Future Classic: Range Rover L322

As the forum's self-appointed Land Rover nerd, just thought i'd make a few corrections to HJ's recent article, (classics.honestjohn.co.uk/news/comment/2018-11/fut.../ ) which hopefully he'll appreciate. as we are all here to learn about cars after all. Here goes:

1) "In 2005, the Range Rover had a major facelift, to effectively remove as much of the BMW content as possible. The engines were replaced by Ford-PSA’s 2.7-litre TDV6 diesel"

This is incorrect on two counts.

Firstly, 2005 MY was more of a visual nip and tuck than anything substantial. 2007 MY was the year the major changes arrived with the replacement of the BMW M57 diesel engine with a Ford sourced 3.6 twin turbo diesel V8. Electronics/wiring were also moved over to Ford based systems at that time. Secondly, the L322 never got the Ford-PSA 2.7 TDV6 diesel.

2) "and the Jaguar-sourced 4.2 V8, which was available as both a normally aspirated and supercharged unit"

This is partially incorrect. The 4.2 jag V8 was available, but only as a supercharged unit. The naturally aspirated version was a 4.4l.

3) "the 2.7 TDV6 engine, in particular, is known for being fragile, with crankshaft failure a very common problem."

As above, but credit where credit's due, this is a common problem with this engine.

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Hope the above is not taken as criticism, indeed far from it and I do sympathise, we can't know everything about all cars all at once! HJ could tell me anything about a lot of foreign brands and i wouldn't have the knowledge to know if it's correct or not, but seeing as I do, I have!

Now, where did I hang my anorak...