It was just about a month ago when Land Rover Malaysia introduced the 2011 Range Rover into the Malaysian market with the 5.0 V8 Supercharged which retails at RM798,888. For diesel Range Rover lovers out there, not to worry as the 4.4 LR-TDV8 turbodiesel is now available.
The 4.4 litre V8 oil burner makes 313 PS and a respectable 700 Nm of torque and it replaces the 3.6 LR-TDV8 with a price tag of RM730,000 on the road excluding insurance which is almost RM70,000 cheaper than its petrol counterpart. According to Land Rover, the 4.4 litre diesel engine offers 15% improvement in power, economy as well as acceleration along with a 9% improvement in torque, compared to its predecessor.
With that said, the 4.4 turbodiesel offers a combined fuel consumption figure of 9.4 litres per 100 kilometers. Instead of a ZF 6HP28 6-speed slush box found in the 5.0 V8 Supercharged, the turbodiesel engine is paired to a ZF 8HP70 8-speed automatic. 0-100 km/h is achieved in 7.8 seconds, compared to 6.2 seconds with the force-inducted petrol model.
Just like the 5.0 V8 Superchanged, the LR-TDV8 turbodiesel in Vogue trim line comes with goodies such as the Terrain Response system with Hill Start Assist (HSA) and Gradient Acceleration Control (GAC).
Other features include Adaptive Dynamics which is pretty much a variable damping system. Another interesting feature is the rotary dial operated gear selector, commonly known as Drive Select. The gear selector simply raises upon ignition and it comes in conjunction with the 8-speed transmission.
You can check out the gallery after the jump.
[zenphotopress number=999 album=2461]
Looking to sell your car? Sell it with Carro.
none of the engines make any sense in malaysia unless ur registering them as a business vehicle like the land cruisers.
really just showing off car!
well korean and japs, what’s your excuse for not brining in better engines than you current 50 year old ones?
this is what we called DIESEL POWER!!!
My fren’s dad sold a Freelander and got a Estima.. According to her, the Freelander gave too much problems and her dad had got headache with it…Estima is more reliable and much more problems free compare to Freelander.
wait what year was the freelander? is it the latest one?
come to a question, y do briton love to sell their brand at very high price? ie; aston martin, lotus.
even if u do converts in sterling
it just don’t make any sense..even to clarkson. LOL
Fellow english origin JAGUAR- High time you drop your conventional thinking and quickly learn from LandRover (ala BMWowned) – before going bust in no time !
..personally i do not understand such high price tag…reason for my confusion is fact that my Range Rover P38, literally, outperform any new Range Rover, when we came to off road capabilities..new models just..die (electronics goes boogo)..i have had opportunity to see that in Thailand few times as well as Australia…im really entirely in to Range Rovers, but this ‘new age’ direction i just dont understand, from economical as well as practical point of view(RR suppose to be ultimate offroad vehicle??)..