Two Awards in Two Days for Land Rover Discovery 3

AUTO CENTRAL – December 3, 2008: For an unprecedented fourth year in succession the Land Rover Discovery 3 has won the prestigious Australia's Best Cars All Terrain 4WD of the Year Award. The Discovery 3 SE TDV6 added to its success by beating tough competition, from Mitsubishi and Toyota, to once again claim the tile of best all terrain 4WD in 2008. The judges praised the Discovery 3 for its on road manners, steering, handling, safety and standard specification levels.

Roger Jory, General Manager Land Rover Australia commented; "By wining Australia's Best Cars Award for a record fourth year running, the Discovery 3 has once again proved it is still the benchmark for all terrain SUV's".

"Over the past five years the Discovery 3 has been a major part of Land Rover's success in Australia, each year it continues to be our biggest selling model locally. Nothing can match Discovery 3's outstanding breadth of capability, luxury and refinement."

This award comes a day after the Discovery 3 was also voted the Best Luxury 4WD in the Carsales Network People's Choice Awards, with last year's winner the Range Rover Sport finishing a close second.

Carsales had the following to say about the Discovery 3; "The well-regarded off-roader does everything a Luxury SUV needs to earn its keep, with composed on-road dynamics and, unlike some others in this segment, an exemplary four-wheel drive package for the rough stuff".

As "The World's Most Awarded 4WD", the Discovery 3 has now received over 100 awards in 18 countries globally, a testament to Land Rover design and engineering.

These latest two accolades come during Land Rover's 60th Anniversary, and at a time here in Australia when the brand has just broken through the 4000 unit retail sales barrier for the first time since 2002.