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This article is about the mid-size SUV. For the compact SUV, see. Land Rover Discovery Overview Manufacturer Production 1989–present The Land Rover Discovery is a mid-size luxury, from the British manufacturer.

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There have been five generations of the vehicle, the first of which was introduced in 1989, the second called the Series II update in 1998, the third generation, titled Discovery 3, launched in 2004 and was marketed in North America as the Land Rover LR3. Cautious Canine Patricia Mcconnell Pdf Creator here. The fourth in 2009 was the Discovery 4— Land Rover LR4 for North American markets. The fifth generation Discovery was introduced in 2017, and omits the numeric suffix of the previous two versions.

Pre-facelift Discovery Tdi three-door (Portugal) The Discovery was initially only available as a three-door version; the five-door body style became available in 1990. Both were fitted with five seats, with the option to have two fitted in the boot. Land Rover employed an external consultancy,, to design the interior. They were instructed to ignore current car interior design and position the vehicle as a 'lifestyle accessory'.

Their interior incorporated a number of original features, although some ideas shown on the original interior mock-ups (constructed inside a Range Rover bodyshell at Conran's workshops) were left on the shelf, such as a custom sunglasses holder built into the centre of the steering wheel. The design was unveiled to critical acclaim, and won a British Design Award in 1989. The original transmission was a dual-ratio five-speed manual with drive via a with a lockable centre. Facelift Land Rover Discovery V8i five-door (Australia) In 1994, many changes were made to the Discovery. It reached some markets as the 'Discovery 2'; the 200Tdi and 3.5 L V8 engines were replaced with the 2.5 L 300Tdi 4-cylinder and 3.9-litre Rover V8 engines. The 300Tdi introduced a Bosch electronic emissions control for certain models and markets.

At around this time a stronger R380 gearbox was fitted to all manual models. The newer models featured larger headlamps and a second set of rear lights in the bumper. The new rear lights had their wiring configuration changed several times to meet real or expected European safety legislation. Label Matrix 2012 Serial Number on this page.

Some vehicles were left with an arrangement where the vulnerable bumper contains the only working direction-indicator lights; other examples have these lights duplicated in the traditional rear pillar location. North America The 1994 model year marked the first year that the Discovery was sold in the United States. Airbags were incorporated into the design of the 1994 model to meet the requirements of US motor vehicle regulations, though they were not fitted as standard in all markets.

All North American specification (NAS) models were fitted with the 3.9-litre V8 from the SE models, and later models saw a change to the 4.0-litre version of the engine. Technically speaking, the 1996 to 1998 US models with 4.0-litre engines had the same displacement as the 3.9-litre engines fitted to the earlier 1994 to 1995 US models; the differences between the engines involved improvements to the block rigidity and pistons, and a change from the Lucas 14CUX engine management to the distributor-less Generic Engine Management System ('GEMS'). In earlier 3.9-litre US engines the fuel injection computer (14CUX) did not control the ignition, which was instead controlled by a traditional system with an ignition coil and distributor made by Lucas. Pauline Croze Pauline Croze RARE. The GEMS system was developed jointly by Lucas and; it controlled both spark timing and fuel injection. Unlike the earlier systems fitted to Rover V8 engines, GEMS was made compliant. This change was largely driven by the federal requirement (starting in 1996) for vehicles sold in the United States to meet the OBD-II specification.