{"id":1334,"date":"2005-06-14T03:28:45","date_gmt":"2005-06-14T03:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2005\/06\/14\/new-engines-for\/"},"modified":"2012-07-17T13:47:24","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T13:47:24","slug":"new-engines-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2005\/06\/14\/new-engines-for\/","title":{"rendered":"New engines for the Range Rover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/range_superv81.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"149\" alt=\"Range_superv8\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/range_superv8.jpg\" width=\"249\"  \/><\/a> The Range Rover gets a new engine, to crown its range. Above the 4.4-litre V8 engine inherited from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jalopnik.com\/cars\/news\/industry-news\/halfmillionth-bmw-x5-rolls-off-the-line-107296.php\">BMW<\/a>&#8211; and so is the Range\u2019s bodyframe &#8211; , the Range has now a supercharged 4.2 V8 delivering no less than 400bhp. In fact, this engine is provided by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/entry\/1234000773037911\/\">Jaguar<\/a>, which belongs to the Ford group, just like Land Rover. In the mean time, it receives upgraded suspensions and grille. Now, the Range can reach 130mph, accelerate from 0 to 60mph in 7.1 sec, for an overall consumption of 17.7mpg. Ouch!<br \/><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>All this has a cost: \u00a372,995.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span>Later, a 3.6 litre V8 turbodiesel should come out. This unit, delivering about 250bhp for a huge 400lb ft torque at least, will be built in Ford\u2019s plant in Dagenham.<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Range Rover gets a new engine, to crown its range. Above the 4.4-litre V8 engine inherited from BMW&#8211; and so is the Range\u2019s bodyframe &#8211; , the Range has now a supercharged 4.2 V8 delivering no less than 400bhp. In fact, this engine is provided by Jaguar, which belongs to the Ford group, just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":353,"featured_media":1495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-land-rover"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New engines for the Range Rover - Petrol Head<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2005\/06\/14\/new-engines-for\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"New engines for the Range Rover - Petrol Head\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The Range Rover gets a new engine, to crown its range. 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