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Old 03-30-07, 07:30 PM
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Default 2008 Land Rover Discovery 3 (LR3) interior revealed!


At the Geneva Motor Show Land Rover announced freshened interiors for 2008 Range Rover Sport and Discovery 3 (LR3), but they haven’t released any official photos yet. Well, someone over at Land Rover enthusiast website Disco3.co.uk just emailed us with details on these new interior packages for Discovery 3 (LR3). According to Disco3.co.uk, there will be a Brunel Metallic trim option with Ebony center panel, a separate wood option package and a piano black trim option similar to that found in the Range Rover. 2008 model production is said to start April 30th and dealers are taking orders now.
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I'm impressed. Keep in mind this is the lowly Freelander. Vey nice touches there.
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Wood looks fake.

I wanna see that Piano Black trim option though...
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Originally Posted by PhilipMSPT
Wood looks fake.

I wanna see that Piano Black trim option though...
I am not sure about LR3 but the one that they use in RRS looks pretty impressive.
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The lower level Land Rover interiors always looked like crap to me. Very nice update. Nice to see a design (and hopefully quality) that finally has a family resemblance to the more expensive Range Rover.


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Keep in mind this is the lowly Freelander. Vey nice touches there.
Nah, this is the LR3. The Land Rover Discovery. Not the Freelander. I think thats LR2 now or something??

Weird *** names...
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Originally Posted by GFerg
The lower level Land Rover interiors always looked like crap to me. Very nice update. Nice to see a design (and hopefully quality) that finally has a family resemblance to the more expensive Range Rover.




Nah, this is the LR3. The Land Rover Discovery. Not the Freelander. I think thats LR2 now or something??

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You're absolutely right. The 3 actually indicates 3rd gen discovery on this side of the pond. They should have kept the famed Discovery name. Outright dumb, you would thing the midlevel range would be LR2 and not the other way around. Even Hummer got that right.
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The "lowly" LR3?

It still starts well over 40k and gets into the upper 50s.

That center stack looks severely dated for any SUV, IMO, much less one this expensive.

The passenger side of the vehicle reminds me heavily of a Lincoln SUV product - very large components, not much detail, just large swooping simple connecting angles and lines.

It's not horrible, especially if you're all business with it and just want a premium SUV that will off-road nicely. But if interior was one of my primary focuses, that SUV would be WAY down on the list of competitors.

Not to mention the ridiculously terrible reliability ratings they've received.
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Originally Posted by Threxx
The "lowly" LR3?

It still starts well over 40k and gets into the upper 50s.

That center stack looks severely dated for any SUV, IMO, much less one this expensive.

The passenger side of the vehicle reminds me heavily of a Lincoln SUV product - very large components, not much detail, just large swooping simple connecting angles and lines.

It's not horrible, especially if you're all business with it and just want a premium SUV that will off-road nicely. But if interior was one of my primary focuses, that SUV would be WAY down on the list of competitors.

Not to mention the ridiculously terrible reliability ratings they've received.
I agree. Land Rover LR3 is becoming more and more of a joke these days compare to its rivals. I don't see any compelling reason to choose LR3 over other SUV. No wonder they ranked dead last in recent Car and Driver comparo (I don't usually agree with C n D but this time I do)
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