Low Range Episode 5
Aug 11, 2026 · 54 min · 13 segments
Lots of Land Rover chat including the new Range Rover GT, Defender Wolf trademark, workshop chat and much more.
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Aug 11, 2026 · 54 min · 13 segments
Lots of Land Rover chat including the new Range Rover GT, Defender Wolf trademark, workshop chat and much more.
The one thing I was shocked, and not necessarily in this order, but the one probably that I was a little bit shocked about, is the demise of the Discovery Sport.
Yeah, so the Discovery Sport obviously came, we all thought it was the Freelander 3, really, didn't we? It was the continuation of that, but Land Rover fell out of favour with the Freelander, and I guess it was their building their House of Brands, although I think the Discovery Sport predated the actual House of Brands announcement.
Yeah.
Well, it was, I think, a great mid-range Land Rover that ticked a hell of a lot of boxes for a lot of the Land Rover... following, if you like, because you could get it with seven seats.
Yep.
You know, it was a good towing car.
Good
towing
car,
yep.
If you got the right engine, it was fairly reliable.
Yep.
It
was fairly economical.
It was nice to drive.
It was nice to drive.
They did drive nice.
It was, you know, so you had reasonably nippy with both engines.
It was a good drive.
It was a solid, safe...
And to be fair, the starter engine, the 2.2, we've got customers running a 2.2 with over 200,000 miles on.
And so, you know,
it was great.
The one thing I was shocked, and not necessarily in this order, but the one probably that I was a little bit shocked about, is the demise of the Discovery Sport.
Yeah, so the Discovery Sport obviously came, we all thought it was the Freelander 3, really, didn't we? It was the continuation of that, but Land Rover fell out of favour with the Freelander, and I guess it was their building their House of Brands, although I think the Discovery Sport predated the actual House of Brands announcement.
Yeah.
Well, it was, I think, a great mid-range Land Rover that ticked a hell of a lot of boxes for a lot of the Land Rover... following, if you like, because you could get it with seven seats.
Yep.
You know, it was a good towing car.
Good
towing
car,
yep.
If you got the right engine, it was fairly reliable.
Yep.
It
was fairly economical.
It was nice to drive.
It was nice to drive.
They did drive nice.
It was, you know, so you had reasonably nippy with both engines.
It was a good drive.
It was a solid, safe...
And to be fair, the starter engine, the 2.2, we've got customers running a 2.2 with over 200,000 miles on.
And so, you know,
it was great.
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