Low-Down And Dirty

June, 2015

SMALL SUVS TAKE OFF-ROADING TO UNEXPLORED TERRITORY • OfF-roading is as much about brains as about brute strength, and the latest move in SUVs proves it. The Land Rover Dis­covery Sport (base price: $37,070) is a compact SUV that uses a punchy, turbocharged in-line four and the company's time-proven Terrain Response system to make mince­meat of mud and rock. We drove one through a raging Icelandic creek to test the truck's claimed wading depth of 23.6 inches. The Dis­covery Sport can even accomm...