New land rover defender engine lol

[mendiplogs]

HI all a new land rover defender engine on its way a 2.2 lt that meet the u5 standards its replaceing the eu4 2.4lt engine it brings greater levels of performance and refinement to the 2012 land rover defender we will see :lol:all the best jon

[Ollie Wall]

Are they changing the body shape yet or is that just an upsetting rumor lol

 

Ollie

[mendiplogs]

Are they changing the body shape yet or is that just an upsetting rumor lol

 

Ollie

 

HI ollie no body changing just the engine the new land rover comes out in 2015 we will see thanks jon

[Ollie Wall]

haha gdgd will be interesting to see how the 2.2 performs then!! ollie

[Tom D]

Tempted to go out and buy another before they do.

 

This move to smaller and smaller engines is not good for working trucks IME, They simply don't have the same tourque as a bigger engine, which is what you want for towing.

 

The current defender engine is a great puller, but it doesn't have as much grunt low down as my old 2.8tdi.

[mendiplogs]

Tempted to go out and buy another before they do.

 

This move to smaller and smaller engines is not good for working trucks IME, They simply don't have the same tourque as a bigger engine, which is what you want for towing.

 

The current defender engine is a great puller, but it doesn't have as much grunt low down as my old 2.8tdi.

HI tom your right there mate ref smaller engines the td5 chip was a good engine and when chip up too 200hp and 310 tq plus it was far better then a ford puma eng all the best jon

[Treewolf]

Figures quoted show that the 2.2 EU5 engine has exactly the same power and torque as the 2.4 EU4 engine. One possible downside is that for EU5 it has a DPF (diesel particulate filter) and these have caused a lot of problems on some vehicles (not just LR) recently.

 

"Project Icon" is the replacement for Defender due 2015, lots of rumours but nothing is known for sure. I did hear one person who claimed "to know someone at the factory" (but don't they all make that claim?) say that it will actually look just like the present one, but with better side protection, airbags, etc., but this seems unlikely due to the requirements for being pedestrian impact friendly etc. Another problem for LR to solve is that ideally it will be built by robot not by Brummies (no offence to any here) - one of the big bugbears at the moment is the appaling and variable build quality resulting from being built by humans.

 

Whatever happens, I think 2015 will be the end of an era.