carl
Member Since: 20 Dec 2005
Location: US
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How or when is Landrover going to bring a diesel into the USA? I currently would not again buy another 15mpg gas vehicle. Does anyone have info on how I can get a diesel here?
thanks,
carl
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TazDaz
Member Since: 07 May 2007
Location: South East Essex
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buy one in the Uk and stick it into a container?
don't you get import agents in the US?
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| 6th Jan 2008 6:41 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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Are they available in Canada yet ?
Thats nearly the same country is it not ? 
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| 6th Jan 2008 6:44 pm |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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Oh sorry forgot - their figure head is a Queen and the USofA's is a pimp.
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| 6th Jan 2008 6:45 pm |
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Ollram
Member Since: 04 Dec 2006
Location: Gortynia
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| Re: GET ME A DIESEL IN THE USA! |
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carl wrote:How or when is Landrover going to bring a diesel into the USA? I currently would not again buy another 15mpg gas vehicle. Does anyone have info on how I can get a diesel here?
thanks,
carl
I thought that the tdv6 was available in the States.....
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| 6th Jan 2008 8:57 pm |
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Very Annoyed
Member Since: 19 Nov 2005
Location: Up there, past the strange people and the sheep.
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| Re: GET ME A DIESEL IN THE USA! |
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I thought that the tdv6 was available in the States.....
but is diesel? Loving the power of the TDV8!
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| 6th Jan 2008 9:00 pm |
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carl
Member Since: 20 Dec 2005
Location: US
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Getting diesel fuel, no problem! Getting a vehicle that gets 26mpg vs. 15, not easy!
How is it that a company can produce a great vehicle, yet miss the opportunity to lead the market and capture sales?
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| 6th Jan 2008 10:15 pm |
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DiscoDad
Member Since: 06 Nov 2006
Location: Beautiful Teesdale
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Being a limey and having had an R.V. holiday in the U.S. I can hapily say that Diesel is for trucks only.
(At least that is the mentality).
I hired a 30' R.V. and it had a 6.5litre V10 PETROL engine and I averaged 11MPG. But wait... with the fuel cost difference it worked out at 30 MPG compared with the UK.
Who's the idiot???
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| 6th Jan 2008 10:23 pm |
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simonsi
Member Since: 14 Oct 2007
Location: Auckland
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Know the US definition of a dual-fuel car??
One that runs on both regular AND premium gasoline! 
Told to me with a smile by a US citizen on a recent Florida holiday... Cheers
Simon
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| 6th Jan 2008 10:52 pm |
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Urban Explorer
Member Since: 30 Dec 2007
Location: Saint Somewhere
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simon wrote:Oh sorry forgot - their figure head is a Queen and the USofA's is a pimp.
No, the new one is a hillbilly. 
Leo 05' LR3
00' Discovery 2
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| 7th Jan 2008 3:18 am |
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simonsi
Member Since: 14 Oct 2007
Location: Auckland
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carl wrote:Getting diesel fuel, no problem! Getting a vehicle that gets 26mpg vs. 15, not easy!
How is it that a company can produce a great vehicle, yet miss the opportunity to lead the market and capture sales?
I thought the issue with getting vehicles into the US was the long/difficult/expensive approval/certification process, guess up to very recently the market hasn't been there in enough volume to warrant LR going to the time/trouble/expense.
If the market is there I wonder how long the process to import a new variant takes??? Cheers
Simon
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| 7th Jan 2008 6:57 am |
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catweasel
Member Since: 05 May 2006
Location: Bundaleer
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carl wrote:Getting diesel fuel, no problem!
but low sulphur and quality diesel for this modern engine is hence no TDV6 for the states.
carl wrote:How is it that a company can produce a great vehicle, yet miss the opportunity to lead the market
it does that already and doesn't as you might believe need the states to accomplish this 
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| 7th Jan 2008 11:36 am |
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ronniehardware
Member Since: 29 Apr 2006
Location: western isles
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Is Landrover not stopping the production of petrol engined cars from sometime this year? If so hang on and you will get your wish of a diesel Discovery 3
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| 8th Jan 2008 4:43 pm |
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carl
Member Since: 20 Dec 2005
Location: US
Posts: 28
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You guys are no fun, getting your 26+ to the gallon! Plus your Landrovers never break down!
Just kidding.
Thanks for letting me vent!
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| 9th Jan 2008 1:13 am |
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