Land Rover Discovery LR4 test drive since 2009 SUV

Land Rover Discovery G4 Challenge. 2,000,000 rubles.

His appearance delights, it can be surrounded along and across, you can even ride on it by ordering a test drive, but the trouble: you can’t buy it. So why is this poisonous orange Land Rover Discovery III in the G4 Challenge configuration in front of the official dealer?
Here you are. Previously, in order to travel on the legendary Land Rover Discovery G4 Challenge, it was necessary so much that those who went through only the Land Rover G4 Challenge qualifying competitions can be safely equated with superman. It was they who, having plenty of fusion in the jelly water, catching up on the rocks and retaining strength only thanks to the ability to properly prepare snakes and drink tea from swamp water (this is briefly), they were honored to rule such a car. And now? And now come to the salon, apply for a test drive, get the key, and that’s all, you are a hero. However, do not rush to revel in your steepness. And that's why.
It all started when Land Rover first muddied the legendary Camel Trophy under his auspices and put his own cars as official cars of the competition. The marketing move was a success, sales crawled up. But how else, when a potential client saw on TV such a thing, from which the hair stood on end not only on his head, but also in places more unpredictable. Defenders and discovers crawled on vertical rocks, swam under water, hung on trees, in general, they did such that an ordinary SUV would not even dream of a terrible dream. There was only a catch. All these cars were on purpose prepared. But the men did not know! They tried to execute the same thing on their newly acquired serial cars and simply mentioned the equipment. Letters went. In such an advertisement, as you know, Land Rover did not need. As a result, the project was turned.
And then they revived, but already under a different flag, in a different color and with other cars. Now, only serial machines, that is, settled from the conveyor along with others, participated in the competitions. Their only difference was only orange color. But what then to be with everything else that makes the appearance of this Discovery III unique? And everything is very simple: everything that can be seen on this machine can be installed in the same way on any other, both together and separately, depending on preferences and tasks, whether it be a shnorkel, an expeditionary trunk, or if five -ton winch. The whole trick is that everything that we now see on TV, watching the fascinating adventures of participants in the Land Rover G4 Chellenge, is quite accessible to ordinary mortals.
Or almost ordinary, because everything that is rightfully and quite reasonably, from the point of view of practicality and necessity, is installed on this car, pours into a rather tidy sum and comparably almost half the cost of the machine. And if you can afford it, then you will not be able to get one hundred percent similar car. Because in the Land Rover production program of such a color as Tanger orange, there will be no. So why does he stand in front of the interior of official dealers? Yes, then, to demonstrate the huge potential that is laid in these cars. Well, better advertising, as you understand, do not come up with.

Specifications
Mark and Model Land Rover Discovery G4 Challenge
Dimensions 4835x2009x1890 mm
Diesel engine, V6, 2720 cm3, 190 l. S./4000 min--1
Automatic transmission, 6 -speed
Dynamics Max 180 km/h; 12.7 s to 100 km/h
There are no competitors

Advantages and disadvantages
+ Excellent patency, comfortable and spacious interior, abundance of working and auxiliary light, the presence of a winch.
The price and the inability to buy such a car directly.

Driving
The car is not bad on the asphalt, however, it reveals its main potential to off -road, and Shnorkel, competent off -road rubber and a worthy armored personnel carrier of the bottom, contribute to this.
Salon
Convenient, spacious, cut from high -quality materials. But stylistically clearly loses to more fresh competitors.
Comfort
The car has everything in order not to feel discomfort either on the long journey, nor in the bosom of nature, or in a long march.
Safety
A full set of necessary equipment is included in the basic equipment.
Price
It is high, of course, but if you take into account what this car is capable of, it is quite justified.

Author: Oleg Kalaushin
Photo: Igor Kuznetsov
 
 
 

Source: Magazine 5 wheel [January 2009]