Land Rover to borrow one of Jag's diesels
When the facelifted Range Rover Sport and Land Rover Discovery 3 (LR3 in the U.S.) take their bows later this year, in addition to the new faces they'll also be showing off new engines. The 2.7-liter TDV6 currently used is good for 190 hp and 324 lb-ft. The new engine will be Jaguar's 3.0-liter twin turbocharged V6 diesel and will come in two flavors: one with 237 hp for the Discovery 3, and one with 272 hp and 420 lb-ft for the Range Rover Sport.
Those numbers are down on the figures achieved by the same lump in the Jaguar, at 275 hp and 443 lb-ft, but even the 237 hp variant should give the 190 hp 2.7-liter a proper shellacking. Even though the 2.7-liter, might remain as an option, the same engine swap yielded a 12% increase in gas mileage in the Jaguar. With the 3.0-liter providing more power on less fuel, it makes us think the 2.7-liter will be shown the door either by Land Rover or its customers.
[Source: Autocar]
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firstplace 5:43PM (1/06/2009)
Great! Love diesel but its price seems to be going up. Hope they become more reliable (the land rover not the diesel).
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James 7:09PM (1/06/2009)
Doesn't Land Rover already source Jaguar engines for the current Range Rover and Range Rover Sport?
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Kyle 9:38PM (1/06/2009)
This is the engine that Clarkson took from France to Blackpool in the UK on 1 tank. They found it could go 1000 miles on one tank. Its ridiculous its a twin turbo v6. Thats astonishing, he was driving through France and 1/3 of the UK trying to run out of fuel and he decided to start conserving the tank when he realized that he wasn't gonna run out by his house.
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firstplace 10:22PM (1/06/2009)
He was looking pretty glum too when he drove past and got stuck in traffic right after.
Stork 12:36PM (1/07/2009)
Will this engine be showing up on US shores? God, I hope so! Although the economy is in the dumps I will be trading my LR3 for a Diesel LRR3 right away! Land Rover if your listening, don't come late to the Diesel party! Be the first on the real 4X4 market block to make a change in the US!
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