what are the differences between the exterior of a supercharged and the hse?????????

grill (front and side), exhaust tips, badge, wheels (if TDV6 they are different otherwise the TDV8 has the same wheels as the SC) and rear LR badge (Green if TDV6, Black if TDV8 or SC)

TDv8 has green badges front and back and the front grille is matt silvery rather than sparkly chrome of the S/C.
The way to tell a TDv6 HSE from a TDv8 is that the v8 has a black transponder unit for the Adaptive Cruise Control in the right side of the lower intake, same as the S/C. And to tell a TDv8 from an S/C - the S/c has Black Brembo calipers and the TDV8 has grey caliper.
How you tell the difference between a TDv8 HST and a S/C HST I don't know, but I saw on in Cairns blue recently and it looked OK - the mass of grey plastic in the front air dam doesn't look so obvious!
Now please can I put up my hood...............................  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

Tim in Scotland wrote:

TDv8 has green badges front and back and the front grille is matt silvery rather than sparkly chrome of the S/C.
The way to tell a TDv6 HSE from a TDv8 is that the v8 has a black transponder unit for the Adaptive Cruise Control in the right side of the lower intake, same as the S/C. And to tell a TDv8 from an S/C - the S/c has Black Brembo calipers and the TDV8 has grey caliper.
How you tell the difference between a TDv8 HST and a S/C HST I don't know, but I saw on in Cairns blue recently and it looked OK - the mass of grey plastic in the front air dam doesn't look so obvious!
Now please can I put up my hood...............................

Tim, My TDV8 has black brembo calipers. The grill is exactly the same colour as the SC but for having a green badge (unless one changes them, which a lot of people do). Too much amber nectar old chap

To answer the question.....one has HSE on the back and the other Supercharged (usually unless they have been changed or removed).
Diesel usually has stumpy exhausts and the SC has pipes. (unless they have been changed of course )

So really not a lot of difference. Most noticeable will be the frquency of pulling on to the garage forecourt to fill up the SC  TDV6 - gone
TDV8 - gone
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Josh wrote:

Tim, My TDV8 has black brembo calipers. The grill is exactly the same colour as the SC but for having a green badge (unless one changes them, which a lot of people do). :

Just been out to the car and taken a pic of the front grille and OK it is very similar to the S/C grille that I had on the V6, I'm sure it was more chromed than that but have compared 2 photos and concede that they are the same!

The brake calipers:
To my eyes this is Tunsgten/Grey - certainly isn't the glossy black shown in the brochures

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