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

[@kostanata100]

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 KZbin, keep it up. "Land f...ng Rover"😂😂😂

[@niprbmw_210]

Shame for the reliability of these JLR vehicles, shame on them.

[@tudoriusmaximus]

Informative, hilarious, real. Thanks Marek

[@MarekDrivesENG]

Yes, I had fun filming this. Thanks for watching :)

[@roberthorwich6121]

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

[@MrAndrei4777]

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

[@OshoLee]

thats all he did

[@extreme8808]

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...

[@MarekDrivesENG]

🤣

[@simamnkelemagaba7832]

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...

[@ianstewart2723]

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 😂😂.

[@MarekDrivesENG]

It's like reviewing a 90s Alfa Romeo. It's a gift that keeps on giving 🤣

[@bernardgarrett3897]

I really like your review style.

[@MarekDrivesENG]

Glad to hear it!

[@cfredlees100]

You helped me alot im done wanting one of these. I prefeenkoyong a car not spending yime returning to dealership😅r

[@gordonmac3616]

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.

[@olafhermans]

he just said that Discovery drops out of the top league and joins Velar and F pace

[@BrunovonNunlist]

I stay with my Discovery 3! Best ever!

[@phindumusa]

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

[@nealy2815]

Daylight robbery sums it up Marek.

[@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.

[@diorocks5858]

GM/chevy and ford overseas are so much better

[@MrFlazz99]

"...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.

[@MarekDrivesENG]

Yes, they do seem to have reliability issues that should not make it into production cars or be quickly eliminated based on service feedback. However the service seems overwhelmed by WTF went wrong, and the customer, who should not have to deal with this, gets stranded. All the marketing BS about how the new infotainment system will remind you to leave home early, because it knows there's traffic and you have an important meeting doesn't matter, when the car won't start.

[@AGC828]

I liked your honest opinions and the quirks on the DISCO...which probably exist o the Defender too...though, I haen't heard anyone menitone them yet. LR/RR has been known for their reliablity issues...i guess they haven't irnoned them out yet. :) So maybe if you're in this market for a expensive luxry SUV...maybe we should look at the Benz AMG G-wagon : instead... otherwise...look at hte Toyota Land Cruiser....which i thoght had more ground clearane than 9"....though in the end since most will ony be drivng in the city anway...doesn't actually matter... heh...

[@martinsexton7139]

Cool

[@darrenprior6339]

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.

[@MarekDrivesENG]

Sounds like the Alfa Romeo syndrome :) Gremlins aside, this is a very good car.

[@w3w3w3]

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

[@colinturner4158]

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

[@davidkelly3779]

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

[@jeremyrobson4392]

Gremlins aside, the Discovery is a highly versatile and accomplished car. Real shame the interviewer chose not to mention the vehicle’s many positive and compelling attributes when playing to the audience with his excessive and self-satisfying cynicism. I drive a Range Rover Sport presently and have had 5 Range Rovers, 3 other RR Sports and 2 Discoveries over the last 25 yrs. Not one has broken down on me, and all were purchased as new vehicles. I often wonder how many of those individuals who make a point of criticising the Land Rover brand for unreliability have ever owned and/or properly experienced one of its models.

[@MarekDrivesENG]

It's a 100k euro car, which seems to be put together by children. I think that sort of overshadows any positive aspects.

[@garysimpson3900]

JLR providing a motoring journalist with a vehicle with several faults. You couldn't make it up & it doesn't bode well for long term reliability.

[@MarekDrivesENG]

Yeah, not the smartest move. When I told the press fleet manager everything that's wrong with this car, they seemed surprised :)

[@Sznfctm]

Thanks for the review Marek, it's our regular Saturday morning watch now with my partner (although she watches it more cos of your jokes/sarcasm. 😁 ) So in this case, for 75/110k EUR you get a car where the touch buttons, seats, hood opening works only occasionally? People always sh.t on KIA and Hyundai, but they cost a fragment of this money, and everything is convenient and works immediately and quite likely on the long run too. I would have a good, fully functional car for cheap(er) vs leather armchairs on wheels with broken features any day. (I also can't comprehend why people buy a car with an even marginally dysfunctional infotainment that makes every trip just a little painful, but that's a comment for another day.)

