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...