It’s easy to your head around the meaning of miles per gallon and, if you go back to basics, even litres per mile become slightly comprehensible. Fuel consumption is closely related to CO2 output, and hardly any mpg accompanied by its corresponding pollution figure.
But does anyone really have a concept of what the 398g/km of CO2 kicked out by a P38 Range Rover V8 actually means? By comparison with other vehicles, we know it’s a lot.
Land Rover is cleaning up fast, though. Its latest Freelander 2 puts out a paltry 265g/km in i6 petrol from while the manual TD4 diesel releases just 194g/km. incidentally, for anyone who has missed the talk freelander 2 TD4 confusingly, is not the TD4 we all know.
Unhelpfully distinguished from the old engine by the large D in its designation, the TD4’s more tangible assets include an extra 200cc and an ingenious variable swirl cylinder combustion arrangement which with other refinements, contributes to a record low fuel consumption, and hence to that measly CO2output.
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