Surely it will have air suspension....
Just looking at the new Disco specs and LR list 3 engine choices:
TD4 2.0: 132kW, 430Nm
SD4 2.0: 177kW, 500Nm
TD6 3.0: 190kW, 600Nm
And one gearbox choice:
8 speed auto
Plus option of 2 speed transfer box with centre locking diff (with air suspension) on SD4 and TD6 engines. Optional rear locking diff too with the 2 speed transfer box.
Assuming a lot of Disco technology will be shared with the new Defender, but LR will hopefully try to keep costs down and off-road ability high, would the TD4 engine + 8 speed auto + 2 speed transfer box (minus air suspension) be the most logical combination?? Purely speculation I know, but anyway. Cheers
Surely it will have air suspension....
I would think,and hope the new one will be a re-bodied D4,at least it would keep the D4 owners happy
Pretty sure the coil version was dropped along with manual trans after the early D4s.
Shame the D4 commercial never came to Australia.Ive removed my 3rd row and the 2nd row is always folded down.
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maybe their newer 8 speed will be the one,,
with 8 speeds covering lower and upper transfercase ratio's
surely we dont need 8 lowrange ratios Andy?
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They have just put a 10speed auto in the new Mustang.
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I like the idea and removing the transfer case would make for a simpler drive train.... not to mention a whole new forum debate which always happens when technology changes
Just have to find the ratios as they aren't in the brochures on the landrover web site.
Cheers
Steve
You would have to expect auto if they want to keep terrain response. It is the only way the software and hardware can collaborate properly. You can't have a human changing gears against the will of the software, OMG
In regard to weight I find this fascinating particularly in regard to both off-road durability and fuel consumption. We just got back from a little jaunt from Adelaide to Caloundra and return. On the outbound trip we towed the Ultimate to its new owners and got our normal 14.9l per 100km or 530km from the tank. On the way back and regardless of travelling during a national heatwave, we got 800km out of the tank. We sat on 112kph and cruise so I was not driving for efficiency and the AC was working all the time.
So with that sort of fuel consumption I have no problems if they use the current or I mean now old version of the chassis. Given some comments on this forum regarding a broken aluminium chassis resulting from a snatch recovery and if it is actually a fact then for those of us who spend a lot of time off bitumen I have a hankering for strength and if it means the same weight I am OK with that right now
Fascinating to see how this model actually develops
Rob
If it is the 8 speed transmission used un the current vehicles then it will have a transfer box. The gearing is not low enough to compete with low range and .... the ever present argument of reveresing a heavy load without low range.
Almost guaranteed it will have low range and if they are smart they will also include locking differentials of some sort - at least at the rear. While TR is very clever, a locked diff does not need any thinking time. Makes for more steady progress I think having observed discos with and without an e-diff tackling the same terrian.
Cheers,
Sean
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