4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY LAND ROVER · 35 ENGINES

Land Rover engines

Land Rover engines

The engines of Land Rover's four-wheel drives: 35 of them, 19 petrol and 16 diesel, with the vehicles each one powered and when.

What Land Rover used, and when

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petrol diesel electric multi-fuel

V-8 · 4.6 L / 5 L / 5.4 L / 5.7 L · petrol · naturally aspirated

Chevrolet small-block V8

1955–2003

The small-block V8 — 283, 305, 327 and 350 cu in — of the K-series, Blazer and Suburban.

1 vehicle: Brooklyn Coachworks

V-6 · 4 L · petrol · naturally aspirated

Ford Cologne V6

1962–2011

Ford’s 4.0-litre V6, the Discovery 3’s petrol engine.

1 vehicle: Discovery 3

inline-4 · 1 L / 1.1 L · petrol · naturally aspirated

Fiat FIRE

1985–present

The FIRE fours of the Panda 4x4 — 999 cc from 1986 and 1,108 cc from 1991.

1 vehicle: Army Fire Service HCB-Angus FC

inline-6 · 2.5 L · diesel · turbocharged

BMW M51

1991–2000

BMW’s 2.5-litre turbodiesel six, the P38 Range Rover’s diesel.

1 vehicle: Range Rover P38

V-8 · 4.6 L · petrol · naturally aspirated

Rover V8 4.6

1994–2004

The 4,554 cc top Rover V8, in the P38 Range Rover.

1 vehicle: Range Rover P38

V-8 · 4.4 L · petrol · naturally aspirated

BMW M62

1994–2005

BMW’s 4.4-litre V8, the first L322 Range Rover’s petrol engine.

1 vehicle: Range Rover L322

inline-6 · 3 L · diesel · turbocharged

BMW M57

1998–2013

BMW’s 3.0-litre turbodiesel six in the early L322 Range Rover.

1 vehicle: Range Rover L322

V-6 · 2.7 L / 3 L · diesel · turbocharged

AJD-V6 TDV6

2004–2019

The Ford–PSA 2.7 and 3.0-litre V6 turbodiesel of the Discovery 3 and 4 and the L322.

1 vehicle: Discovery 3