L0nD0t.$t0we11" <"L0nD0t.$t0we11 wrote:
> Roughly 1/14/04 03:29, Exit's monkeys randomly typed:
>
>> R. David Steele wrote:
>>> I thought that these two were to be coming out this month?
>>>
>>> any word on this?
>>
>> I'm not sure about the Jeep which uses the Mercedes turbo-diesel but
>> you won't see the Discovery diesel for a while. There are no plans
>> to export the current Disco with the TD5 unit to North America but
>> they may send over the all-new Discovery when it comes out later
>> this year. It uses a jointly developed Ford/Peugeot 2.7l V6 turbo
>> diesel with the latest common rail technology and puts out 200hp and
>> over 300lbs-ft of torque but should still return 30mpg. The petrol
>> engine will be a Jaguar 4.2 V8 with 300hp.
>
> Hmmm, once the mounts and such for the Jag 4.2 are in there, isn't
> much more effort to stuff in the good Jaguar bits and make that a
> 470 hp turbo, aka Discovery S.

Or even easier, the jag 4.2 supercharged version can easily put out 500hp
with a change of chip. . . . . ;-)

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