New Range Rover to boast amazing technology solutions and diesel engine as well.

Impressive fuel economy! I'm glad that the smaller, highly fuel-efficient diesels that are popular in Europe are starting to show up in North America.

I just hope that everyone gets on the "actual tailpipe emissions in real-world conditions" bandwagon so we can get a REAL picture of how badly each vehicle truly pollutes. Then allow consumers to make decisions based on that. As one example some of VW's 2.0L diesel engines emit 40x lab-legal levels in the real world. That might still be true even if they figure out how to pass the in-lab-only emission test without using a cheat device. If buyers knew a vehicle was "legal" yet was amongst the highest polluters in the real world, they might choose not to buy it.

I do not see where they are getting on the "Actual tailpipe emissions in real world conditions" bandwagon. Even with the problems - the methods of determining emissions of vehicles (gas and diesel) are still Lab test result. IT remains IMPOSSIBLE to create and maintain the SAME conditions for ALL cars tested - in the real world. ANd the reality is - the emissions levels required - are based on using those lab tests - and since the real world is not approximated by the lab test - emissions in public are the same - nor does the law apply to emissions in the public. (They would not be the same to begin with)

There is NOTHING inherently wrong with Lab testing - it is when that the results of those lab tests are CLAIMED to be what will happen in real life - that is just plain nonsense. Still - the levels in the Lab Tests still establish continued progress in reducing emissions from when they were first produced.

Diesel is a failed technology. Hybrid is the ticket.

TomM re "...I do not see where they are getting on the "Actual tailpipe emissions in real world conditions" bandwagon..."

I never said ANYONE was! I said: "...I just hope that everyone gets on the 'actual tailpipe emissions in real-world conditions' bandwagon..."


re: "There is NOTHING inherently wrong with Lab testing"

How about this: Current laws mandate ONLY lab testing, while virtually all vehicles, diesel and not, emit many multiples of lab-legal levels while operating in the real world*! And there is no law about real pollution, in the real world, and that's where the real pollution is happening. Mind you, we do have clean air in labs, though!

Some people see this as a problem. Others say "all is well." To each their own, I guess.
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*According to numerous news articles that have been published on AutoSpies over the past year.

" this will be first time ever that Land Rover includes four-cylinder engine, that is by the way a diesel in a full-size SUV"

Check your facts! Land Rover offered an inline 4-cylinder diesel engine in the late 80's (2.5 L 300Tdi TD)

If you are ever in the EU take a an SDV8 for a spin. 500lb of torque is nothing to sneeze at and decent mileage too. Much better than the supercharged V8.