Discovery Sport
Sell your Discovery Sport
The Discovery Sport is bought as a family car and sold as one, which means the questions that matter are practical rather than emotional. Condition inside is worth more here than on most premium SUVs, because the next owner is buying it for the same reason you did and will look at the back seats first.
There is also one configuration question on this car that changes which market it belongs to entirely.
What we know about this car
Whether you have the third row, and why it narrows the field
The Discovery Sport can be had as a 5+2, with two extra fold-flat seats in the boot. That option is unusual in a way most owners underrate: no BMW X3, Audi Q5 or Mercedes GLC offers a third row at all. In its segment, it is close to being the only game in town.
The practical effect is that a seven-seat Discovery Sport is not competing with every other Discovery Sport. It is competing for a specific buyer who needs occasional extra seats and has very few alternatives at that size.
We will not put a percentage on what that is worth, because we have not seen figures we would stand behind and we would rather say so than invent one. What we will say is that it is the first thing we ask about on this model, and it is worth telling us either way.
Sources for the figures above: Autoblog on the Third Row Pack and segment rivals
Why our number can be stronger
Where the number gets stronger
We buy every Discovery Sport. On a younger one there is export demand as well, because practical seven-seat options this size are thin on the ground — a young 5+2 is about the strongest position this model can be in.
On the call
What we ask about
None of this is a test. It is what lets us give you a number that does not need revisiting.
- Whether the car has the third row of seats
- Interior condition, particularly the rear seats and boot
- Service and oil change history on the 2.0 diesel
- Which generation, and whether it is the mild hybrid
- Towing use, if the car has been used to tow
Questions
Discovery Sport questions
It sells into a smaller and less contested market, because almost nothing else that size offers a third row. We will tell you what that is worth on your specific car rather than quoting a general figure we cannot evidence.
No. Family wear on a family car is expected and priced in. Describe it honestly and the offer accounts for it — that is the whole point of us asking before rather than deducting after.
It changes the number, not whether we are interested. The 2019 update brought a new platform and mild hybrid running gear, and we price the two generations separately.
Yes. Tell us and we will ask a couple of sensible questions about how much and how often. It is not a problem, it is just information we would rather have up front.
Worth reading first
Guides on the Discovery Sport
Model guidesEvoque, Velar or Discovery Sport: which holds its value best?We will not rank them with a percentage we cannot evidence. What we can do is tell you what actually decides each one's value, which is the more useful answer anyway.5 min read
OwnershipGetting your car ready to sell: what actually adds value and what doesn'tMost pre-sale spending does not come back. A small amount of it does, and it is almost never the part people reach for first.6 min read
Selling guidesSelling a car with outstanding finance in the UKMost cars on the road are on finance and most of them get sold before the agreement ends. Here is how settlement figures actually work, end to end, including the options nobody mentions.6 min read
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