Specifications

Price: £30,960
Engine: 2.2-litre diesel
Performance: 0-60mph in 10.9 seconds, 37.7mpg
CO2: 194g/km:
Worth considering: BMW X3, Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4

Land Rover is facing a lot of uncertainty at the moment. First, its activities are focused on the market for 4×4s, a sector which, after several boom years, is less fashionable than it was because of environmental concerns. Second, Land Rover’s owner, Ford, is considering several bids for the company, and could end up selling it.

We are having an open day to celebrate our 25 year anniversary on Saturday 28^th July 2007 at Brookwell’s Main Branch in Bovey Tracey, come along from 10am.

You will be able to meet all the team and have a look round our stores

We will have some vehicles, old and new on display.

Prize draw will be done, with a chance to win some prizes donated by us and our suppliers. All proceeds will be going to Devon and Cornwall Air Ambulance.

Our shop will be open as normal in the morning for all retail customers.

With Ford selling off parts of its Premium Automotive Group (PAG) one at a time, it remains uncertain if Land Rover and Jaguar will end up under the same ownership in the future. In the meantime, Land Rover is collaborating with Jaguar on a future flagship model that will draw on Jaguar’s expertise to produce a new Range Rover with a lighter-weight construction that could expand both upmarket and down.

Few cars create such admiration and annoyance in equal measure as the Land Rover Discovery. To some it symbolises the kind of extravagance that is responsible for global warming, to others it is a practical combination of people carrier, off-roader, estate and luxury transport.

Either way, one thing is beyond argument: the latest model is the best of the breed. The third incarnation of the Land Rover Discovery was launched in the UK in 2004 and was immediately acknowledged as being on a different plane from its forebears.

With the power of a rhino and the grace of a ballerina, the Range Rover Sport is some car. And the diesel’s suprisingly green, says David Wilkins

Specifications

Price: £53,120

Engine: 3.6-litre diesel

Performance: 0-60 mph in 8.6 seconds, 25.5 mpg

CO2: 294g/km:

Worth considering: BMW X5, Mercedes ML Class, Range Rover

We’ve featured the Range Rover Sport on The Verdict before. Last time, just like this time, our test car was a diesel. That first car was very impressive and so is this, but there is one important difference. On our original test car, the “Sport” badge looked out of place. On this one, it doesn’t.