2006 Land Rover LR3 V-6 - Short Take Road Test - Car and Driver
After reviewing the Land Rover LR3's substantial mass in the specifications, you'd probably assume the 4. 0-liter V-6-powered model was a gutless wonder. It turns out the Ford-sourced bent-six churns out a fair amount of torque throughout the rev range and hauls the big, boxy LR3 about its business with relative ease. But it seemed adequate doing the kinds of things one sees Land Rover owners do. You know, go shopping, or out to eat, or to a movie, that kind of thing. But in the event one actually takes it to the rough, the V-6 LR3 will do all the things the dedicated Land Rover guys in their green wellies spent so much time ensuring it would. In fact, just before we got this LR3, we were treated to a taste of the Land Rover Experience - an off-road training school at Eastnor Castle in England near the Welsh border. A Land Rover LR3, even with "just" the V-6 engine - will go through muck that would stop a camel. Since the V-6 model still gets all the trick Land Rover stuff - an independent air-spring suspension all around and the Terrain Response selector that programs virtually all the vehicle's dynamic systems according to the environment selected by... The benchmark 60 mph comes up in 10. 8 seconds, more than two seconds slower than the 4. 4-liter V-8-powered model, and the quarter-mile is. Source: www.caranddriver.com
