systems were powerful, large, rubberized, and now ... ". On the ridge and bumps, the pendant of the new Disco owner of the old seemed to be liquid. Here, obviously, large wheels affected the vibrations of unsourished masses.

Basic road clearance Discovery - 220 mm. With a pneumatic suspension at high speeds, you can lower 13 mm below, in loading mode - by 40 mm. At the intersection of up to 80 km / h, road clearance can be increased by 40 mm, and on a serious off-road and up to 50 km / h - already 75 mm.

On the third row of seats, it is literally penetrated - the opening is not enough.

As a result, after a date with the new disco, I again felt a constructive inappropriateness. At such a high price, I would like, for example, that the upper glove box be opened not only for the lid itself, but also for the handle, which is not here. Together with the rest of the following flaws, it is difficult for me to call this SUV premium. In addition, instead of a gasoline engine, Diesel is unequivocally like. In general, it is necessary if not restyling, then at least a scheduled update of the next model year - and eliminating annoying trifles.

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All off-road chips of the new Discovery got from the previous generations - this is so to speak his DNA, which, thank the Indian gods, has retained. Everything else, the manufacturer added off-road cruise control and Terrain Response 2 system with automatic suspension control mode. All this, of course, cool. But making a head forward, Land Rover simultaneously jumps with giant jumps back. And at the same time continues to mistaken their cars premium. So I want to say: "Friends, yes you have not seen a real premium!".

Go from the rear

With the design of the new Disco order, except for the disfigured feed. Whether the Flying of the thoughts of the chef designer Jerry McGovern on it broke out, or hurried him and he rushed to draw a more harmonious and beautiful Velar. In general, a very unambiguous rear of the new Discovery. However, on starting sales in Russia, it seemed not to influence - in a couple of months, the owners of the new items were about three hundred people. But are they happy?

If this is their first car and they are girls, then we assume that yes. And if these are peasants with growth under 190 cm? In the old disco, these were placed easily, and where did they give their heads in the new? In the driver's seat, the rose man with comfort is not presser! It turns out the gift rearranged a newcomer to a new "cart", thanks to which the 187-centimeter passenger should easily fit on any of the rows. And the word "fit" wants to highlight here as key.

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Not enough

They are placed in Kia Picanto., and B. Renault Logan., and many more. Just do not sit comfortably, but it is placed. So in the new Discovery - a clearly understated roof presses not only in front, but also from behind. Even the stylish step is saved, which, how to tribute the past generations, moved to the roof of the "five". Do not believe? Rear to the second and third row of an SUV, and you will understand everything. There are no more places here than in the four, and the trunk is even less - checked with a tape measure!

But by the number of sockets and USB, the new Disco record holder - entertainment and non-volatility are set here at the head of the corner. Wherever it looks, everywhere you can touch some kind of charging.

Neither skin ...

Speaking about the jump back, I mean not only not the extended capacity of the new Discovery. So, for example, premiums in it did not become from the word at all. Four are many times more pleasant and brutal inside. Its front panel is covered with skin, which "five" was not allowed even for surcharge. All sorts of "twists" are also more interesting from Disco 4 - in off-road powerful, rubberized washers nicely fall into the fingers and do not miss them even with a strong shaking. What you can not say about the garbage pens from the "five".

And the location of the volume adjustment from the passenger is at all disrespect for the Russian, and the European market as a whole. Yes, you can say: "We are artists, we can see." But does not roll, comrades British. I, as a driver, is convenient when everything is at hand and from the side that you expect! Yes, you apparently saved the lot of money, but Mitsubishi L200 became like asian Picks and Isuzu D-Max, the price of which in comparison with the price on DISCO 5 is negligible. And the fact that the top front mustache was deprived of the opening handles - so the failure! But what about ergonomics and usability? Yes, God is with her - with skin. What is only one "premium" multimedia system!

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... neither multimedia

From the generation to generation to her, all glitches are transmitted together with off-road DNA. Let's start with the convenience. What, interesting, the clever guessed to make a huge screen rectangular so much that it is not even a movie format 16: 9? Interestingly, one who came up with, tried to use navigation on this screen?

If the reader did not understand what it was about, then remember how you put a smartphone when you turn on it "Yandex. Navigator". Yes, vertically, so that all turns are visible in advance. What was thought to in Land Rover when the screen was developed, it is difficult to assume. Even in 3D mode navigation is inconvenient! What can we talk about constant freezing and not triggering the virtual keys - all this multimedia has a new Disco full. Yes, and the menu is so complicated that I did not even remember where I saw a translation error into Russian. But believe me, they were there. Not in the amount of "four", but were, damn it!

