2016 Land Rover Range Rover Sport Td6 Diesel - Car and Driver (blog)
Before Land Rover allowed us to drive the new diesel-powered Range Rover Sport , we were told that no one in a single focus group identified its new Td6 powerplant as a diesel engine. Arriving at dealerships this fall, the new 3. 0-liter turbo-diesel V-6 will command a $1500 premium over the gasoline-powered supercharged V-6 Range Rover Sport. Dubbed Td6, it makes 254 horsepower at 4000 rpm and 440 lb-ft of torque at 1750 rpm. Interestingly, this 60-degree V-6 is a design that dates back to 2004 and the days when Ford owned Land Rover—in fact, Ford still builds the engine for Land Rover even though it doesn’t power any product with a Blue Oval. The Td6 powers about 90 percent of Land Rovers in Europe. To further reduce NOx emissions, the engine uses low-pressure exhaust-gas recirculation that runs through an engine-mounted cooler before reentering the combustion chamber. To give some credit to the focus groupies, there actually aren’t too many clues that this particular Range Rover Sport uses diesel power. There’s a 4800-rpm redline and the power delivery definitely favors the low end, while running through the eight-speed automatic’s first couple of gears reveals that the party is over by 4000 rpm. Source: www.caranddriver.com
