2024 Land Rover Discovery P360 FL - Oops! (ENG) - Test Drive and Review

Land Rover Discovery debuted more the 30 years ago. The family SUV was originally designed to slot between the utilitarian Defender, and the luxury Range Rover. The Discovery competed against then-popular Japanese off-roaders, which spent more and more time on the tarmac doing school and grocery runs.

In 2020, Land Rover refreshed the Discovery. Yes, I also missed this information, because, like most potential customers of the British brand, I was only interested in the Defender. What's new about the Discovery?

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↔ Land Rover Discovery dimensions:
✔ length: 4956 mm
✔ width: 2000 mm
✔ height: 1888 mm
✔ wheelbase: 2923 mm
✔ boot/trunk: 258 - 2391 L ("wet liters")

💲 Land Rover Discovery starting price: 75 000 euro

💲 Land Rover Discovery HSE P360 price as tested: 110 000 euro

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Chapters:
0:00 introduction
0:30 Discovery history
1:25 Discovery market positioning
3:05 changes, engines
4:00 fuel economy, performance
5:10 AWD diagonal approach test
5:40 maneuvering, dimensions
6:15 driving impressions
7:00 driver aids
7:35 visibility
8:05 cockpit
10:40 rear seat
11:25 third row
13:03 boot
13:45 towing
14:00 pricing
14:27 conclusion

[simamnkelemagaba]

In South Africa, all Discovery models and Range Rovers have a market...Some people don't want the defender they want the Discovery and some they want the Discovery sport. People with the same brand but old models are more likely to buy an updated model of the same brand...

[MrAndrei]

Thanks you Marek for mentioning all of the negatives/unpracticalieties.

[roberthorwich]

The moment you mentioned the broken bonnet catch, i remembered why I don’t want a JLR product.
They break.
A lot.

[kostanata]

Jesus, nothing is working. How can these cars be called luxury? Shame on JLR.
I would be very angry if I paid that much money and ended up with so many faults.
Marek, your test drives are one of the best on YouTube, keep it up.
"Land f...ng Rover"😂😂😂

[ianstewart]

Beautiful Interior but the technical faults would drive me crazy. Great review and Landrover were right on queue and didn’t disappoint with the technical gremlins but very funny 😂😂.

I stay with my Discovery 3! Best ever!

[gordonmac]

I think you will find that the Discovery, Range Rover Sport and Defender share the majority of chassis components and drive trains. The Velar and F Pace similarly. Evoque, Discovery sport and E Pace also share a lot. I chose a 2022 Discovery D300 over the Defender because I regularly do 2500km each way trips twice a year. The discovery is roomier, quieter and more comfortable and on snow covered mountain roads not noticeably less capable.

[extreme]

From (possibly) all British cars, I truly love the Disco . . but the reason for the bonnet mechanism to be broken is, unfortunately, no accident. You see, the bonnet in these magnificent beasts needs to be opened more often than the driver's door. 😅 You would think they would've figured out reliability with so many years on the market, but the changes of ownership are the obstacle which people seems to be missing. A new owner comes with new requirements, usually up to a price, which for a luxury brand like LR would mean re-engineering components to meet the new criteria. This cannot be overstated and unfortunately the Disco is the most "popular" example...

[phindumusa]

I am in stitches watching this review. Yep, I thought I was the only one complaining about the quirks. English Patient.

[OshoLee]

You are missing the point on the Discovery...this is more of a trashing of the car rather than a review....This is the best luxury off roader SUV in the market, except for the Range The Defender drives like crap! its an overpriced Wrangler, the interior sucks too

[tudoriusmaximus]

Informative, hilarious, real. Thanks Marek

[darrenprior]

As an owner of this current D5 (previously owned a 2018 model) I found this review hilarious. Land Rover owners are an unusual bunch. We suffer through all of the niggles and reliability issues and what do we do? Trade the damn thing in for another one!! Utterly stupid and I make no excuses for my lack of brains.

[geektarded]

I’ve owned a 2019 discovery and currently own a 2024 defender and the discovery has way less road noise and is more comfortable inside with better places to put things. The defender looks better but has a horrible console with no place to sit your phone and be able to view waze app turn by turn list (in addition to the map on the pivi screen) without buying a third part tray from amazon. Also discovery has softer seats, more width in the seats and leg area as well as more storage in the back. Finally, the discovery has 2 glove boxes one of which will lock in valet mode. The defender has one VERY small glove box that does not lock in valet mode.

[laupakhin]

I really feel that Land Rover keep shooting themselves in the foot with their strategy of having all these models focussed towards a similar segment of the market instead of just having one or two and making them work properly. The Discovery kind of sits in no-man's land of being a bit too luxurious and expensive for a lot of the market, while also not being a luxury car. Anyone who wants the off road ability and tough looks will go with the Defender, and luxury buyers have multiple Range Rovers to choose from.

[MrFlazz]

"...having to choose between the Defender and the Discovery, I'd..." rather walk!

When Ford bought Jaguar and Land Rover, they told Jaguar to teach LR how to build cars properly and LR to teach Jaguar how to make money. Somewhere along the line, something went wrong and now Jaguar is just a boutique LR brand with good old LR quality. I'm just an inverted snob because I couldn't buy (or run) one of these unless I remortgaged my house, but even if I had the money and the space, I'd rather buy something Korean or Japanese...and I'm a Brit who should want to be proud of JLR.

[www]

love land rover but the reliability issuies really put me off tbh. My father has had like two the older model range rover sports and the newer ones (both where like 2 years old at the time) and both had many many problems

[kevinn]

I don't get it. Go buy a Lexus. Or a Toyota. Or a CX90.... or a BMW, or Audi... Looks like you had fun with this Marek.. LOL. Oh, and I wouldn't buy a Defender either. Too expensive relative to the competition.

[colinturner]

The number plate area as changed thank god it looked odd to me

[davidkelly]

The best of the off-road Discos finished production almost 20 years ago. They have gone down hill ever since.

[gerryocallaghan]

I have a 2018 model, brilliant car couldn't recommend it enough… maybe been lucky but the amount of small little quirks like boot load space, storage space, firm drive vs defender is much better, i loaded an ikamper on it and ultimate all rounder, i had a defender 2 years ago and while lovely car to look at not as nice drive switched to a RR sport recently much better have to say, everyone to there own !