And how do you an analog instrument panel? Audi Q7 for less money is digital and good so much that it is impossible to break away from her contemplation - the instrument scales change the size, freeing the place under navigation systemwhich, in turn, is based on Google maps. And not in the form of a scheme, but from the satellite - the highest pilot and premium is evident!

Beauty or go?

Not in the horse

Three-liter gasoline turbo gear with a capacity of 340 liters. from. Also not impressed. Well, she does not feel her herd, no matter how you patch the gas pedal to the floor. 7.1 seconds to hundreds speak? Maybe. But the diesel engine of the old "four" is much better at the start. From what a pleasant sensation from him is much more. And how do you cost in 16-17 liters per hundred? But do not forget that you have to pay taxes!

... In general, disappointment in this car is more than charm. The first WOW-effect passes, as soon as the door is slammed by the door of the new Discovery 5 - even here the British managed to spoil everything. But we have not looked at the hood and the bottom of the "new" SUV. And believe me, there too, there is something to tell. But that is another story…

Discovery in small format (our test drive Land Rover Discovery Sport)

On the test we have one of the brightest newest seasons in the class of crossovers - Land Rover Discovery Sport. It comes to replace the Freelander model, but it becomes at the touch top. New crossover With a length of 460 cm shorter than the known Discovery on 24 cm, but longer than the freegender on 9 cm and offers two additional places in the cabin.

The car develops a new corporate design line of the company and is similar simultaneously on Freelander, Evoque and Senior Discovery Werethe. The appearance came out very harmonious and expressive, at the same time, in Landrovier's strict and proportional. Adaptive xenon headlights with LED segments are perfectly looking. Body - steel, with aluminum front wings and hood, but gaining weight, in comparison with the analogues of the premium level, it did not bring it. But, most likely, it helped to compensate for the weight of off-road components and aggregates existing on sports, and which are deprived of many analogues.

The overall interior design went away from the modest freegender, now it is close in style and execution to Range Rover cars, the equipment and quality of materials is quite premium. Pleasant to the touch and in the view the texture of plastics, covered with shimmer skin panel, and big choice Color solving options. In our case, black plastic and leather combined with a brown shade with armchairs and inserts in the door. Looks richly. Luxurious embossed chairs with pronounced lateral support have excellent ergonomics and sufficient electrically regulatory ranges. There is adjustment of the lumbar side, heated seats of the first and second row, as well as the steering wheel. True, the heating functions of the seats and the steering wheel do not have buttons, but are sewn in the communication system menu, which is not entirely convenient.

But the most prominent innovations in the interior is the control panel of the updated Terrain Response system, which has turned into a block of buttons from the round switch. BUT automatic transmission It is now controlled by a round controller extending from the central tunnel when starting the engine, as well as is done on Range Rover and Jaguar cars.

Of course, the car offers a lot of modern electronic assistants from an automatic emergency braking system to an advanced auto parking system and instrument testimony system windshield. On the central console - the 8-inch sensor screen of the communication system. In her arsenal, all sorts of modern functions, but the most interesting, perhaps the possibility of bilateral broadcasting remains. If the driver, for example, tracks navigation, the passenger simultaneously on the same display can view television programs or movies. A mass of pleasant emotions brings a solid panoramic roof without a transverse beam, it allows you to let a lot of light into the salon, but if necessary it can be covered with a curtain with an electric drive.

Wonderful achievement Discovery Sport is the layout of the second row of seats. It is very spacious here, as in Range Rovere and comfortable, there is a retractable armrest with cup holders, its climate control unit. The seat is adjustable and the corner of the backrest and in the longitudinal direction 160 mm back and forth. This ensures acceptable comfort and passengers of the third row of seats. Two folding chairs are designed primarily for children, but adults will be able to carry out a short trip. And even here there are additional amenities: your console of ventilation and heating systems, as well as cup holders.

The fifth door at Discovery Sport is equipped with an electric drive. A neat and comfortable trunk will be covered with strong materials. The volume varies from 830 to 980 liters, depending on the position of the middle row sofa. And if you add it, then the volume for the boosted increases to 1700 liters.

