Range Rover gets a turbodiesel V8
Land Rover has announced that the 2007 edition of the Range Rover will replace last year's 3-liter BMW-sourced diesel with a new V8 turbodiesel. Autocar reports that, while yielding virtually the same fuel economy as its predecessor, the new powerplant lends considerably more oomph to the King of the Range, cutting its 0-60 mph time by more than 4 seconds, to a downright respectable 8.5 seconds.The luxury ute gets a few other mechanical upgrades to go with the new engine, including the LR3/Discovery model's five-mode Terrain Response system, and the supercharged Range Rover's electronic rear differential and Brembo brakes.
[Sources: Autocar; Land Rover]
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kurt 7:42AM (5/25/2006)
And as usual, the diesel option is not available in the United States?
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Stphane Dumas 7:48AM (5/25/2006)
I guess is the AJD-V8 Duratorq created by Ford and Peugeot-Citroen, derivated from the AJD-V6 used in Jaguar, Peugeot and Citroen models http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_AJD-V6_engine
I hope to see this engine in the Great White North as well others models with this V8 turbo-diesel
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Rick 9:55AM (5/25/2006)
It also gets an updated interior : http://www.sybarites.org/2006/05/25/range-rover-to-be-updated-gets-a-v8-diesel-engine-new-interior/
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dre 11:26AM (5/25/2006)
Think i just found my next Jeep
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JS 1:03PM (5/25/2006)
Apparently, the inside word from dealer friends I have. LRNA is hoping to bring some Diesel's over by about 2011. Still a long way off but there is hope yet!
Im drooling over a Tdi V8. Might have to wait for an unfortunate soul to wreck his then ship it over to the states to put into a defender 90 or 110 body :)
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Trevor 3:08PM (5/25/2006)
It does no good bringing over a high-torque EU spec diesel if we don't have low-sulfur diesel available in the US yet.
So, we may get the TDV8 possibly next year if the new diesel rollout scheduled for this fall actually happens.
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Lloyd S Harrison 4:14AM (6/29/2006)
It's certainlly needed to have a TDI V8 engine with
option to provide owners of these prestigeous 4x4s,the
luxery of obtaining better mileage, without loosing or
sacrificing too much horsepower. Most certainlly,this
can easylly be achieved. "A 28 MPG Diesel Range Rover
would be an instant World-Classic".
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