Here's The New Land Rover Discovery Lapping The Nurburgring For Some Reason
Nordschleife testing is so prolific these days, that it seems even the likes of the fifth-generation are sent around the Green Hell for evaluation
What’s particularly surprising about this video is that the incoming new Discovery looks fairly comfortable on the Nordschleife. Sure, the tyres are clearly experiencing a sadistic form of torture judging by the prolific squealing, but the fifth-gen Disco certainly isn’t flopping around like you might expect.
It’s underpinned by a new, Range Rover-derived monocoque chassis, replacing the ancient ladder setup used by all Discoveries before it. This will cut the weight considerably in comparison to the bulky Discovery 4. Looks-wise, judging by spy shots we’ve seen of the car wearing much lighter camouflage, we can expect something which looks like an enlarged Discovery Sport.
Video via Auto Evolution
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Next thing you know they’ll be testing Remote Control cars here
What did you say 😂
I was like ‘oh a new defender’ but then ‘lapping the Nürburgring’ wot.
I think everybody reacted that way
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I’ve always thought of the discovery as a more luxurious Defender, so why the heck are they testing it at the nurburgring? Test it on the Rubicon trail lol
I don’t see a problem in new cars lapping the ring. If they can perform there well they will perform well on any road.
I would totally buy a minivan that’s been tested on the ring.
LOL joke - I couldn’t give a crap about how a vehicle goes round the Nurburgring.
I totally agree, for sporty hatchbacks or faster cars it wuld make sense but a Landrover? No! I think they should focus on the of road testing instead…
But didn’t they already remake it?
Totally justified. Because my office commute will include hundreds or sharp corners where I will overtake bikers on the outside. Right?
Disco on race track = pointless.
Interesting to see, though.
See, that’s SUV-market in a nutshell. Even the brands themself know exactly that these things will NEVER see any kind of off-roading action so they don’t even bother to test their new versions anywhere else than on a bonafide racetrack. Because, if anything, then these cars will be pushed to their limits in a city, highway or on curvy B-roads and nowhere near the dirt.
Boy, this is sad stuff tbh.
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