Under the hood of Discovery Sport, a 2-liter 240-stroke gasoline turbo engine is installed or a 2.2 liter turbodiesel in two versions: 150 and 190 forces. Transmission In any case, the 9-speed "automatic" with a circular selector. We have a car with a 190-strong turbodiesel, which can be considered optimal for this crossover. The thrust in all conditions are enough, overclocking light and rapid, "automatic" works almost without delays, turning over the transmission quickly and smoothly. But you can't call absolutely trouble-free operation, there are many and "automatic" gears in transient modes, it happens, it is confused in them, which is why zaminki and jerks arise.

On the Land Rover route itself, stability itself, from the course it does not assemble a penny, nor waves, no cracks in the asphalt. At the entrance, a slight lace is felt in turn, but for a massive crossover with a comfortable suspension, this is normal. BUT steering - with distinct feedback and good reactive effort, as if purebred a passenger car. So, the word Sport in the name of the crossover is not devoid of grounds. It pleases that the suspension is endowed with the optimal balance between the handling and the smoothness of the stroke. There are no specialocks, the rolls are moderate, the car is able to give pleasure controllability, along with the smoothness of the stroke and comfort.

Surprisingly, with such soothing qualities On the asphalt, Discovery Sport did not lose the ability to successfully ride and off-road, you are convinced of this right away as soon as the wheels concern the risky soil. The Terrain Response full drive system has only four modes, but gives a car off-road abilities, superior to the level of conventional crossovers. The car is able to overcome the brother depth to 600 mm, and the clien on the passport is 212 mm. In reality, it is slightly smaller, somewhere 205 mm, but the off-road abilities of the car does not diminish.

Under normal conditions, most of the thrust is transmitted to the front wheels. In the mud and on a slippery coating, the torque is actively varied between the wheels, and the car is successfully moving, without fear of diagonal hanging. Huldex coupling time is reduced to 300 milliseconds, that is, the optimal balance of thrust enters the wheels of the front and rear axle almost instantly. The car confidently moves both in a rut and on risks and kosoyram, and it makes it so intelligent and easy that an inexperienced driver can cope with the control. The engine tandem and transmission with excellent and smooth, correct gear shifts ensures reliable translational movement in any conditions.

So Discovery Sport will not leave the road off-road, almost as well as his older fellow legendary Marche. True, gentle bumpers and the lack of powerful, stationary towers say that it is still not worth it for a serious off-road on sports. And the manifold of the cross-country movement algorithms provided by the partic transmission of the crossover requires training. They need to be dealt with and experiment to understand the possibilities of the car in various conditions of movement. The car itself includes the locking of the coupling, dissolves the stabilization system, varies the degree of response to the gas pedal and limits the engine thrust. And it is important to know when and under what conditions this happens. For example, when the "Mud-Polose" mode is turned on, the stabilization system is "falling asleep", intensive slip is allowed, and the imitation of interclace locks is almost inactive. And, on the contrary, in the "Gravel-Gravel-Snow" mode there is a decrease in the reaction to pressing the accelerator pedal, the engine traction is limited, but the rear axle drive clutch is blocked. But most liked the "sand" mode - and the slip is allowed, and the thrust on all wheels is optimal, and the coupling is blocked. So in this mode, it is quite successful you can move almost for any type of off-road.

Summarizing the impressions of the new Discovery Sport, we can say that the car pleased almost in all positions. With an elegant respectable appearance, it remains good all-terrain vehicles and quite comfortable, practical car in daily operation. Freelander received a wonderful successor who only enamicated the advantage of the predecessor.
Prices at the time of testing started from 2.5 million for the standard version of the machine with fully drive, 150-strong turbodiesel and 9-speed "automatic". The maximum performance of Luxury costs from 3 million 240 thousand, and the test machine with the most complete set of options is even more expensive - 3 million 770 thousand.

SPECIFICATIONS LAND ROVER DISCOVERY SPORT (manufacturer data)

Body - 5-door, carrying, steel
Number of seats - 7
Gabarites, mm.
Length - 4589.
Width - 1895.
Height - 1724.
Base - 2741.
Clearance - 212.
Curb weight, kg - 1863
Full weight, kg - 2600
Trunk volume, L - 829/1698
Engine - Diesel with turbocharged
The number and location of cylinders - 4, in a row
Volume, l - 2.2
Power - 190 hp at 3500 rpm
Torque - 420 nm at 1750 rpm
PPC - 9-speed automatic
Drive - full with multi-disc clutch in the rear wheel drive
Front suspension - independent, spring, McPherson
Rear suspension - independent, spring, multi-dimensional
Maximum speed, km / h - 188
Access time from 0 to 100 km / h, C - 8.9
Fuel consumption per 100 km, l
Urban cycle - 7.1
Country cycle - 5.5
Mixed cycle - 6.1
Fuel - diesel
Tires - 235/55 R19

Pictures test drive

The car is provided to the test by TranstehService.

