Can someone lend me £40-£50k so I can get one please

DS Model Range and prices announced in SA.

Discovery Sport will also be offering a 7-seat option, and pricing is competitive for the 5-seater price listed below:

Price including emissions tax:
Discovery Sport TD4 S R545 901
Discovery Sport SD4 S R595 020
Discovery Sport SD4 SE R640 320
Discovery Sport SD4 HSE R697 020
Discovery Sport SD4 HSE Luxury R736 120
Discovery Sport Si4 S R598 200
Discovery Sport Si4 SE R643 500
Discovery Sport Si4 HSE R700 200
Discovery Sport Si4 HSE Luxury R739 300

What's that in GBP minus SA taxes?  Now:
17MY Discovery D5 2.0 HSE (Carpathian):

Gone::
(04/17): 16.5MY Discovery Sport HSE (Waitomo)
(08/16): 16MY Discovery Sport HSE Lux Auto (Corris Grey + Black pack)
(11/15): 15MY Freelander 2 Metropolis SD4 (Loire blue)

Exchange rate today was R17.33 to one Pound.
No idea about taxes just thought it will be interesting to compare with European prices.

If I took sterling out of my ABSA in CPT, I could get close to 20ZAR/GBP just on the Waterfront from burghers trying to get their money out of the Republic of Philamon's  Foraging near Gaydon....
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MY13 HSE Lux SD4, Baltic Blue - current, 30,000> miles without fault
MY12 HSE 2.2 SD4, Sumatra Black - gone after 10 months/43,000 fault-free miles

Another update: The gripes

It's not a large list and probably trivial but it's worth a mention.

1) Front seat belts don't adjust, don't see the reason why LR never designed them to adjust.
2) Reverse lights are pants, I notice there is something on topix regarding them so will mention it to my dealer.
3) Rear seats squeak, which it's going in for on Wednesday

Other than the above the DS is good. I will try and get a couple of photos of the DS and Fl2 together at some point, probably next weekend. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

Thanks for taking the time to provide updates I am hoping to get a secondhand something next year and hoping there will be a few Discovery sports on the market then or Land Rover start producing cheaper models. Have you taken yours offroad yet? My only worry with the DS is ground clearance along rutted tracks.

I've had it across a wet grassey field, performed as you would expect from a Land Rover. Ground clearance is 212mm at the front and rear 235mm, I would need to double check though. The Fl2 had less at the front but more at the rear. There is a couple quite spots I can go along to try it out, something for next weekend  21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

Spotted one on the road whilst walking back from the gym. I just can't believe how small JLR have made it





Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated  MY14 Kahn Converted Dynamic - Fuji White Ebony/Pimento Interior
MY15 Xenon Headlight Conversion

MY17 RRS SVR - Estoril Blue Cirrus/Ebony 🪣💺’s

I'm running around with this at the moment, the DS is in for its first and hopefully last warranty work. It's unwritten law that in LR ownership the car must go back to the dealers in the first month.


 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

What's your option of the Evoque now Jamie? Having had one in the past  MY14 Kahn Converted Dynamic - Fuji White Ebony/Pimento Interior
MY15 Xenon Headlight Conversion

MY17 RRS SVR - Estoril Blue Cirrus/Ebony 🪣💺’s

That particular one is very comfy, I think it has the Lux seats. My one was just a bog standard pure not much on it so didn't really feel like a Range Rover. I'm getting attached to my loaner, but I think the DS is better built, my temporary Evoque (15 reg) has a few creaks from the dash trim, and seems to be a bit of a miss mash of trim, piano black around the electric window controls but silver dash inserts and centre consol trim with a dotted pattern, though it feels more spacious behind the wheel than the DS. I forgot how much fun the Evoque is on country roads, my one didn't have dynamic setting on the TR, so I gave this one a good thrashing along some back roads, which brought a smile to my face. The SD4 Evoque, perhaps because it's smaller, feels like it has a lot more pace than my DS.

Would I go back to one? maybe, but it would have to be dynamic and petrol. 21MY Defender 90 S 3.0 D200

LRNUT,
Your view of DS confirms I HAD BEEN to specsavers when I mistook a DS for an Evoque in car park a couple of weeks ago.
It was parked a few rows away and I only had a straight view of the rear. All FL2's (3) Gone
2011 Mercedes C180 CGI Gone
FL2 GS Auto SD with heated leather, factory tints, alloy spare and a few other bits.

Well decision made for me. Old one polished up and provisionally sold. Replacement low mileage XS purchased.
So staying with a Freelander.
Old one never looked so clean, makes me wonder why change....
http://youtu.be/lRhtqExPLWg

Will later post my experience of taking this car to 101k for our interested potential Freelander owners

Peter.

Pete - that youtube link is set for private viewing only....

Bob 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)