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06-04-2010, 02:41 PM
Filed under: SUV (http://www.autoblog.com/category/suvs/), Truck (http://www.autoblog.com/category/trucks/), Europe (http://www.autoblog.com/category/euro/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/), Land Rover (http://www.autoblog.com/category/land-rover/), Diesel (http://www.autoblog.com/category/diesel/)

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A recent report says the 2011 Range Rover (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/range+rover) (in Europe at least) will be getting a new 4.4-liter V8 diesel engine with 308 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque to replace the current 3.6-liter V8 diesel. When the the current F-150 (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/f150) was launched back in 2008, Ford announced that it would add a diesel V8 to the powertrain lineup in mid-2010. That diesel V8 was rumored to displace about 4.4-liters and at that time, Ford still owned Land Rover (http://www.autoblog.com/make/land-rover/) and Jaguar (http://www.autoblog.com/make/jaguar/). When the economy hit the skids and diesel prices skyrocketed, the diesel engine plan was shelved from the pickup. We haven't been able to get any comment from Land Rover, but a Ford official has confirmed that the new Land Rover diesel V8 is being supplied from Ford's Chihuahua engine plant which also produces the new 6.7-liter Scorpion diesel for the Super Duty pickups.

However, we were reminded that Ford never officially confirmed details of the planned diesel for the F-150, so this may not be the same engine. Given all the other information we have, it does seem to be a reasonable inference. We checked with truck expert Mike Levine at PickupTrucks.com (http://PickupTrucks.com) who believes this is, in fact, the same oilburner.

The fact that it's being built for the luxury SUV means that it could potentially be revived for the pickup, although that now appears unlikely since Ford has decided to add the Ecoboost V6 to the F-150 instead. As the engine was once destined for the U.S. market - with all the emissions requirements in check - it could, at the very least, eventually appear in American Range Rovers. Given the success of diesels in German SUVs, that much certainly seems plausible.

[Source: World Car Fans (http://www.worldcarfans.com/110052726499/leaked-2011-range-rover-confirmed-to-receive-new-44-liter)]Report: 2011 Euro Range Rover to get 4.4L diesel, the ex-F-150 engine? (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/04/report-2011-euro-range-rover-to-get-4-4l-diesel-ex-f150-engine/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Fri, 04 Jun 2010 16:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).



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