Thread: Newbie question - D3 SE: V6 or TDV6?

I have a 2008 SE TDV6. i got it as a demo so i did not pay diesel premium. I am very pleased with it as are most of the diesel owners on here.

From what have heard the V8 petrol is a better bet than the V6, more power and drinks less fuel.

other than that the cars are fantastic, I would recommend doing the sums based on how long you expect to own it and compare V6 to TDV6 to V8.
Cheers
Mike

I would say the TDV6 - you will pay more but will be easier to sell later.

But it comes down to diesel pros and cons to petrol pros and cons. Whatever suits you best - you have to drive the vehicle.

Garry

I've driven them both on and off road a bit and after all the negatives about the V6 was very surprised to find it a really, really nice drive: very smooth and effortless. I've found the TDV6 is nice too - but not as nice to drive as the V6.

I remember LR published torque curves back when the D3's were current and they showed the V6 had the most torque down low of all three engines.

Perhaps required range would be a decider?

cheers,

bidds

I have the V6 petrol - the V8 is the better option of the two, but for my budget I could have had a 2009 V6 or a 2006 V8, I went for the newer (lower mile) car.

The V6 engine has been around in various forms for years - and seems to be more reliable than the TDV6 (it's a pretty simple engine).

It's not the quickest thing in the world, but I don't find it excessively slow either - but I don't enter too many drag races in a 3 tonne 4x4.

When I was looking the TDV6 was a $10k premium over the V6 - for the limited miles I do that wasn't worth it to me.

You'll be happy with any of them in reality - but I'd say to go for SE as a minimum spec level.

You will get significantly better fuel economy and significantly more range per tank with the TDV6 you will need to do the sums to figure out if that's worth it financially for the difference in purchase price. But if you are doing any long distance touring the range is much more flexible with the diesel.

As someone else said, fuel economy is actually better with the v8 than the v6 so don't rule it out if you see one for the right price for the right km's.

SE or HSE, don't go S unless you don't plan to go offroad. You lose the best offroad bits of the Disco if you go S.

I had a D3 V6 for 4.5 years and found it to be a great car. Fuel consumption can be terrible if you have a heavy foot. Best I could get around town was 15 and I know others couldn't get below 18. 10 on the highway. This translates into very poor range off road; say 300 kms.

Other than that they are identical to the TDV6 and a hell of a lot cheaper to buy.

As a comparison to the V6 my V8 is averaging 16l/100Km with mostly town driving and around 12l/100Km on a long run. Getting nearly 600Kms out of a tank on the long trips and usually 450Kms around town. The payback on a diesel would take me a long time to recover (about 10 years at my usual yearly distance) so it's only the range that's an issue.

Originally Posted by Marmoset

The payback on a diesel would take me a long time to recover (about 10 years at my usual yearly distance) so it's only the range that's an issue.

When I bought the D3 in 2007 there was a 16k price diff to the TDV6. I think I worked out the payback would have been > 10 years.