2012 Land Rover Discovery Car Review - NRMA

"The Land Rover Discovery 4 is easily Australia's most capable all-terrain four-wheel drive, but it's also an excellent people mover, and luxurious to boot..."
Fresh from winning a seventh consecutive Australia's Best Cars Best All-Terrain 4WD, Land Rover has released the MY12 Discovery 4. The running changes include two new alloy wheel designs, Bluetooth and iPod connectivity as standard, and a colour non-navigation touch screen on the entry-level audio system. There are also interior tweaks to the steering column-mounted indicator wands (they're now meatier looking and feeling), and two new option packs (Technology and Vision Assist). The price has increased by $2300, but the Disco 4 continues to undercut, price-wise, many of its rivals thanks to its cavernous interior and its outstanding Terrain Response system. Our review vehicle is a Discovery 4 3.0 SDV6 SE.

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[nrmadriverseat]

Thanks very much for the post tmanutd82. We know Land Rover's can be cantakerous, and we probably should make mention of reliability, not just for them, but for everything we video review... we're in the process of tweaking our review template so this is great feedback. Keep it coming.

[nrmadriverseat]

Really? This is good to know, so, can you let us know what you're basing this statement on?

[Hilton205]

ugly color !

:D

[3rewster]

Love it !

[bigfoot1310]

@tmanutd82 which I presume would be important off road as if you break down in the middle of no where getting out and getting something done I would think be harder

[cardude1992]

this is so far the best in its class.

[jjrdias]

I think it's a bit harsh to compare the very unreliable Disco 3 to the latest iteration. I'm still looking for some hard data on the LR4, but sites like jdpower only still have data regarding vehicles with an average of 4 years - the LR4 came out in 2009.

[Chucky2001969]

@nrmadriverseat

I ll help to tell you what you can base the statement on - apart from the formal complaint about the D3 I sent to NRMA you can start doing a bit of reading here on these links.

disco3.co.uk - read to your hearts content!

autoweek.com (look for land rover)

Oh and be sure to tell buyers NOT to get the under-body wet, dirty or drive off road as they will most likely then have to replace a park brake at a cost of around $2000

[tmanutd82]

It's just unprofessional to not address that reliability issues. Consult any reliability survey (JD Power for example) and Land Rover is consistently at the lower end. Or ask previous owners, such as myself, and they'll tell you that while Land Rover's customer service is excellent - we only know that because we watch our vehicles be towed back to the dealer every 7,500km (at best). That's not to say they aren't great cars, they are, but if you need reliability, just buy a Toyota.

[ivarsrini]

Unfortunately the worst reliability in the business.