You Can Now Buy The Land Rover Discovery As A Van
The Land Rover you see above may look like every other current-gen Discovery, but don’t be fooled. It even looks like a regular Disco when you get in the driver’s seat, until you turn around and see nothing.
That’s because this particular Landie is the new Discovery Commercial, and in place of the second and third rows of seats, there’s a massive, 1856 litre “hard-wearing” load bay. It’s separated from the driver by a metal guard, to prevent any loose items becoming intimately acquainted with the windscreen under hard braking.
The load space is 1635mm long, 939mm high and 1411mm wide. Figures which will be largely meaningless to you if you’re not into vans. But to put them in context, a short wheelbase Ford Transit gives you a 2582mm long, 1430mm high and 1430 wide bay.
So in other words, quite a bit less than a proper van, but a decent amount of space nonetheless. Plus, you have the benefit of owning something a little more desirable than a white box which will inevitably end up with profanities written in the dirt it accumulates in the winter months.
Want one? The range starts with the £48,695, 236bhp SD4 in ‘S’ trim, and is topped by
a V6 TD6 ‘HSE’ for £59,995. So it’s not cheap, but then neither is the Mercedes X-Class - another posho commercial vehicle effectively vying for the same slice of pie.
The Discovery Commercial is on sale now, with first deliveries taking place during the second quarter of 2018.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
Comments
It will be used for Amazon customer from Amazon Forest
It costs more for less
So it’s basically a Discovery GT3 RS
Less is more they always say…
But in this case you pay more for less…?
It will be used for Amazon customers from Amazon forest
Are you sure it’s TD4? I’m on the site right now and the 240hp engine is SD4 not TD4
Or just get this
I’m no expert…but something tells me this Transit is very fast at making deliveries.
Model S Shooting Brake, Land Rover Van, next you’re gonna tell me that there’ll be a MX-5 Hatchback
Wat
You would go out of business before you even started. Better off buying a used van in good condition. Spend that extra money on the business.
That’s not a van. It’s just a normal Discovery without rear seats. At least Land Rover used to an actual van with the three door Discovery. The new discovery was being developed not that long ago, so they should have made a proper van and not an afterthought.
Honestly, I’m trying really hard to think of the target audience for a car like this, but I just cannot come up with anything halfway plausible. It’s like they are trying to do what Mercedes-Benz and Audi are good at: coming up with niche models that nobody asked for and -quite frankly- nobody needs or wants.
Actually, SUVs without rear seats and used as vans are quite common in Norway. But! In Norway, the van versions are muuuuuch cheaper than the ones with back seats…