Thread: D3 V8 08/09

Originally Posted by nice1guv

Thanks all.

The D4 was available with a 5.0L V8 and the early D3 (05-07) with the 4.4 V8.

According to Land Rover they made the D3 with V8 in 08-09, but it appears there are none! I think they may have got it wrong.

Strange they dropped the V8 for 2 years at the end of the D3 then?!

Probably wasnt much call for them in OZ so they stopped importing them until the D4 was released.

Maybe that was the time when other LR products went from the 4.4V8 to the 4.2V8 and knowing that the 5.0 version and the D4 was coming along they decided not to continue with the 4.4 and not re engineer the D3 for the 4.2 and pick up the 5.0 when the D4 was released.

Search in the US reveals they certainly did make them in 08 and 09 with a V8.

So were they sold in Australia, is the real question now?

Still have never seen one for sale in Oz and no-one here has said they have either at this stage!

D4?
cheap motoring for a 2010 car..


2010 Land Rover Discovery 4 V8 Auto 4x4 MY10-OAG-AD-16227822

That gloss black is a tough colour.

I’m borrowing my father in laws gloss black Pajero at the moment.

Our driveway has rose bushes on one side and a vine on the other side. My silver Disco been doing it for years with no noticeable damage.

Black Pajero looks like it has crossed a continent after 4 weeks with deep scratching. Needs heavy buffing to recover.

That seems expensive for an 8/9 year old car with those Km and a petrol V8 - maybe Ok id a diesel but not a petrol.

Price seems about right to me, though I'm sure you could get for closer to mid 30K. They are a fully optioned car with things you just don't get on other versions. The motor is much nicer than the diesel without the inherent problems they have.
I sold mine with more km but a lot of accessories for not much less.

In quite a few ways it was a better car than the RRS L494 I replaced it with and it certainly was better equipped standard than my optioned up Autobiography.

Ah yes, the D4 V8 is a lovely machine and I would love one, but alas, I just can't really afford to sink that amount of money into a car at the moment.

I've had plenty of diesels in the past and even my current car is a diesel, but touring is not really on the radar and I feel like a change to petrol would be good.

Looks like it will have to be an early D3 if I want the V8. Would prefer an update 08/09, but not keen on the V6 really.

Are we sure there is no-one in Oz with an 08/09 D3 V8??