An interesting question that made me look in the What Car tables.

Toyota Land Cruiser?

Volvo XC90?

Mitsubishi Shogun?

I should think that the majority of Disco owners don't use its off-road capacity except when mounting the kerb outside the school - so you've nothing to be ashamed of in choosing it. I haven't driven any of the others I mention, but I'd imagine that the Disco is better to drive than any of them.

Unlike most SUVs, the majority of Land Rovers spend most of their lives offroad...

...in the workshop!

How true..

Neighbour of mine woirks for a private company which buys 20-30 Land/Range Rovers at a time for company cars. He told me he regualrly returns one to the dealers - after delvered as new to them - for a range of faults to be fixed. Not one fault - but a range of them.

I belive the owners are getting a bit fed up with th unreliability.

Why not put better tyres on an X5?

The X5 always wins the annual snow challenge in Germany another one is the Mercedes G wagon .

I do not think that they do a rutted farm track competition but I will check,are you sure a tractor is not more in your line you could always put the extra passengers in a trailor.