Why can't Land Rover offer the TDV8 engine in a lower spec vehicle. The TDV8 engine is superior than the 6 cylinder SDV6 engine - Toyota offer a 4.5l V8 diesel in a vehicle half the price of the Range Rover - and it is a really nice engine. In Oz the base retail price of the RRS TDV8 (UKP74,500) is substantially less than the UK price (UKP 92,200) I don't get that and they don't sell that many TDV8's either.
Landrover are seriously stuffing up their place in the market pricing wise.

At £74k it would be cheaper than an SDv6 HSE Dynamic.......... LR couldn’t do that 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

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Why can't Land Rover offer the TDV8 engine in a lower spec vehicle. The TDV8 engine is superior than the 6 cylinder SDV6 engine - Toyota offer a 4.5l V8 diesel in a vehicle half the price of the Range Rover - and it is a really nice engine. In Oz the base retail price of the RRS TDV8 (UKP74,500) is substantially less than the UK price (UKP 92,200) I don't get that and they don't sell that many TDV8's either.
Landrover are seriously stuffing up their place in the market pricing wise.

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"Wish your Aust pricing was correct, might be missjng some taxes and ORC."

I was comparing website list prices not on-road drivaway prices. With our luxury car tax (AU$20,000 on the TDV8) there is not much point comparing driveaway prices.

We also have lux car tax $45k for V8. M16 SVD8 ,4.4 HSE with a few extras, Sold R50 , Wife SQ5 , BMW R1200GSW.

LCT is only $20,168.75 in WA for the SDV8 where does $45k come from.

Should be total taxes my bad. Think my numbers are made up from recall of invoice. LCT 33 % above thesehold of $60 k higher threashold if car is considered fuel efficient. M16 SVD8 ,4.4 HSE with a few extras, Sold R50 , Wife SQ5 , BMW R1200GSW.

I just played with the configurator and got a RRS SDV8 up to £100k. My old TDV8 would have been high £50k 10 years ago. The price of LRs has nearly doubled in 10 years. Utterly ridiculous. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

In 2005 my 1st RRS TDv6 SE cost £42k (exactly what the L322 FFRR TD6 SE I had before it cost in 2003) I cannot remember what my TDv8 cost in 2007 but it was around £50k, in 2015 my Sdv6 HSE Dynamic cost £69000 with only 22” wheels and privacy as the options and today replacing like for like is a gnats hair off £80000. I don’t see any spec improvement, things have become optional that were standard and IMHO quality has dropped a lot since the L320 was launched. 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