We bought the Disco Sport as a replacement for our 98k miles Range Rover Sport 3.0 TDV HSE. An absolute peach of an SUV solo, good road holding not too much body roll and circa 35 mpg. Hook up the Elddis Zephyr (note max weight is 1800kg in the UK) and whilst super on the flat, show it a hil and thats were the revs climb steeply to maintain speed or to try and reduce speed dropping off. Our only outing to date from Dorset to Cornwal (A303 and A30) 20mpg going and 18 mpg on the way back. The RR Sport did the same trip and managed 22 mpg and was a lot easier on the hills.
Land Rover Discovery Sport Landmark easily towed our Geist caravan, tested it on the long inclines of the M6 in Cumbria and the undulating roads from Ingleton to Hawes in North Yorkshire, Only time you knew the van was on the back was when you checked in the mirror, rock steady, good hard suspension that refused to move no matter what, torqey engine and auto box a great match and despite what I had read about not getting into 9th gear on the motorway, it did just that and only dropped a cog or 2 at most on steep inclines. What amazed me most was the excellent refinement of this engine, super hushed at all times, MPG 22-24 a little on the low side, but still only got 1200 miles on the clock, it should avg about 25 towing overall on mixture of country and motorway roads, I'll be happy with that. I wholeheartedly recommend this Land Rover as a towcar, it beats my 2012 BMW X5 and that is saying something.
Towed our caravan for the first time, with our Land Rover Discovery Sport, on our travels to Cornwall. We travelled through the night and the weather conditions were pretty horrendous, with strong winds and heavy rain. However, the car performed impeccably well, coping with the side wind and steep uphill gradients on the A30. The caravan has a MTPLM of1490kg, plus we had 4 roof mounted mountain bikes on the car. I would highly recommend this particular vehicle as a towcar.
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