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Land Rover Discovery and Range Rover Sport to use Jaguar’s 3.0-liter diesel powerplant

tryme submitted on 1/6/2009 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 9:58:41 AM

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Land Rover Discovery and Range Rover Sport versions will be using the 3.

0-liter diesel powerplant of Jaguar that can generate either 272 hp and 237 hp. The powerplant is an enhanced model of the 2.7-liter AJV6 presently utilized by the Land Rover Discovery. No available information has been received to establish if the modified powerplant will substitute or support the 2.7-liter unit, which is configured for twin-turbo on Jaguars but only a single turbocharger on Land Rover versions.

The latest engine will emerge simultaneously with the modified versions of the Land Rover Discovery and Range Rover Sport in September of this year.

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huu76

Sensible move since most Range Rovers only do highway driving anyway. Give me a Range Rover Sport.

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Posted on 1/6/2009 10:38:17 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

woood

This is a good strategy for Jaguar. Utilizing one diesel engine for various models in both Jaguar and LR. Saves on cost. Why can't big 3 do the same?

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Posted on 1/7/2009 12:55:08 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

BSBB

Good move by Land Rover. Their vehicles never got good gas mileage, and as huu76 alluded, Range Rovers rarely, if ever, see any off-road action (at least here in the USA). I actually test-drove a Range Rover Sport back in 2007, and while I liked the interior refinement as well as highway cruising comfort, I specifically remember that the shifter obstructed some of the important console buttons - one thing that turned me off from buying it.

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Posted on 1/7/2009 3:54:09 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

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