NEW Land Rover Discovery Sport review – better than ever? | What Car?

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In this new Land Rover Discovery Sport review, we see if some fresh tweaks make this SUV better than ever.




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[simonhughes]

Charging a premium price for an SUV and removing the most used physical controls is taking the piss, and looks cheap and botched. Time car designers listened to their customers and move back to physical controls. At least diesel still offered though a straight six would suit size and weight better.

[trustmub]

Absence of physical climate controls is a deal breaker for me. I will hold on to what I have a little longer.

[Mlippy]

People talking about bad reliability are stuck more than 5 years ago. It's not like that anymore.., even my 2019 Sport Supercharged has no problems 110k km in and warranty having run out

[unclenolly]

Why, when nearly every car review I watch, bemoans the lack of physical climate control buttons, are car manufacturers constantly ‘updating’ their cars to remove them? Are they all trying to be Tesla? I suppose the reason will be costs.

[sevensixtysteve]

Great review, such a shame that JLR don't sort out their reliability issues. It's probably the single biggest thing that holds the brand back and as the years roll by, it never gets fixed. Criminal waste of an iconic brand in my opinion.

[PSUC]

The temperature can be changed by dragging the side temp up or down you don’t need to tap and tap. Makes it that much faster. Although still not better than physical controls

[NickPhillips-nk]

Can`t comment on other peoples reliability issues, but I have had JLR cars solidly for the last 11 years, probably done 300, 000 miles, NEVER had a breakdown.

[brianallan]

Honest review. Thanks for mentioning how unreliable JLR vehicles actually are. Consistently ranked at the bottom.

[a.p.textileindustriesindus]

How can you say it’s unreliable, kindly upload the videos of unreliability reports with proof before speaking about it…I have been the owner of this car for 3 yrs now and clocked 80000 kms but apart of regular servicing, haven’t faced any issues …bloody corrupted automotive journalists

[cabottaxi]

What is the difference tapping on that touchscreen to fiddling with a mobile phone ? 
Both are distracting the drivers attention.

[mikadavies]

No JLR product should be heralded as a quality product. Until they can resolve their dreadful reliability issues. Top 5 most unreliable vehicles for the last 10+ years.

[tonepilot]

I really feel car safety standards need to evolve to mandate physical controls for some functions like turn signals, climate, windshield wipers and a few others.

[vp]

Should have mentioned the insurance costs/ issues with obtaining insurance through regular companies

[Billywoo]

Screens are cheap and easy, and horrible to use. Thankfully most are going back to a combination of buttons, where buttons are better and screens, when screens are needed.

[xmuninu]

I love my 2016 Discovery Sport. It's spacious, practical and in my case very reliable. The only thing I have had to change since 2017 was the battery!
It is super smooth and quiet to drive thanks to my choice of 18 inch wheels. I really can't understand why people go for the larger 19, 20 or 21 inch wheels and then complain about the bumpy ride.
I actually think Land Rovers look strange with big wheels and thin tires. A Land Rover isn't a sports car after all.

[SimpleCarGuy]

This guy has gotten really good at presenting! Good job.
Any tips!?

[alanrutland]

Unbelievable, no one wants heating controls in “the screen” but lo, they are all doing it. Makes you wonder why when everyone, and car reviewers say why. At least Skoda have maintained some dedicated climate buttons but, once again the previous set up was perfect. Like the lack of rear screen wipers. What is that about.

[JP-]

1:10 If you touch and hold the tempreture icon, then slide finger up and down, there's no need for the "poke and prod" method.

[simondevereau]

I have had LR for 25 years. I had one of the first Disco Sports (range topper). The reliability was appalling from day 1. The looks are great, the feeling of luxury and quality are very good. Engines, reliability and dealer support are 0/10. I’ve had Discos since and the story is the same. My next car will NOT be a LR.

[timoliver]

Thought that Land Rover controls were all tested to be used when wearing gloves - doesn’t work with a touch screen. Hoping that JLR don’t remove the buttons and knobs from the next facelift of Defender, if they do I won’t be changing my 2023 90 for anything without proper buttons and rotary knobs to control functions