It’s due to be revealed in late 2016, and as you’d expect it’ll be festooned with clever technology – as well as being more spacious and better both on and off-road than ever before. That’s not forgetting the fact that it’ll be noticeably posher inside, too.
There’s huge responsibility resting on the shoulders of the fifth-generation Discovery. Aside from having to tread a path so successfully dominated by its four predecessors, it’ll also headline one of Land Rover’s new brand ‘pillars’.
Disco 3/4 design cues are few and far between, but there’s more than a fleeting resemblance to the Discovery Vision concept – and as the disguise is dropped from the front end, we’re seeing an even closer likeness to the Range Rover Sport.
Similarities between the Disco and the Rangie Sport are likely to run more than skin deep, with the Discovery 5 expected to be based on the Range Rover Sport’s lightweight aluminium architecture to improve efficiency and handling.