Land Rover’s Discovery Sport looks the business, even in Billy Basic trim

WE normally want the most expensive thing we can afford, don’t we?

We pick up a menu and our eyes seek out the steak, ignoring the pasta options and Caesar salad.

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We don’t want the house wine for £15. We want the one with a name we can’t pronounce that costs the same as 25 pints in ’spoons. Never heard of it, could taste like vinegar . . . but we want it.

It’s a similar thing with cars.

We want a BMW M5 but we can’t afford it so we’ll buy a 2 Series and secretly hope our kids dodge university so we can blow their trust fund on a super-saloon.

Despite all that, I can hand-on-heart say the Discovery Sport is the Land Rover I would buy, even if money were no object.

Starting at £32k, it’s the entry to the brand, along with the Evoque. But for me, it’s the best of the lot.

Full-fat Range Rover? No, I don’t own any red chinos and polo isn’t my sport.

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Land Rover Discovery?

You’ve seen that back end, right? Plus, try reversing out of the way of a tractor on a single-lane country road and tell me you still want something that big.

Range Rover Sport? Tempting.

But I’ve missed the boat on becoming a footballer or the latest Love Island lothario.

The Discovery Sport looks the business, even in Billy Basic trim, and since recently being refreshed the interior and infotainment is as smart as anything in a Beemer or Merc.

But it’s the little things Land Rover has done with the Disco Sport that make it a brilliant family wagon.

First of all, there’s the option of seven seats. They’re decent seats, too. I can vouch for it.

The middle row has a total of five charging points. Two USB-C sockets, an old-school 12v jobbie and two USB sockets in the back of the front seats. You won’t hear a peep on the way home from Alton Towers.

The front wheels have cameras above them so you can see what’s going on down below.

It’s meant for off-roading. (By the way, the Disco Sport could drive from here to Beirut without pausing for breath.)

But those cameras also make car-park gymnastics a doddle.

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It doesn’t surprise me one bit the Discovery Sport is Land Rover’s biggest seller.

But unlike the guy who buys a BMW 2 Series with one eye on the M5, I’m sure anyone who owns a Disco Sport couldn’t care less about the more expensive models.

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