First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: Land Rover Discovery

What is it? Originally a more comfortable, upmarket alternative to a Defender, the Land Rover Discovery has of late become more of a less Premier League Footballer-y alternative to a Range Rover as the Defender simply grew older and less relevant. It is big, it is extremely capable off the road and extremely comfortable on […]

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XCAR on the Discovery Sport

A few days back we bought you a teaser video with an excerpt from the next episode of the NZ Motoring Podcast (due very shortly!) where David Linklater shares his experiences on the international launch of theĀ Land Rover Discovery in Iceland. Well, it seems our friends from XCAR were there too, so here is their […]

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Land Rover Discovery Sport in Iceland

The latest episode of the NZ MOTORING PODCAST will be out shortly and in it David Linklater talks about his recent trip to Iceland to drive the new Land Rover Discovery Sport on its international launch. Today we bring you a quick video of footage from the launch and some of David’s thoughts as a […]

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First Drives New Cars

FIRST DRIVE: A pair of Land Rovers

New engines, improved interiors and a transmission we have been waiting for (in a Land Rover, at least) were the big news from a low-key Land Rover launch today. The Freelander gets a brilliant petrol engine that will seem strangely familiar and the Discovery gets a brilliant 8-speed auto transmission. We spent a day sampling […]

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