Range Rover Vs Range Rover Sport - TEST DRIVE RESULTS

[AstonZagato]

PhilCerbera said:

Jamster said:

PhilCerbera said:

drfrank said:

Any ideas where I can find the fuel figures for the TD6 - 4.4V8 - Supercharged

All the RR performance/mpg figures are here

Average consumptions are:

- Supercharged 18mpg
- 4.4 19mpg
- TD6 25mpg

LPG will approx. halve the cost of fuel for a petrol engine and costs between £2k-£3k to have a kit fitted. Only viable for high (15k+) pa mileage and/or lengthy ownership.

Point to note, the figures above are not average. Theres no way the average mpg for a Supercharged model is 18mpg. If its a combination of driving around town and motorway miles you'll be lucky to get 12mpg. The problem is the powers there and so you use it, youd never drive the Supercharged and the TDV6 the same way so you the figures above are unfortunately invalid.
Cheers,
J
PS Have had both and my bank account can vouch for the petrol hit!

Have only had my 4.2S for a couple of weeks and do a lot of motorway driving (and will continue to do so) and have averaged 19mpg over a 1000 miles. Expect to get around 35mpg equivalent from LPG.

The trip computer on my RR S/C currently reads 17mpg over 10,000 miles - I have never tried to work out if it is accurate. A mix of country roads, uber-fast motorway blasting and trips into London during rush hour. I have a bit of a lead right foot.

Full-fat Range Rovers are just the most consummate cars in the world. I cannot imagine my garage ever being without one. Fast, comfortable, spacious, practical - ticks all the boxes for one of my garage slots. Plus it'll take you off-road to the most amazing places - something you really need to try. Scrambling up rocky tracks or heading down slippery moss banks while the seat heaters (and heated steering wheel) keep you toasty warm is somewhat surreal.

[JONLINE]

I so wanted a RRS when they were launched. However poor interior, cheap plastic etc, etc just didnt make me feel that it was a prestige car - Land Rover take note

So fell in love and bought a 04 TD6 Vogue 3 years ago. Stunning interior, comfortable etc. I get anywhere between 23-27 on a run on the motorway in it. I had it chipped with a superchip as it was gutless in standard form - now Im really impressed with its performance, fuel consumption and general running. Looked at a 4.2 supercharged last month - felt I couldnt afford the running costs (even with petrol being cheaper than diesel) or the depreciation. - so ruled that out. Test drove a TDV8 - pulls like a train, but for the extra money of px the TD6, its not really that different IMHO. So Im keeping my TD6. Would recommend you try a test drive in a chipped version if you can.

[cayman-black]

JONLINE said:

I so wanted a RRS when they were launched. However poor interior, cheap plastic etc, etc just didnt make me feel that it was a prestige car - Land Rover take note

So fell in love and bought a 04 TD6 Vogue 3 years ago. Stunning interior, comfortable etc. I get anywhere between 23-27 on a run on the motorway in it. I had it chipped with a superchip as it was gutless in standard form - now Im really impressed with its performance, fuel consumption and general running. Looked at a 4.2 supercharged last month - felt I couldnt afford the running costs (even with petrol being cheaper than diesel) or the depreciation. - so ruled that out. Test drove a TDV8 - pulls like a train, but for the extra money of px the TD6, its not really that different IMHO. So Im keeping my TD6. Would recommend you try a test drive in a chipped version if you can.

Agree had a 04 td6 vogue from new and i still love it.

[trampagne]

custardkid said:

Having driven a RR TD6 - RR 4.4 v8 - a RRS 2.7v6

the 4.4 rangie is the nicest to drive, the v6 derv is more refined than the td6.

RRS sport is too fidgety and makes you drive more agressively, which is at odds with the relatively under powered log burner under the bonnet. In the RR the power is irrelavent as it softens you into a relax state where you couldn't give a monkeys about whats going on out side your leather clad palace

the derv cars are glacially slow, with the 4.4 feeling marginally quicker. but both times i had just stepped out of the Tuscan so my judgement may have been clouded

due to the extra refinement swinging towards a 4.4v8 as they are 3-5k cheaper than a TD6 and will give similar running costs with an LPG kit.

not driven the V8 derv yet.....
but this pimp machine was delivered to the folks on friday:
14miles on the clock artic white 3.6 V8 vogue
Custard

Supercharged grill? Sheep in wolves clothing there.

[welshbikerduck]

I have the S/C grill on mine, along with the S/c side vents. I never bought the car new so it wasn't me that ordered them, but the S/C grill is certainly nicer.

I don't think people do it to "pretend" to own a S/C it is just a nicer looking grill, my car still has the TDV8 badge on the back so i am quite sure the previous owner wasn't trying to pass it off as a S/C or he would have at least debadged it or put an S/C badge on in it's place.

[eliot]

At today's prices, 24MPG Petrol is the same as 27MPG Diesel.My little calculator works that out and the compares the costs betweeon driving petrol abd derv:
http://www.mez.co.uk/derv.html

[Kneetrembler]

I bought a RR TD6 new on a 56 plate aand had it chipped and it still returned 25mpg whatever you did with it.
Sold it last year