You can now spec your ideal new Land Rover Discovery

There wasn’t really much to ‘spec’ on an old Land Rover Discovery. When the first Disco came along with its Morris Marina door handles and Austin Maestro rear lights, you basically chose the colour and then set about getting your paintwork filthy. How times change…

Yup, you can now spec your new Land Rover Discovery 5 on the company's pleasingly detailed configurator, with prices starting at £43,495 for 2.0-litre, 237bhp diesel in basic S trim. We’re talking cloth seats and halogen headlights basic. If you fancy a bit more Range Roverness about your Disco, HSE Luxury versions wearing 21-inch rims, a 14 hi-fi speaker and enough cameras to shoot a feature film stretch way past £65k.

Thus specced, the new Disco looks particularly menacing, but we’ve had a play and tried to come up with the least blinged-up, toughest-looking Disco 5 too. The sort of Disco you wouldn’t worry about heading off into the Outback in. A Discovery that looks readier for the Amazon rainforest than Ascot. 

You can have a go at fine-tuning your own Land Rover Discovery 5 here. Are you favouring style, or Sahara-bashing?