► Month 3 with our long-term Disco
► We’re averaging 33.3mpg
► Despite eco-driving ‘judge’ function
The Disco Sport comes with Craig Revel Horwood as standard, aka a graphical driving coach which rates your eco credentials as brutally as the Strictly Come Dancing judge.
Stepping on the throttle as gingerly as a radioactive puddle, never exceeding the limit and braking for hazards half-a-mile away, I managed peak fuel economy of 38.4mpg. Still 28% off the official figure! And after lapsing into less saintly progress, the month’s average was 33.3 – only 0.1mpg better than CAR’s 2012 Evoque, with its Ford-sourced lump. Poor show.
@CARPhilMc
Logbook: Land Rover Discovery Sport HSE Luxury auto
Price: £43,400
As tested: £46,615
Miles this month: 2025
Total miles: 8616
Our mpg: 33.3
Official mpg: 53.3
Fuel this month: £331.54
Extra costs: £0
Read more from the June 2016 issue of CAR magazine