![]() Monocoque vehicles are more rigid, giving improved high-speed handling, but can be damaged by the stresses involved in heavy off-road use. Whilst tough in off-road use, these are heavy and detract from the on-road handling of the vehicle. The previous Discovery models had used a traditional, strong ladder-frame chassis. It retains the key features of the Discovery, such as the stepped roofline and steeply-raked windscreen.Ĭonstruction-wise, Land Rover developed an all-new method which they called 'Integrated Body Frame'. Its styling is still traditional Land Rover, with function dictating the look, rather than fashion, and with lots of horizontal and vertical lines. The Discovery 3 (LR3 in North America) was an entirely new design, sharing not a single component with the outgoing model. A replacement vehicle had been planned for many years, but the project had been delayed many times due to the break up of the Rover Group in 2000 and the need to replace the Range Rover in 2001. ![]() The Discovery II was beginning to lose sales to more sophisticated 'working' 4x4 vehicles from Japan (such as the Toyota Land Cruiser and Mitsubishi Shogun) and 'sports' 4x4s from Europe (such as the BMW X5 and Mercedes-Benz M-Class). In turn, that vehicle used essentially the same underpinnings as the original Range Rover, launched in 1970. Although still a capable and popular vehicle, its chassis, coil-spring suspension and beam-axle layout had changed very little since the launch of the original Discovery in 1989. The Series II Discovery was long over-due for replacement. On 2 April 2004, owners Ford Motor Company introduced a new Discovery 3 (or LR3 in the US) for the 2005 model year. It is not as utilitarian as the Defender, but it is very competent off road. The Discovery was introduced in the late 1980s and is the most popular model of Land Rover. There have been three generations of the vehicle, which is somewhat less expensive than the company's top Range Rover model. The Discovery (now known in North America as the LR3) is a comfortable 4x4 vehicle (SUV in American-English) from Land Rover which is now owned by Ford.
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