Although ive never been as impressed with the disco 3/4 styling over my pre 3 model, The new disco (which im getting) has actually improved the front - the rear still isn't brilliant, but its not that bad. However the new D4 looks brilliant compared to the new RRS, unfortunately its styling is quickly going backward on me...I did start to warm to it (except the rear) but alas no

Im looking forward to all the toys my D4 will have, like the cameras and the detection stuff ect...its going to be cool.

Drive wise the Disco has always been a little more wallowy (is that a word) than the sport, but then I stand by the new sport having driven a few now not on a track is no more noticeable. It will be interesting to take the disco to Germany and see how it handles the autobahns compared to the last sport...I did use dynamic a bit, which of course the disco doesn't have, but whether torque vectoring makes any difference on a normal a road in Wales is something I don't know.

(fortunately we have no kids, but two dogs!)

All that said - its our money to use how we like on what we want Mike

2014 Facelift Discovery

From April to September, I did travel a few thousand miles across France, Belgium, Germany and so forth in a D4 and they were great miles. Loved every minute of it! The Disco just ate up the miles, went everywhere in great comfort.
I'll be doing similar next year in the new RRS which I've had since mid October. One thing is that it is somewhat wider, so one has to be a bit more careful with regard to smacking the 22" alloys on narrow roads with a kerb!
By the way auto heated screens are great, they will demist without pressing the buttons!

The sport breezed across Europe - it was really great to be in, so if the disco is as you say then it will be as good. Obviously my current disco has the heated screens as did the defender and sports ...unfortunately I really hate them coming on without me pressing the buttons...I know when I want it and can press the button (talk about a first world problem though!). Usual by the time the heater had run, the heated screen wasn't really required anyway.

The extra width and length (without the extra internal size) was another issue for me with the new sport...the last sport almost didn't fit in parking spaces as it was! One car park was just asking for alloy kissing on the curb...like you say that width makes it ever tighter. The 20" has a slightly bigger profile on the new sports though, which may help - but I bet the 22"s don't? Mike

2014 Facelift Discovery

Does anyone think the LR mania for reducing the button count has gone too far? Mark

SVR in Estoril Blue

Certainly less is more, my new HiFi is the same no bass,treble or balance and no flashing lights, unlike my old Pioneer from the late 80s High on lights low on sound.

But have they gone too far?

Stylish yes, practical not sure. Only time will tell.

Got a delivery date today - second week in April.  

Not far from us then, last change will be March?

Delivery April, build March so last change early Feb I think. 

Not sure when my cut off date is. My build date is 5th March. Arrived: MY16 A/B SDV6 in Aruba, Ivory interior, piano black trim, black panoramic roof, spare wheel, blind spot monitoring, mudlaps and more...

Gone but not forgotten:
2014 RRS2 SDV6 HSE in Loire Blue
2011 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE in Santorini Black

Disco wrote:

Just to explain the 74k bit, due to our profession we can get 7% discount.

So..... you must be Mountain rescue  2014.5 SDV6 AB Dynamic ... Fuji /Santorini Pan roof and 22's
2013 Porsche Boxster S 3.4
2014 Audi A3 S line Quattro
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Don't hold me to the exact day but I ordered mine around the middle of October and could have got it mid January but decided to hold back another month so mid/late Febuary. So its clear some dealers can get earlier delivery dates.

A lot depends on whether it's a petrol or oil-burner. 

^In my case its a diesel as is probably true for at least 95% sold in the UK.

Luminated wrote:

Don't hold me to the exact day but I ordered mine around the middle of October and could have got it mid January but decided to hold back another month so mid/late Febuary. So its clear some dealers can get earlier delivery dates.

Ordered my RRS Autobiography in August last year and was given an approximate date of July for delivery. Stafford Land Rover called last week to say they have a build slot on March 5th! Still in a state of shock.