[@MarekDrivesENG]

I'm honoured you like to spend your Saturday mornings in my company :) Yes, you pay 100k, and get something that may or may not always work. And I agree a large Hyundai/KIA SUV will probably do a better job on everyday basis, as long as you don't go off road with it. With smaller rims, and all-terrain tires the Discovery would be very capable off road. Assuming you actually need it to be. Because it's probably going to spend most of its time doing school runs, in which case Hyundai/KIA is probably a better choice.

[@takuan650]

I'll take the tram.

[@kevinn1158]

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.

[@otisreed8799]

Don’t buy a BMW or Audi for reliability

[@kevinn1158]

@@otisreed8799 well that was my point. Which has better reliability? Land Rover? LOL I don't think so.

[@Commentator541]

It is really nice, I was looking at used ones as they are dirt cheap, but it is just not cool at all, unlike the Range Rover, Evoque and Defender.

[@MarekDrivesENG]

Now you know, why they are so cheap :)

[@TK-kq7pg]

I would recommend a used Land Rover, but only to my worst enemies…

[@ChelseaSkopje6201]

Fantastic look , great car

[@autowiewiorka771]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@nikolayrayanov2895]

Defender, any day. The Land Rover Discovery is having too many issues.

[@bernardgarrett3897]

For God's sake Landrover Please put the numberplate in the centre, surely it can't be that hard

[@colinturner4158]

Range Rover is a status symbol

[@VABrowneMDPhD]

Your review suggests that JLR has lost interest in the Discovery and shifted much of its development energies into the Defender. The Discovery seems neutered compared to its historical niche in the Landrover product line.

[@MarekDrivesENG]

For now. They have to bring this generation to an end, and then JLR will do that "House of Brands" thing they announced last year. Discovery, Defender and Range Rover will become three (sub-)brands without focusing too much on the Land Rover name. Hopefully each of the (sub-)brands will then have some distinctive characteristics.

[@himynameistaylor]

Had they kept the charm of the Disco, people would buy it more. They don't buy it because of how it looks

[@colinturner4158]

They make some changes for the sake of it even it it doesn’t need them

[@colinturner4158]

Most issues are silly little annoying ones but should be sorted no excuses

[@michalklucz6907]

I've heard 'nothing shows better that you can't afford Range Rover than Discovery' so many times. I see them every single day, ale every time they are driven by women for a school run, I guess they are at least a second car for the household so there is no drama if you have to call AA. I would buy Defender instead every single time.. or Ineos Grenadier AND Skoda Kamiq for the same price ;)

[@JBinthesticks]

The new Land Cruiser is the reliable alternative to this effort.

[@richarddickinson7788]

Yer my Toyota 200 series was really reliable, other than cracks in chassis, blown rear differential, spline snapped off drive shaft, transmission not changing gears, drivers electric window failure just to name a few problems. Had total reliability out of Nissan Patrol, haven’t bought a LR for awhile now but never had any problems when I did.

[@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 Rover..... The Defender drives like crap! its an overpriced Wrangler, the interior sucks too

[@924Tomek]

Co robi ta ratowniczka ze słonecznego patrolu na miniaturce? Naprawdę zwiększa klikalność? 🙂

[@NemanjaPantelic]

The Discovery is.... very Disco :P

[@dalibormilic139]

WOW to think that company who can't sort out anything electrical is going to produce all electric cars in couple of years. Irony doesn't even begin to describe it. Otherwise I adore JLR but owning one would make a gulag more pleasant experience in comparison.

