Wow this is a turn for the worst. Now the LR3/LR4 has turned into a soccer mom cross over. No real frame, unibody. May as well get a ford explorer.

Ill take a real frame any day over unijunk.

 

Well, I just saw an LR3 from Nantucket with the body sitting in one service bay and the rusted-out frame sitting next to it. A new frame is on the way from England. So maybe there is a benefit to an aluminum unibody if your vehicle is constantly exposed to salt air and saltwater.

 

You can make a ALL plastic car and still have a frame.

The front and rear of LR3/LR4 is aluminum yet it has a frame. It could be all Aluminum or even titanium and still have Body on Frame.

Unibody in a accident just crumples. Hit something like a dear in a framed vehicle and it takes min damage.

 

I'm assuming you mean Disco 5 not Disco 4 which would be the LR4

 

Yea would not let me edit the title. No I meant the LR4 with unibody Of course I meant the LR5 or the "What kind of car is that? Ford Discovery?"

Unibody is fine for certain applications all alluminum unibody could be fine in salt water. But I think they should offer a framed model for the people that want body on frame.

Its why I did not get a Cheerokee, I did not like the unibody. Now I don't think I will get another LR.

 

People said the same about Independent Air Suspension when the LR3 came out. I was one of them and wrong, I'll wait and see what it's made of before I pass judgement. From what I have seen thus far it has some serious promise.

 

Oh they can make a decent unibody, but in an accident unibody is a mess to fix and tends to take more damage. By buddy owns a body shop he says frames are much easier to work on after a fender bender.

 

Unibody in a accident tend to absorb more impact energy so less of the forces are transmitted to the occupants. That's what I care about. If the truck is totaled who cares. I have insurance and they are turning out more of them everyday

 

Very true, unibody tends to have crumple zones, and even in a small accident, a lot of vehicle damage can occur, but it keeps the occupants safe. Our ZJ jeep is a unibody, I have added stiffeners to it, and with 6 inches of lift on long arms with modified and locked f250 axles, it has gotten through more off-road than I care to get into. I like a frame on vehicle, but in the end it's about safety and fuel economy (unibody tends to be lighter) which is what 95 percent of people care about. People who off-road are getting harder to find, a company will sell more mall crawlers which means more profits and increased shareholder value, which is a businesses primary concern

 

It has nothing to do with chassis frames or what anyone really wants, most modern Discos never see off road conditions, they are just shopping trolleys and school run vehicles for the rich and famous and highly polished at weekends. The reason they produce unibody vehicles is all about production costs and saving money and to lighten up the overall weight which reduces engine size requirements to conform more easily to emissions requirements and so make everyone feel 'so much better' that they are 'doing their bit' for the planet. Call me cynical, but you cannot believe they are building you a super truck 'just for you'. Money is king in this world whether you like it or not. Landrover = overpriced trucks for mugs these days.