This V8 Land Rover is more Goldmember than Goldfinger, but it's very cheap. Feeling brave?
Younger readers might be surprised to learn this, but in the 1990s Britain was overrun by enormous herds of feral bulls. Large, angry male cattle were a constant menace everywhere you went, especially in urban areas and – the riskiest place of all – while doing the school run.
The first Discovery was a huge success, but never a poster child for reliability. It was launched in 1989 and immediately turned into huge hit with those looking for a 4x4 that hinted at a rugged lifestyle rather than making you look like a farmer. Beneath the butch design it shared much with the first-generation Range Rover, including live axles, a locking centre differential and a two-speed transfer box. Engine choice at launch was between a new 2.
Land Rover had chosen not to mess with success, and although the so-called Series II looked so like the original Disco that many struggled to tell them apart, every panel was different apart from the rear doors. It also got a fresh interior and many other upgrades. The four-pot diesel was replaced by a new five-cylinder version, the TD5, while the V8 was a brawnier 4.0-litre from the P38 Range Rover, this now making 182hp.
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