CARS.COM — Well-heeled families will have another choice among three-row luxury SUVs when Land Rover's latest model, a full-size Discovery SUV, hits dealerships in mid-2017. On Sept. 5, the brand announced plans to reveal the seven-seat Discovery on Sept. 28, ahead of the 2016 Paris Motor Show.
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The Discovery shares its thin, two-bar grille with the smaller Discovery Sport, but the two SUVs have few other common elements, at least up front. The Discovery's headlights wear the Range Rover Evoque's menacing expression, while the bumper has more vertical elements.
All signs point toward a bigger footprint. Land Rover's short press release called the Discovery a "full-sized, seven-seat SUV" that will "feature leading versatility, capability and technology."
That bodes well for larger families who want a Land Rover, as the brand has no SUV with standard three-row seating. The Discovery Sport and Range Rover Sport offer an optional third row, as does the outgoing LR4. But we've sat in all three of those third rows and, as their optional status suggests, all of them are tiny — a penalty that big luxury SUVs like the Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class and Lincoln Navigator don't incur.
Land Rover divulged few other details, so stay tuned for more. The 2017 Discovery Sport starts at $38,690 with destination, so it's likely the Discovery will start somewhere north of that.
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