Land Rover reveals its new Discovery at the New York car show today.
When it arrived 15 years ago, the Discovery was meant to be an affordable Range Rover.
This latest incarnation seems to be the closest Land Rover has come to achieving that ambition. The first Land Rover built completely under the Ford control, it features new air suspension and a choice of Ford and Jaguar engines, including the new 2.7-litre V6 diesel due out first in the Jaguar S-Type this summer.
Land Rover has always played up its off-road pedigree (against mainstream "imitators") and so the new Discovery 3 also features a new four-wheel drive system know as Terrain Response, providing five settings which adapt to different conditions.
Discovery 3 makes its European debut at the Birmingham show next month and will be on sale in Ireland in October.