"That's what, freshDiscovery.!! Very beautiful! Highly!" - unexpectedly addressed me on the sink the owner of the newGLS.standing in the nearby box. "And whySport or newVelar. didn't chosen? StillRange. Rover! ". "Diesel?! And here I changed the gasoline - Diesel tahachatit is strong. " If it were not for time to leave, I am sure that the conversation would have been tightened for a long time: in the new Discovery.At first glance, so many changes that you can argue about them infinitely ...

Take at least absolutely new appearance, which, of course, divided fans in two. Some told the categorical "no" and left to worship the true "square", as often referred to as the third and fourth generation of Discovery. Others froze in charm, admiring not only a new-fashioned style, but also confidently in the fact that from ten meters almost no one distinguishes the new Disco from the hierarchically "senior" Range Rover.

From the last factor really turns out very good marketing stroke. The fact is that the new Discovery does not only look like Range Rover, but also surpasses all its "fellow" in size. It is wider and above even the largest Range Rover, losing only in a length of 5 cm even execution LONG. That is, according to the ratio of "quantity of the car" to the ruble, the new Discovery is obtained the most advantageous of the entire line of the British brand. And this is one third answer to the question why not RR Sport and not VELAR.

On bigDiscovery. a new image lay down as the wrong. With a random witness of the preparation of the machine to the test, I fully agree: newDisco. looks very great. UnlikeDiscovery. SportHe did not lose the stylistic connection with the ancestor, which is read in a variety of details. And with all its massiveness and monumentality, the car looks easily, elegant and, importantly, pathetic.

Revolution not only in design, but also in the technique: new bodyLand. Rover 85% made from aluminum, thanks to which the car lost a fantastic 480 kg in the mass (!), which had a very positive impact on all the driving parameters. As for the foundation, the closest "relative" on the platform D.7 u. is anRange. Rover Sport. Modified 3.0-liter "six" (gasoline and diesel) wentDiscovery. from the predecessor. "Younger", but very interesting "two-liters"Ingenium. We will arrive in Russia in the spring of 2018.

Inside the revelations, it is much smaller, and by and large there is no - with the exception of individual details and solutions, the interior of the new Discovery copies the decoration of the "senior" Range Rover. On the one hand, this is a plus: a nostalgic "square" salon pleases with a spacious landing and a lamp cooler, supported by the new texture of materials and simply an ominance of all sorts of practical and entertainment functions for each of the discovery inhabitants.

Only in the vicinity of the front sediments hid the whole five branches for the boosters, not counting the pockets and niches in the doors. Two gloves complements the cache with a chajnger under the captured lid of the climate control unit. Double bottom cup holders - under them bulk box. Warning rampant practicality Refrigerator in the armrest!

The multimedia capabilities of the car and conquer at all. A familiar Jaguar system InControl Touch Pro system with a 10-inch touch screen quad-core processor, 60 GB of memory, a Wi-Fi-router and 15 connectors for connecting external media, including 9 USB ports. And this is not counting the optional monitors for the rear passengers with three (!) Headphone sets.

On the other hand, in the interior of the new Discovery there are many nuances that become especially obvious after the last generation test of the BMW 540i, the newest technologies of which will soon appear on other models of the German brand, including X5 and X6 crossovers. Visradued, but the instrument shield is too simple. The projector testimony on the windshield is highlighted as if a flashlight. Switching the menu and the recalculation of routes is noticeably rotate, although the card with the display of the plugs is scaled and scrolled without delays. It is almost impossible to use the built-in browser because of the ping. Picture of shake chambers of the circular review are small and non-informative. In general, it is necessary to admit that to restyling the British stands to how to work on updating the multimedia-digital part of the car, otherwise there are all the chances to hear reproaches in moral obsolescence.

But what the SUV is exactly outside of criticism, so it is a passenger compartment. The space is supported by a smooth floor and a full placement of three, the truth, not very fastened passengers. Two of them are their own climate adjustments, monitors, sockets and multimedia ports.

