Thread: New 4.4 Diesel Economy

For me, one is only a lotto win away.....
Regards
Robbo

wate till you dirive one,, all i can say is and even more

idk if im to keen on the 8 speed box tho,,, seems to hunt a lil tomuch,

Makes Prius owners even look more stupid

While it’s good to see the marque getting some good press this is rubbish. How was this 5.3 measured? Does the Princess highway have an 82km section that is all down hill??

I'm the biggest Range Rover fan, but that figure is utter crap. If someone had stated 75-80km/h without air con and ambient temp of 4 - then maybe a believable claim, but at 110 - do a calculation on the energy required to overcome aero alone.

To claim fuel figures that are 35% better than the manufacturer’s claim is just absurd. Just shows some journalists will say anything without a moment of thought. We all know the manufacturer’s claim is from a test environment and the extra urban figure is what can be achieved on an oval track at a constant 50mph, with a few more conditions.

I know the new euro diesels are good, our Golf (they claim 4.7) will return low 4s on a cool night or even QLD winters day (summers day forget it), but it’s less than half the weight and quite slippery through the air. I have seen 3.7, but that was travelling as support with an oversize boat on a cold night maxing at about 80km/h. On the return run with the same conditions at 105/110 it used 4.4… Those figures are from the trip computer which I know is optimistic as well, actual calculations (fuel in and km travelled) when we first got the car showed 7-8% error in the trip computer, factor that in and guess what? It’s back near the manufacturers claim. 4.4 x 1.08 = 4.752 at 105 on a cool night. Computer shows about 5 on a summers day at 100-110 for the same run.

If a Range Rover is capable of 5.3 as claimed, LR would have found a way for test figures to show much better than 8.2.

No its entirely achievable if a Hiclone is fitted.

Regards Philip A

Originally Posted by PhilipA

No its entirely achievable if a Hiclone is fitted.

Regards Philip A

hiclone gold,

wel after a good long drive inone today, in 8th gear at 100kph it dose just over 1000rpm, so as youd expect the econ was prity good, i maniged to get 5.6avg and that included abit of driving around in noosa witch is the home of roundabouts,

alltho you cant let that 4.4 stay tamed for to long, foot down a few times and it moves prity well i must say

took awile to get used to the new gear leaver, witch it dosent have one, has a nob like the TR used to have,

as for the drive its still a big

Be interesting to know what it is really using - the fuel consumption read out in my Range Rover is incorrect by more than 20%.

I do agree, they are an awesome drive, anyone that claims there’s no difference between the D4 and RR Vogue really has their head where it’s not shining.