It doesn’t hit the newsstands until 6 September but in the September edition they say that the next issue will have a buyers guide to buying a used Range Rover Sport - I wonder if snapping cranks will get a mention............ 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

Do you think we should all sell our V6's now before they become worthless?

I hadn't realised this was such a widely highlighted issue...Glad I went for the 4.4 petrol though.

Anyway thanks for the heads up on the forthcoming article.

That's one of the reasons i too went for a V8

Well, someone has to speak up for them - we’ve had three JLR V6 diesels in the last ten years (for a total of 120,000 miles so far) and they’ve all been reliable, smooth and economical (I know I’m tempting fate!).

Having said that, I also love JLR V8s - we’ve had six of those too over the last twenty years, with no complaints yet.

Any compliments should probably go to Ford as supplier of the engines.

I doubt they'll mention the crank issue - or if they do they'll use clever words that suggest LR will look after you (when in reality, they won't unless you're the first owner in the first three years). 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

They use the discovery v6 at work and regularly get rid at 250k miles. Never known a failed engine.i think everyone who has one comes here for advice!

1 is too many though! Range Rover Sport HSE DYnamic SDV6 Velocity blue 2020 MY
Range Rover sport HSE Dynamic P400e Silver
Range Rover Sport 3.0 SDV6 HSE Dynamic 2016 MY
Range Rover sport 3.6tdv8HSE 2007 Gone
Range Rover sport 2.7tdv6SE 2005 Gone
Range Rover sport 2.7tdv6SE 2007 honey
Range rover Vogue 2005 4.4 - GONE and missed
BMW 535d M sport 2006 - GONE not as missed
BMW X5 4.4 2004 sport - GONE

I have to say I have only had one unreliable Land Rover since 1996 and that was a 2014MY Evoque that was perfect until there was a gearbox software ‘upgrade’ for the 9 speed ZF gearbox.............. got shot of the car after the 10th DPF Senior was replaced in 2 months and back into an RRS. I would still have my 2015.5MY SDv6 HSE D if JLR had been more committed to offering a fix should the crank have snapped, but as I slip down the slope to retirement I decided it was a financial risk I wasn’t prepared to take and as in 3 years ownership the price for a like for like replacement had increased more than £10,000 and the standard equipment list had reduced I decided to take a break from new JLR products after buying 11 of then in 22 years and try something a bit different and a lot less costly. I still have my 100% reliable and 22 year old TDi300 Defender to fly the LR flag on my drive 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

I think that there are a lot of V6 diesels running around trouble free, however the issue I had was, that once the car falls below £25k, then it is just too much of a gamble to keep it when the cost of a complete new power unit is not far short of the value of the car.
In Spain a 2011 Sport is worth €28k, a new engine supplied and fitted with new ancillaries is circa €22. In Spain - 2018 F Pace - Frightened away from the Sports due to crank failures
Gone - A couple of RRS, A couple of Disco's. However thinking of another Sport.

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I think that there are a lot of V6 diesels running around trouble free, however the issue I had was, that once the car falls below £25k, then it is just too much of a gamble to keep it when the cost of a complete new power unit is not far short of the value of the car.
In Spain a 2011 Sport is worth €28k, a new engine supplied and fitted with new ancillaries is circa €22k

2nd hand 2.7 engines aren't a fraction of the cost of a new one.

Well, they are. 1/2 the price of a new one

Did think that after I posted

About 3k on eBay, some offer fitting for that too.

(Hey, I'm not saying anything about quality, you pays your money etc but for me whose RRS is 11 years old, 155k miles and not the most pristine/looked after version and accordingly not worth a fortune I would have thought, then I wouldn't be too fussed about getting a brand spanker if it were to go pop)

A new one is 4250? + fitting. 2 year LR warranty