Behind the backs of the second row, another pair of folding seats, claiming the title of full, but with stretching: Traditionally, the low installation of the chair makes the leg bent. On the other hand, and the "gallery" are suitable for all extra amenities, including a chic glass ceiling.

Absolutely all seats in the car are electrified. Moreover, the control blocks are as many as three sets, including the remote from the trunk. And when installing a special application, they can be folded even with a smartphone.

The minimum trunk volume is 258 liters. There is a folding shelf withstanding up to 300 kg, and caches. With a five-seater placement, this is an impressive 1137 liters, with all seats, folded in the evening with the horizon - 2406 liters. The reserve under the bottom always remains full-size

Behind the wheel does not leave the feeling of deja. The huge steering wheel on the "long" arc is imposed in turns, the eyes read the dimensions of a huge hood plateau, the view from the high "bridge" gives an overview to the horizon, and soft stripping on the asphalt waves when moving with squatting on the stern, at the start, they are pleased with it. Yes, I'm in Big Range Rover! Differences from the "older brother" only in a really felt ease with which the car is steeked along the road, as if Discovery is touching the asphalt, only to push out and fly further.

The merit of such behavior is not only in a super-efficient diet, but also in a beautiful conjunction of a 3.0-liter diesel engine and an 8-speed "automaton", which exactly and quickly listen to the accelerator. Thanks to a large number of steps, the regiment of the torque was managed to move as much as possible, so even during peak thrust and maximum return, the motor urchits is noble and very quiet, the Land Rover still accelerating up to 100 km / h in 8.1 seconds.

Sustainability is added to the lightness: Land Rover Discovery is very stable on straight, and even ground and curves, and is well held in the devias. But the passage of the latter is not his element. Great rolls, and the long-time "Branca" sharp deviations transfers very smoothly, turning them into a pause.

Fishing pneumatic suspension and 21-dum wheels - a combination of specific. On the one hand, in different smokers and even large pits, but with gentle edges Discovery. It comes with comfort and silence sailing yachts. But it is worth it to appear sharp joints, protracted broken areas or dupels Koldybin, as shaking appears, and the suspension is not-no Yes and will give an unpleasant blow.

All of the above is moving into the background as soon as Discovery turns out to be in their elements, that is, on the road. Yes, despite the even greater departure towards Glamor and Paphos, Land Rover did not solve the translation of Discovery to the camp of major crossovers.

The full arsenal of off-road funds is predictable - only the starting version of S is simplified. First of all, the owner, of course, will appreciate the impressive geometric patency, the parameters of which thanks to the air suspension are at the level of SUVs prepared for trophy-raids. Standard clearance of 220 mm by pressing the button can turn into 283 mm, and in case of emergency, in an impressive 358 mm. At the same time, the drops of the moves of the suspension relative to each other reaches 500 mm. With such parameters, squeeze Discovery in "Diagonal" is almost impossible. Yes, and hanging this machine is not afraid - in the work two blockable couplings.

Absolutely everything that happens to SUV systems can be displayed: suspension strokes, wheel rotation angle, degrees of roll, degree of clutches

Of course, before storming obstacles, it is worth choosing the program of a very efficient Terrain Response 2 system, which, in fact, and manages all the potential, changing the degree of locks, the return of the motor, the grip of systems active security and the sensitivity of the accelerator. The downstream and off-road "cruise" when the machine can be evenly crawled in brine, turned on with separate buttons.

The only weaknessLand. Rover Discovery. On the mud off-road - asphalt and instantly clogging tires. If traveling by immense expanses are regular in your life, we definitely advise you to change the dimension of the discs, and the tire model

What is the result?

To speak as a whole, the Discovery revolution made exclusively in the body direction, presenting new design on a new aluminum basis. In the rest of the other, the car seemed to pain the familiar, as if in her, the "senior" Range Rover parameters were slightly blocked. And it is precisely this, perhaps that the secret of the success of the new Discovery is lifting: the car looks almost like Range Rover, in terms of volume and functionality more interesting than Range Rover, with the corresponding motor rides rapidly than Range Rover, and it is at the same time one and a half or two million Cheaper.

If we abstract from the money, Discovery remained faithful, first of all, the spirit of adventures, which he infects, forcing it to go to the uncharted edges, and big family or by the company in complete comfort and with a mass of multimedia opportunities on board. Adding all the saved off-road potential to this, which, tickling the nerves, will leave many of the barriers behind, we do not just get a versatile car, but a whole amusement park.