Just showed a friend the Discovery Sport. She said, with surprise in her voice "wow, that's pretty ugly!"
My sentiments exactly. If a "box" on wheels is not retained, well, I'll just be done with the brand.
1st land rover, 1996 Discovery 1 (gave to family member, 230k miles now)
2nd, 2006 lr3 (bought new, had problems, traded for full new size)
3rd 2007 Range Rover Supercharged, loved it really but needed more practical cargo space. sold outright for almost zero loss
4th, 2004 (bought in 2006 when I saw the brand moving in very different direction, still have it, will never sell it, if engine ever dies, it'll get a TD5 swap)
5th 2007 lr3 bought new. turning 100k miles tomorrow...
Next...? LR4 V8 or nothing it sounds like. There's no amount of TD6 or fancy seats that could make me able to utilize anything like a "larger Discovery Sport".
On top of that, based on current pricing, a fully optioned Disco 5 will cost .... $75-$80k .... Screw that.