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The Discovery 1 had almost 10 years in production starting in 1989, and in 1998, the Land Rover Discovery 2 didn't make much of a ripple as it didn't look any different from its predecessor. While the signature rear side sun roof above the rear windows gave away a deceivingly similar exterior, there have been about 720 facelifting and interior innovations integrated into the new line not only to improve performance and riding comforts for an affordable SUV, but to bring it up to speed for the incoming new 21st century just around the corner.
Enhanced Features
The Discovery 2 debuted in the last quarter of 1998 as a 5-door SUV and was introduced in the US markets a year later. It had been reworked extensively with the rear section extended to provide more loading space that resulted in a slight overhang that compromised its off-road performance.
Together with the Defender model, its engine was standardized using the same smoother electronically managed 2.5 litter Td5 direct injection inline 5-cylinder that had improved torque at lower revs than its preceding 300Tdi diesel engine.
Many mistook the Td5 to be a BMW engine. But it was the same Rover L-series engine that the Rover Group developed for its passenger cars. The 4.0 liter V8 petrol engine used in the previous Discovery models got a revised intake system and fitted with the ACE (Active Cornering Enhancement) system to electronically manage its hydraulic anti-roll bar system. Some European models were fitted with self-leveling air springs and got European type-approval as a 7-seater model.
In 2000, BMW sold the Rover Group to the Ford Motor company but the Discovery 2 marque continued to be produced and now benefited from Ford improvements. The now famous locking differential which had been removed earlier as its traction and Hill Descent Control made it redundant was reinstated as an option in the 2004 models and was standard in its HSE and SE models. Ford made some facelifting improvements like a pocketed head lamp look that matched the Range Rover as well as new set of turn and brake lights in the rear.
Special Models
The Discovery 2 had some models produced by the Land Rover Special Vehicles like rendering the rear windows on the 5-foor model opaque for a van-like appearance and security. But the last years of the Land Rover Discovery 2 got few improvements like getting the optional self-leveling air springs as standard features.
On its last year of production in 2004, the Discovery 2 got a final facelift two new models coming out for the UK markets - a base model "Pursuit" and the high end "Landmark" model that came with genuine leather seats, twin sunroofs, ACE, heated windscreens, six-disc CD changers and those self-leveling suspension systems.
The last revisions were now purely cosmetic such as roof bars, interior climate control, alloy wheels and a marine ply board with rubber mat in the rear loadspace. May 2004 saw the last Discovery 2 leave its production plant to give way to the Discovery 3 for Europe and LR3 in the US markets.
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The Historic Landrover Series
After the US Willys Jeep that have become a prominent all-terrain land vehicle for US GIs, the next most popular is the British Landrover Series considered the most successful off-road vehicles ever produced.
More specifically, you have the Series 1 to 3 that have went beyond military use for which it was originally intended. The marque’s highly versatile and durable utilitarian use found its way in competitions and land expeditions throughout the world. You often see them against the African safari landscapes as well as in the South American Amazon rain forests taking on various loads against the most challenging terrains.
They have inspired other off-road vehicles that evolved into the Sports Utility Vehicles or SUVs that have become popular since the 80s.
Brief History
The very first Land Rover started out as a British military equivalent to the US Jeep and made by the Rover Company in its Solihull factory near Birmingham. That was the Series I unveiled at the Amsterdam Motor show in 1948. Over the next half century, there has been the Series II in 1958, the Series IIA in 1961 and the Series III in 1971 that finally ended in 1985. In 1976, the Land Rover saw is one millionth vehicle coming out of production.
From being just a brand under the Rover Company when it started out, the Land Rover was incorporated as a separate Land Rover Ltd in 1978.It survived over five dizzying changes of ownership. In 1967 the Rover Company became part of the Leyland Motors that soon became state-owned British Leyland Motors. This eventually got reamed as the Rover Group Plc in 1986 which now produced both the Land Rover line and the Range Rover introduced in 1970. The Rover Group was privatized and acquired by the British Aerospace in 1988 and produced both lines until 1994 when it was sold to BMW.
In 2000, BMW sold its Range Rover and Land Rover line to Ford Motors which continued producing both marques until 2008 when the financially troubled Ford sold its Jaguar and Rover line to the Tata Motors of India.
Timeless Popularity
The Landrover Series created what could well be the seed bed that popularized the off-road Sport Utility Vehicles of the 90s to the present. But despite better, more powerful and luxurious SUVs on the road, the Series I, II and III Land Rovers remain on the road with about 70% of those produced still road worthy.
Its tradition has been founded on its versatility, strength and durability that can withstand payloads in excess of one ton, powerful 2 liter diesel/petrol engine with a motive force that can pull itself over 45-degree inclines.
It's excellent Hardy-Spicer gearbox generate high power take-off and an after-market conversion kit that has no parallel in terms of variety and convertibility as a truck, a station wagon, a pick-up, a fire engine, an ambulance, an amphibious vehicle and a canvass-topped over-air all-terrain vehicle.
It’s also a favorite in the Paris Dakar endurance race division for 4X4 vehicles winning virtually all the Macmillan 4X4 UK Challenge races since 2002.
The Land Rover marque is now owned by the Jaguar Land Rover operation of the Tata Motors of India which continues the Rover tradition of excellence under newer models like the Discovery, Defender and Freelander.
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