Land Rover Discovery Vision concept previews the alien tech SUV

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With a lot of noise and smoke and blue lighting, Land Rover announced Monday night that it would be reaunching its Discovery SUV as a family of vehicles in 2015. The current Discovery is sold in the United States as the LR4, but the new Discovery will spawn a fresh product line, though the concept that they introduced tonight on the USS Intrepid certainly looked quite a bit like the old one.

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The Discovery Concept might be the SUV of the future. It boasts — in concept —wraparound headlights powered by lasers, infrared foglamps, doors operated by an electric gesture-recognition system, a gesture-controlled tailgate, infotainment operated by touchscreens on the steering wheel, a premium leather interior that falls just short of self-cleaning, rear-seat TVs, all perfect for a tragic James Bond family picnic. It’s hard to say, though, because all we got to see tonight were car doors opening and closing by themselves to a soundtrack of pure base-heavy bombast. They revealed a three-chair backseat, hiding behind the doors like an alluring gartered leg.