I bought a brand new 2015 LR2 HSE with lots of extras (navigation, roof rack, tow hitch). Great car with truly unique looks. Have gone on long trips (500+ miles) to Maine, no problems in cold, ice, snow, the occasional pothole and/or curb, etc. Load up with surfboard and/or bikes, drives fine. It's a high sitting SUV so absolutely no quick turning. Handles very well in small parking lots. It's a smallish SUV when you sit inside. I use for myself mostly, but it can handle the family too. Every time I pack it up, I think the luggage won't fit, but somehow it does. If you have a few kids to move around a lot, it's probably too small. We have just one and it works fine. Would have upgraded to LR4 in a few years, but LR stopped production of that model as well?? Tried the new Discovery Sport, and it's a glorified Honda CR-V. If you want off-road, fine. If you want on-road, that's OK too. But, LR tradition and image is off-road, and the LR 2 & 4 replacement models are just not off road types at all. Very happy with LR2. Probably be a collector's item, as it's all steel framed (terrible gas guzzler), and has traditional LR suspension. The new Discovery Sport is a sedan, so it's a car undercarriage with a bubble on top (like a Subaru Forrester). I don't know why Tata is degrading/changing the LR brand, but it is doing so drastically. I love my LR2; I've driven the Discovery Sport and RR Evoke as loaner cars; I would never buy either of them. Nothing unique; nothing special; nothing rugged about either of them. Those are trying to compete with BMW X series. As a LR lover, I specifically, deliberately, and consciously want noting to do with a BMW x anything. So, I'm going to have to look elsewhere when it goes :( If you get a chance to buy one, they are fun to drive, dependable, and good in congested areas. If you live in a rural setting, it could feel small very quickly, but for tighter suburban roads, it's great. Because it's a true LR, it has the traditional stadium or "dining room chair" front seats. This provides unmatched vision for the driver. The replacement models went with "cockpit" seating, which again is OK, but has absolutely nothing, zero, zip to do with LR heritage. (really, wtf?) Here again, LR just dropped one of it's key signature features to replace it with a run of the mill everyone is doing it type of styling. Who's running this company???! LR2 is great car overall. Shame they are stopping LR models, as LR buyers (like me) won't magically change into Discovery buyers. They are very different vehicles... So, LR 2/4 buyers, maybe it's hello G-Wagon, Tahoe, Lexus GX, or luxury Wrangler (if they ever build one). Hey Jeep - there's your goal. Keep it under G-Wagon pricing and you'll have a winner! (Also, make it totally dependable and reliable, which I know is a Jeep problem, and hence why I paid double the price of a Jeep for a LR). Can't break down for any reason, anytime, anywhere. Indestructible luxury truck like SUV is what we want).
