Thread: D4 - are all Aus delivered models air suspension?

I would say they all came with air since i dont think we got the D4 in anything but SE/HSE trim.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

i dont think we got the D4 in anything but SE/HSE trim.

I believe that to be incorrect. My understanding is there are four trim levels with the D4:

TDV6 - which is the 2.7 TDV6 motor standard up to (and including 2012) but could be optioned to the 3L TDV6.
SE - 3L TDV6
HSE - 3L TDV6
V8 - 5L petrol V8 sits above the HSE (costs about $30,000.00 more for a total of $127k ish when brand new) - as far as I know the only option on it was metallic paint or not...

Originally Posted by twr7cx

I believe that to be incorrect. My understanding is there are four trim levels with the D4:

TDV6 - which is the 2.7 TDV6 motor standard up to (and including 2012) but could be optioned to the 3L TDV6.
SE - 3L TDV6
HSE - 3L TDV6
V8 - 5L petrol V8 sits above the HSE (costs about $30,000.00 more for a total of $127k ish when brand new) - as far as I know the only option on it was metallic paint or not...

Thats engine choice not spec/trim level, still the only models that would be coil we didnt get here like S/GS/XS and commercial.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Thats engine choice not spec/trim level

Yes and no, from everything I can see and read, the two are tied in together. The spec/trim level determines the engine choice. Or, if you prefer, the engine choice determines which trim/spec level you get.

In SE and HSE it is always either the 3L TDV6 or SDV6 engine - unlike the previous three Discovery models which had a turbo diesel or petrol V8 option, these trim/spec levels in the D4 didn't have any other engine option.

But in the base model, badged on the back as TDV6 it is 2.7L TDV6 as standard up to 2012, but could be optioned with the 3L for extra. Post 2012 the 3L TDV6 was standard. It seems that the 2012 and earlier models were the only spec/trim level in the D4 range with an engine option.

The top spec wears the V8 badge, not the HSE or SE badge and has the 5L petrol V8.

So you couldn't buy an HSE with a petrol V8 - the closest would be the V8 trim/spec level for an extra $30k which includes a lot more above the HSE than just a different motor. You also couldn't buy an HSE with the 2.7L TDV6 - you would have to down spec to the base model badged as TDV6.

The early D4's in Australia came in three spec's - "S", "SE" and "HSE" though the base model was just known as the "Discovery 4" and the "S" badging was dropped with the D4. The base model Discovery did not have any "specification" badge anywhere on the vehicle.

Mine is a base model MY2011 with 2.7 diesel engine (though it was specced up as a "demo model" by the dealership with most of what comes standard in an "SE").

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ALL Australian spec Discovery 4's, regardless of specification, came with EAS - coil springs were never an available option.

I have seen just one D4 for sale which had coils and 5 seats - whilst coils and 5 seats were notionally "standard" (which is how they show up on, for example, Carsales listings) in practice the D4s were brought in with compulsory upgrades of EAS and 7 seats. If if recall correctly, the owner of the coils/5 seater stated in the ad that he'd specifically ordered his vehicle without the upgrades.

Edit: and I think that his vehicle also had cloth seats, so that may also be a compulsory upgrade.

NB: this is also why the notional cheapest list price of the D4 of $67,000 was misleading - you couldn't actually get one of the coils/5 seat models unless you specifically ordered it, so in practice the range started at about $80k. JLR are doing something very similar with the D5 - as I understand it the bottom spec vehicles aren't currently available.

Originally Posted by twr7cx

I believe that to be incorrect. My understanding is there are four trim levels with the D4:

TDV6 - which is the 2.7 TDV6 motor standard up to (and including 2012) but could be optioned to the 3L TDV6.
SE - 3L TDV6
HSE - 3L TDV6
V8 - 5L petrol V8 sits above the HSE (costs about $30,000.00 more for a total of $127k ish when brand new) - as far as I know the only option on it was metallic paint or not...

I don't think so,D4 TDV6 was always 2.7,which finished MY12,and then became TDV6 detuned 3L.

Higher output D4 was called SDV6,and was available in SE,HSE,in D4.

Originally Posted by scarry

I don't think so,D4 TDV6 was always 2.7,which finished MY12,and then became TDV6 detuned 3L.

Higher output D4 was called SDV6,and was available in SE,HSE,in D4.

I have a MY10 3.0 TDV6. Twin turbo, 180kW, 600Nm

After 2011 this engine was badged SDV6, but it didn’t change under the hood.