Range Rover TDV8 not US bound, most likely the next one will be
Range Rover’s new 4.4-litre V8 diesel will not be sold in the US, according to company insiders.
The new unit, originally co-designed with Ford and built in Mexico, offers a significant improvement in economy and CO2 emissions over the old 3.6-litre V8 unit, but it’s still not enough to meet strict US emission laws.
However, the next-generation version of the TDV8 engine is set to be launched in 2014/15, and Range Rover insiders said the engine is “very likely to come to the US then”.
What is it?
It’s the new Range Rover, revised for 2011 with a modified, more powerful, more efficient turbodiesel engine. The world’s most admired luxury off-roader, the Range Rover, has just celebrated its 40th birthday and everyone agrees it is still at the height of its powers, except for one thing. It is large and heavy and has a reputation for thirst.
Land Rover has completely rethought the former 3.6-litre V8 diesel, which is now bored and stroked to 4.4 litres, and fitted it with a similar sequential twin turbocharger induction system to the one in the diesel Discovery's 3.0 litre V6. This allows it more power (308 bhp at 4000 rpm) and torque (516lb ft at 1500-3000 rpm) and obviously it now meets the new Euro5 emissions standards.
Source: Range Rover TDV8 not US bound, most likely the next one will be
The new unit, originally co-designed with Ford and built in Mexico, offers a significant improvement in economy and CO2 emissions over the old 3.6-litre V8 unit, but it’s still not enough to meet strict US emission laws.
However, the next-generation version of the TDV8 engine is set to be launched in 2014/15, and Range Rover insiders said the engine is “very likely to come to the US then”.
What is it?
It’s the new Range Rover, revised for 2011 with a modified, more powerful, more efficient turbodiesel engine. The world’s most admired luxury off-roader, the Range Rover, has just celebrated its 40th birthday and everyone agrees it is still at the height of its powers, except for one thing. It is large and heavy and has a reputation for thirst.
Land Rover has completely rethought the former 3.6-litre V8 diesel, which is now bored and stroked to 4.4 litres, and fitted it with a similar sequential twin turbocharger induction system to the one in the diesel Discovery's 3.0 litre V6. This allows it more power (308 bhp at 4000 rpm) and torque (516lb ft at 1500-3000 rpm) and obviously it now meets the new Euro5 emissions standards.
Source: Range Rover TDV8 not US bound, most likely the next one will be
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