Thread: D5, Defender 110 or LC300

Originally Posted by Graeme

Surely that's not correct. The sales brochure for my 4.4 TDV8 L322 has 7.8 seconds 0-100 kph.

All testing on youtube of the diesel shows it around 17 seconds

Originally Posted by Tombie

Their bloated "full kit" LC wouldnt have been near that...and the 0-100 on the LC is 17.8 seconds in diesel...


Did you see they are a "Hot Vee" engine - with the turbochargers in the middle of the valley... thats going to make for fun repairs

Anything bloated wont go well,a bit like me..

Official figures,i had to look them up,0 to 100Km/hr.Hopefully they are correct.

Y62 6.6 sec
LC200 Diesel 8.2 sec
LC300 Diesel 6.7 sec
Defender D300 7.0 sec
From memory D4 3.0L is in the 9's.

The D2 TD5 was around 15 seconds from memory.

All not bad really for heavy bloody things.

Anyway,they are not racing cars,far from it.

Hot V,will be easier to change a turbo than the old models,liquid cooled intercooler as well.

In 5 yrs we will know if there are issues,no doubt.

Originally Posted by Tombie

All testing on youtube of the diesel shows it around 17 seconds

Not the ones i have seen,its been clocked mid to low 7's.

In fact if you watch it against a stock 200,the 200 will jump it but the 300 hauls it in.

A mild tuned 200 will leave it quite a way behind.

Originally Posted by Tombie

All testing on youtube of the diesel shows it around 17 seconds

Not 0-100 mph by any chance?

Quote from OP - "Not interested in the Patrol (petrol only) or the LC300 (very mixed reviews)."

If it's a "heart" driven purchase then I think you are going to be a happy (and lucky) man but if there's a bit of non-emotional process as well after running the numbers you might be surprised about which vehicle costs you less in the long run, and/or by how much, the extra fuel used is easily off-set by other costs associated with purchase, running and eventual resale.
Simple example running around the traps last year was the $30k difference in price between the Y62 and LC200, if I recall correctly the the LC200 had to get to 400,000km to break even with the fuel costs/economy equation.
It was a John Cadogan piece I think and while it is now a bit out of date with respect to the numbers, the principal is still valid.
I priced a Defender and D5, they both came out considerably more than either the Y62 or the RAM, (both with $$$ added to make them fit for purpose) but of course it's a very difficult comparison .
Food for thought, which is why you asked the question I guess

Originally Posted by scarry

Your 2.7L D4 must be pretty impressive if it can do 0 to 100 in less than 8 seconds.

More'n likely they'd have only got to say 60-70 between lights and I don't see why an ECU modded 2.7 couldn't knock off an LC to that sort of speed.

Saw my first 300 yesterday and maybe its looks will grow on me...........

Aren’t they ugly as sin!

Originally Posted by PeterJ

Quote from OP - "Not interested in the Patrol (petrol only) or the LC300 (very mixed reviews)."

If it's a "heart" driven purchase then I think you are going to be a happy (and lucky) man but if there's a bit of non-emotional process as well after running the numbers you might be surprised about which vehicle costs you less in the long run, and/or by how much, the extra fuel used is easily off-set by other costs associated with purchase, running and eventual resale.
Simple example running around the traps last year was the $30k difference in price between the Y62 and LC200, if I recall correctly the the LC200 had to get to 400,000km to break even with the fuel costs/economy equation.
It was a John Cadogan piece I think and while it is now a bit out of date with respect to the numbers, the principal is still valid.
I priced a Defender and D5, they both came out considerably more than either the Y62 or the RAM, (both with $$$ added to make them fit for purpose) but of course it's a very difficult comparison .
Food for thought, which is why you asked the question I guess

To quote Robert P:

Life’s to short to drive boring cars.

You need to enjoy your time behind the wheel, not feel it’s a chore.