[@1001Balance]

Its an indian brand and it comes with superglue

[@devil5741]

They should rename the acronym JLFR Thanks for the great review, with all the shortcomings... and no advantages over competitors at all. That's why they are not popular. Objectively, a failed model. P.S. ...and by the way...I’d better look at the review of the second model, from the preview photo))) didn't see it right away

[@MarekDrivesENG]

KZbin now lets me test different thumbnails. So far nothing conclusive, so I may be sexy enough to skip clickbaity pics :⁠-⁠)

[@devil5741]

@@MarekDrivesENG more than enough 😊

[@Realist20]

People that criticise these cars have never owned one, least reliable Audi Q5 2nd least reliable Nissan x trail according to what car 😂😂

[@oliveringram3056]

A Landrover broken down.....surely not. Nothing has changed then.

[@colinturner4158]

The defender all day long

[@romeosantiago]

Good exterior design but the reliability just plain sucks.

[@markdean3217]

Love look of car, but will not put up with unreliability and getting nicked, so now way ❗️🤷🏻‍♂️

[@robc5955]

Think you summed it up ‘fing land rover’ an utter embarrassment - I know they are trying but whatever they are doing it isn’t working.

[@JohnyMcNeal]

Their top of the range is respectable but discovery never was, evoque had a good start with first model but now it's also fallen behind.

[@samwhite8093]

Who on earth would buy a Land or Range Rover?

[@Rickwardful]

It’s an ugly looking thing to us LR purists! I’ll stick with my 2005 LR3, which has just sailed through its MOT test. It looks good, is great to drive, doesn’t have loads of over-complicated unnecessary gadgetry and is still reliable. All the D5 does, is give LR a bad name. I love LR, but it has to be the classical stuff that has proven itself, for me.

[@soulfultaste]

disco is a good car but the rear end is so ugly that you would never choose it over other land rovers

[@jimrowley7652]

It looks a hideous thing compared to the late Discovery 4!!!!!

[@signoresantinoburnett1169]

These things are good for nothing more than a 3-4 year lease, and then dump it. One of the most unreliable SUV's ever on the market.

[@grorbek]

The only people that would spend money on these cars are ones that don't do any research about cars. They don't look at reviews or reliability ratings. They like the way it looks and feels. Everyone else buys Japanese German / Korean.

[@saurabhshahane3707]

Not necessary..they can afford the maintenance and repairs of cars like this ..

[@noelcahill6707]

The german brands are no where near what they were

[@npc4762]

Most of the automobile reviewevers accept that Range Rover is the best suv. But Americans like talking

[@allentyson5475]

Some people do the research and they still want them. I'm not sure whether you own one or not. They are quite nice.😅

[@mattjordan9521]

I’ve owned 9 rovers over the years. I’ve had trouble with only 1. I’ve owned 2 fords that were less reliable, less comfortable, and less capable. I’ve owned 1 Toyota which has been as reliable as an anvil. But it is less comfortable and less capable.

[@AlexIVVIxelA]

The well recognised Discovery brand died together with Discovery 4 in 2016 They made this ugly monster D5. Fail. Hopefully it was exactly this former LR D5 designer who was bought and transferred by NIO. So we have a chance to wait for a normal Discovery 6. Most likely 😅

[@padmanabh105]

Its no more a British brand😂😂😂

[@andersemanuel]

SAD just sad

[@landroverSV]

No thanks it looks like crap and I don't care for electric, hybrid or diesel engines! Plus not worth the ridiculous price and you can't even open the hood to show the engine 😅 I'll be keeping my 2008 Discovery 3 SE 4.4 V8 with 99K miles and still going! Cheers 🍻 🇺🇸

[@martythomas599]

Haven't they learnt, the rear/back is so so ugly.

[@jairocastellanos7790]

This is my first time watching you, I wish you didn’t use profanity..like the F word.. also I found you really negative and bios tours the brand. Not apealing overall

[@MarekDrivesENG]

Fuck me.

[@diorocks5858]

shame they destroyed there brand..omg what a shit disco

[@Just_Mike64]

Unreliable piece of ummmmm car for 3 years average net wage. Who is buying things like this, you have to be rich and stupid at the same time. Great review though !

[@ED-zc2um]

Hey Marek,great review but once again I have to suggest…. Less of the ‘banging’ music please …… maybe something more subtle???🤔

[@MarekDrivesENG]

The music is fine. It's the variety of devices it is played on (plus KZbin compression) that may be a problem.