2016 Range Rover HSE Td6: First Drive & Reviews
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It might look like a typical Range Rover, but this one's a diesel ground-breaker.
It sure looks like a regular Range Rover. Oh, this specific one’s ostentation might be a little subdued by its taupish (“Waitomo” in Land Rover parlance) grey paint, but it is still rocking that whole Incredible Hulk in a tuxedo shtick that has been the Range Rover’s stock in trade since its introduction in 1970.
And, for the most part, it drives pretty much like any Range Rover, which means, in no particular order of importance, that it feels regal on the highway, like a billy goat off-road and positively hedonistic everywhere. There’s power to spare, a ride worthy of, well, royalty, and enough headroom for NBA centers to stretch to their full seven feet. In other words, it’s all the things we have come to expect from a Range Rover.
Except for this: its fuel economy is an incredible-for-a-beast-that-looks-like-it-could-pull-the-Queen-Mary 9.4 L/100 km. That’s 30 Imperial miles per gallon folks, a whopping 66 per cent improvement over the 15.1 L/100 km (18 mpg) that the “regular” 5.0-litre consumes. To put that into better perspective, that’s roughly the same overall average as a Ford Escape, a compact sport-“cute” powered by a piddly 2.5-litre four; a vehicle which could almost fit in the boot of the Td6. The Td6 stands for turbodiesel, of the 3.0-litre V6 variety. Even enviroweenies, often critical of diesels, have to see its merits; after all, reducing the supercharged V8’s 299 g/km of C02 to the V6’s 182 g/km has got to be worth shouting about. For those looking for further perspective, that’s about the same emissions as a Honda Accord V6. Again, I will remind you we’re talking about a Range Rover HSE here, 2,215 kilograms of the most hedonized sport bruiser a whole lotta money can buy.
The best thing — and more and more Canadians are catching on to this — is that there’s little penalty for this parsimony, though those looking at the most basic of spec sheets may see the Td6’s 254 horsepower and dismiss it outright. That would be a mistake.
Thanks to a tank-like 440 lb.-ft. of torque, this version of the HSE feels more sprightly than its 7.6-second zero to 100 km/h acceleration time might otherwise dictate. Indeed, compared with the supercharged V8, the only time the Td6 feels lacking is when the pedal is matted to the floor; then, the turbodiesel’s maudlin 254 ponies have to bow to the gas engine’s 510 horses. Wide-open throttle, there’s simply no contest. But, in all other circumstances — taking off from a stoplight, passing on the highway and even towing capacity (both are rated at 3,500 kilograms) — the Td6 is equal to, if not quite better than, the 461 lb.-ft. supercharged HSE.
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It might look like a typical Range Rover, but this one's a diesel ground-breaker.
It sure looks like a regular Range Rover. Oh, this specific one’s ostentation might be a little subdued by its taupish (“Waitomo” in Land Rover parlance) grey paint, but it is still rocking that whole Incredible Hulk in a tuxedo shtick that has been the Range Rover’s stock in trade since its introduction in 1970.
And, for the most part, it drives pretty much like any Range Rover, which means, in no particular order of importance, that it feels regal on the highway, like a billy goat off-road and positively hedonistic everywhere. There’s power to spare, a ride worthy of, well, royalty, and enough headroom for NBA centers to stretch to their full seven feet. In other words, it’s all the things we have come to expect from a Range Rover.
Except for this: its fuel economy is an incredible-for-a-beast-that-looks-like-it-could-pull-the-Queen-Mary 9.4 L/100 km. That’s 30 Imperial miles per gallon folks, a whopping 66 per cent improvement over the 15.1 L/100 km (18 mpg) that the “regular” 5.0-litre consumes. To put that into better perspective, that’s roughly the same overall average as a Ford Escape, a compact sport-“cute” powered by a piddly 2.5-litre four; a vehicle which could almost fit in the boot of the Td6. The Td6 stands for turbodiesel, of the 3.0-litre V6 variety. Even enviroweenies, often critical of diesels, have to see its merits; after all, reducing the supercharged V8’s 299 g/km of C02 to the V6’s 182 g/km has got to be worth shouting about. For those looking for further perspective, that’s about the same emissions as a Honda Accord V6. Again, I will remind you we’re talking about a Range Rover HSE here, 2,215 kilograms of the most hedonized sport bruiser a whole lotta money can buy.
The best thing — and more and more Canadians are catching on to this — is that there’s little penalty for this parsimony, though those looking at the most basic of spec sheets may see the Td6’s 254 horsepower and dismiss it outright. That would be a mistake.
Thanks to a tank-like 440 lb.-ft. of torque, this version of the HSE feels more sprightly than its 7.6-second zero to 100 km/h acceleration time might otherwise dictate. Indeed, compared with the supercharged V8, the only time the Td6 feels lacking is when the pedal is matted to the floor; then, the turbodiesel’s maudlin 254 ponies have to bow to the gas engine’s 510 horses. Wide-open throttle, there’s simply no contest. But, in all other circumstances — taking off from a stoplight, passing on the highway and even towing capacity (both are rated at 3,500 kilograms) — the Td6 is equal to, if not quite better than, the 461 lb.-ft. supercharged HSE.
Land Rover
Range Rover
Range Rover Sport
SUV
AWD / 4x4
Diesel
Full – size
Performance
Reviews
Road Test