Built at Ford’s high tech Dagenham engine plant, the TDV8 has Jaguar ancestry like the Discovery 3 and Range Rover Sport’s TDV6 but, to minimize vibration, it’s a 90 degree V instead of 60 degrees. Double overhead camshaft on each cylinder block is made of compacted graphite iron. This is claimed to have higher tensile strength than cast iron normally used in blocks, it’s together than aluminum and it’s very stiff. This has allowed Land Rover’s engineering to produce a block that’s smaller and lighter than its rivals.
Once inside the plush interior with the well insulated doors closed, the exterior noise just fades away. As you meander through the outskirts of Barcelona towards its motorway network, we look around the interior and take note of improvements over the previous model.
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