Land Rover's Discovery Sport is a lower-tier alternative to the Freelander. It was found that the Shenxing was a load-bearing body and was powered by the JLR D8 platform, which was greatly improved from Land Rover's EUCD platform when it was owned by Ford, as was the Jaguar E-Pace and Range Rover Evoque.
 
It was found that Shenxing provided a 7-seater model, but the length of the car was only 4599mm, which was nearly 30cm shorter than Highlander's 4890mm, and the third row of seats could only be said to exist visually, and adults had no way to sit in it normally, and it had reached the point where it could not even be used for emergencies, so it was not recommended to buy.
 
In terms of power, Discovery Shenxing has also undergone a transition from Ford to JLR, in the early days of its launch, it used the Ford Group's EcoBoost four-cylinder turbocharged engine, paired with a ZF 9-HP transverse 9-speed automatic transmission, and now it uses JLR's Ingenium engine, also a four-cylinder turbocharged, and the transmission is still ZF 9-HP.
 
The most intuitive problem of the Ingenium engine is noise and a certain probability of oil leakage, which is mainly caused by the ZF 9AT in terms of power output. The main problem of ZF 9AT is that there are 4 over-ratio gears, which is actually too much, and the difference between the gear ratios of the first three gears is too large, coupled with the fact that ZF uses an overly aggressive canine clutch, which will cause a more obvious setback in the process of upshifting and downshifting. The gearbox is also prone to oil leakage in terms of reliability, and in general, it is found that the reliability performance of the powertrain is relatively poor.
 
In daily driving, the performance of this set of gearboxes is very average, because the gearbox often makes inappropriate movements, so it needs to be operated frequently between the accelerator and brake, and the ride is not guaranteed, fuel consumption will also increase significantly, and it is found that the curb weight of Shenxing is close to 2 tons, which is already a level with medium and large SUVs, and will also reduce fuel consumption performance. The comprehensive fuel consumption measured by the American "Consumer Reports" is 21mpg (about 9 liters), and the comprehensive fuel consumption measured by domestic car owners is about 12 liters.
 
In terms of chassis, although Land Rover has always produced SUVs in the past, and the Discovery and Defender series were once famous for their off-road performance, Land Rover is now going further and further down the road of urban SUVs. It was found that Shenxing has an all-terrain adaptation system equipped with Land Rover, but without a low-speed transfer case, it will be difficult to cope with cross-axis terrain with average adhesion. The domestic version found that the Shenxing mid-difference is a set of Haldex's fifth-generation multi-plate clutch differential, and there is only one set of open differentials in the rear difference, which can achieve front and rear torque, but the left and right rear wheels can only distribute power through the electronic limited slip between the wheels, while the previous imported version of the rear difference uses a multi-plate clutch differential, which can realize the power distribution of the left and right wheels, and the performance is better. The domestic version can be equipped with an RDU differential to distribute power between the left and right wheels.
 
In daily driving, it was found that the chassis performance of Shenxing lacked the performance of luxury brands, because the chassis was too faithful to the feedback of road information, and when passing over potholes speed bumps, the front section of the suspension was stiff, and the sporadic vibration was more obvious to the passengers in the car. It is undisguised that even compact SUVs of ordinary brands have better ride quality than those found to be Shenxing.
 
The interior of the cabin is not luxurious in terms of materials, although the leather seats and leather steering wheel are given, but the material is very single, and the appearance is black, this interior style can be said to be simple, but in the same class, this interior design is too simple. The layout of the central control multimedia is also a practical route,More traditional,The upper screen has 8 inches and 10.2 inches of two sizes,It's big enough,But it's far away from the main driving position,Daily driving is basically not operable。
 
The rear seat space is normal in its class, with plenty of legroom to move around, but it is not spacious. The length of the seat cushion is sufficient, and it has good support for the thighs, but the backrest is relatively straight, and it does not support angle adjustment, which is not comfortable. The front seat is more provocative, and if you are thinner, you will feel the wrapping nature of the seat, and if you are wide, the position of the backrest and shoulders will be a little diaphragm.
 
Consumer Reports in the United States did not find any reliability data for Shenxing, but gave the worst reliability expectation (1 point). It was found that the reliability performance of Shenxing in China is indeed very average, and the engine and gearbox in the three major parts have oil leakage and oil leakage, and the reliability is relatively poor.
 
In terms of safety, it was found that Shenxing did not participate in the IIHS crash test, but received a 5-star rating on both E-NCAP and A-NCAP.