Sorry RRSTDV8 but I don't agree, the 200/300 TDI was a fantastic engine, had an issue in the early days with cambelts run off but once the mods where done they'll run fore ever. Did a couple of head gasket on engines with plus 300k and you could still see the machine marks on the bores.
Likewise the TD5's are a great engine, early problems with oil gallery's but apart from oil in the ECU again early days, a strong engine. 2008 G4 RRSport TDV8 current
2009 TDCi 90 current
2018 Discovery 5 HSE lux current
1994 Dakar current

They were, effectively, developments of the original 1957 2litre diesel that was, itself, the progenitor of the 2.25 petrol. I think they all used basically the same block although the lining method was changed over the years. But you're right, I did forget the 200/300TDi in my original comment. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

I'm convinently fore getting about the normally aspirated and turbo D engines fitted to the early 90/110's what a pile they where. I'd almost say they nearly finished Land Rover.if it had'nt been for the Disc 1 with the 200 TDI engine I think L/R would of gone the same way as Rover 2008 G4 RRSport TDV8 current
2009 TDCi 90 current
2018 Discovery 5 HSE lux current
1994 Dakar current

My TDi300 Def90 now has 86000 miles on it and is 19 years old. The only mechanical changes since it left the factory were the removal of the then optional cat and all the associated gubbins when the downpipe corroded, a PTO for the hydraulic winch pump was added and that's it. It is still on it's original clutch despite some pretty serious abuse. Other than one flat battery (due to old age more than anything else) the only maintenance it gets is an annual oil change and service (it has a K&N filter so that only needs cleaning) at MOT time. It doesn't lead a hard life these days though and struggles to cover 3000 miles a year, but take it for a nice run and it has enough oomph and can keep up with motorway traffic but prefers to run at 65 rather than 70/80 but can get there eventually, take it offroad and it is so much fun! Stamps in the service history booklet stopped about 7 years ago when I stopped renewing the LR Extended warranty as I thought it a waste of time, the car has never broken down so my AA relay covers me on that front. Well looked after LR in-house engines have proved to be pretty robust and for me , reliable. I know lots of people who have had problems with LR modified K series engines from Freelander1, L series Diesels from Freelander1 and loads of people with early L322 FFRR's with the BMW V8 petrol engine who never seem to be out of a repair bay for engine related issues. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Of course we are all forgetting that what makes excellent engineering sense almost certainly will not comply with the requirements politicians place onto manufacturers.

So smaller, turbocharged petrols with hybrid electrical "assisters" are more likely to become the norm as the politicos recoil from the diesel farrago they themselves engineered. In other words, vehicle complexity is going to take an order of magnitude jump.

Me? I will never lose my love of unstressed, large displacement dinosaur engines, they give the very best driving experience IMHO. MY2016 HSE D SDV6 - gone due to fuel dilution problems.

By the age of 50 you have the face you deserve - George Orwell.

I'm in Copenhagen at the moment and you should see how many Teslas there are around here. At the moment there is a tax benefit from ownership of an EV according to my Danish colleagues but the subsidy to buy one is being removed in 2017 so they are selling like hotcakes here. They are also considerably cheaper to buy here than they are in the UK, less than the local cost to buy an RRS! 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW