Discovery 2017

↓ Advertise on DISCO5.CO.UK ↓

  • 747_JK
    Member Since: 26 Jun 2018
    Location: England
    Posts: 462
    United Kingdom 
    2022 Discovery SDV6 HSE Lux Santorini Black

    Phenomenal range from new 3.0 MHEV diesel engine

    This has kind of blown me away in comparison to my old Discovery...

    Went to visit some my brother-in-law's family on holiday in Cornwall yesterday, just for the day. Brimmed the tank Friday night, and it showed a range of 550 miles. We covered 444.3 miles in total yesterday, there and back. We went M25/M3/A303 etc, so mix of motorway and A-roads. Weren't pushing too hard, normally up to around 5mph over the actual speed limit for each road.

    Remaining range upon pulling into home at 11.30pm last night was 254 miles, and the fuel gauge showing this much remaining visually:



    Fag packet maths is suggesting 444 + 254 could mean a total range of 698 miles.

    Fuel economy for the journey there & back was 37.3mpg.

    I would sometimes get 500 miles on a very good run with my MY2019, but this seems a huge improvement.

    Is this comparable with others for the mild hybrid 3.0 litre diesel?
    MY23.5 D5 3.0 MHEV Metropolitan Edition – Santorini Black – Ebony Windsor Leather – 21” Style 5025 gloss black wheels – 21” full size spare tyre – Black roof rails – Black side mouldings - Williams Ceramic Coat. [Gone: D5 HSE @ 50,795miles: (now LH68 BYW)]
    30th Jul 2023 9:39 am
  • WmDisco
    Member Since: 27 Dec 2022
    Location: Staffordshire
    Posts: 30
    United Kingdom 
    2018 Discovery TDV6 SE Silicon Silver

    Trip to Spain in 2023 3.0 Diesel MHEV - achieved similar MPG (according to the car display - didn't calculate the actual). Again - driving at a couple of miles or so above the limit.
    I had expected it to be worse than the 2018 2.0 Diesel so pleasantly surprised.
    30th Jul 2023 10:27 am
  • RAW
    Member Since: 30 Jun 2016
    Location: Devon
    Posts: 63
    England 

    I agree and it seems to be getting better as its getting older

    30th Jul 2023 3:56 pm
  • BigCol66
    Member Since: 06 Jul 2020
    Location: Mid Wales
    Posts: 297
    United Kingdom 

    Agree my mpg has definitely improved. I have just travelled from Mid Wales to the Cotswolds and I averaged 38 to the gallon. Very happy with that.
    Discovery 5 D300 Metropolitan.
    30th Jul 2023 8:25 pm
  • Russell
    Member Since: 26 Jun 2016
    Location: Lydd
    Posts: 1115
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Td6 First Edition Namib Orange

    My last D5 MY21 with straight 6 MHEV car and often got 37+and saw 42 on a couple of occasions. The car had covered 18000 and economy really improved from 10000. My new MY23.5 with 800 miles on is already showing mid 30's Smile


    Last edited by Russell on 26th Sep 2023 1:46 pm. Edited 1 time in total
    Namib Orange 1st Edition with black roof and wheels.
    Privacy, tow bar, drive pack, surround camera, heated front & rear seats, auto dim door mirrors, side steps, remote Pro, RSE, arm rest fridge dash cam front and rear.
    15th Aug 2023 8:37 am
  • gavsta
    Member Since: 25 Jan 2022
    Location: Hertfordshire
    Posts: 154
     

    Re: Phenomenal range from new 3.0 MHEV diesel engine

    747_JK wrote:
    Is this comparable with others for the mild hybrid 3.0 litre diesel?


    Pretty much identical figures that I've had over nearly 6,000 miles.
    15th Aug 2023 2:08 pm
  • DieselRanger
    Member Since: 12 Oct 2017
    Location: God's Country, Colorado
    Posts: 784
    United States 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Silicon Silver

    I so much want this engine in the US. Very jealous we don't get it here. Thanks, Volkswagen.... Mad
    20th Aug 2023 4:29 pm
  • 747_JK
    Member Since: 26 Jun 2018
    Location: England
    Posts: 462
    United Kingdom 
    2022 Discovery SDV6 HSE Lux Santorini Black

    Not been in the US since 2019 and can't remember... how easily accessible is diesel fuel (sorry, gas!) on retail forecourts State-side? If you could get this engine, could you fuel it easily?
    MY23.5 D5 3.0 MHEV Metropolitan Edition – Santorini Black – Ebony Windsor Leather – 21” Style 5025 gloss black wheels – 21” full size spare tyre – Black roof rails – Black side mouldings - Williams Ceramic Coat. [Gone: D5 HSE @ 50,795miles: (now LH68 BYW)]
    20th Aug 2023 4:49 pm
  • 747_JK
    Member Since: 26 Jun 2018
    Location: England
    Posts: 462
    United Kingdom 
    2022 Discovery SDV6 HSE Lux Santorini Black

    This car continued to impress in abundance.

    When I did Cornwall and back in a day in July, starting from a full tank it was 444 miles there, and the range showed 254 miles remaining when I pulled back into my driveway that night. Fag packet maths suggests a possible range of 698miles.

    Today I did Lancashire and back. 485 miles there & back, and the range showed 263 miles when I got back home. Quick maths again, suggests a possible range of 748 miles.

    This is just bonkers. I never got ANYWHERE near that with my Sept 2018 D5. I might sometimes have got just over 500 on a VERY good run...

    Today averaged, on the dash, 40.0mpg exactly. Incredible!
    MY23.5 D5 3.0 MHEV Metropolitan Edition – Santorini Black – Ebony Windsor Leather – 21” Style 5025 gloss black wheels – 21” full size spare tyre – Black roof rails – Black side mouldings - Williams Ceramic Coat. [Gone: D5 HSE @ 50,795miles: (now LH68 BYW)]
    20th Sep 2023 7:07 pm
  • Ian_S
    Member Since: 18 May 2021
    Location: South
    Posts: 89
    United Kingdom 

    Here’s my entry…


    20th Sep 2023 9:17 pm
  • Darras
    Member Since: 16 May 2020
    Location: Newcastle
    Posts: 817
    United Kingdom 

    2018 2lt. I generally get this or better. Not bad considering my average speed.



    21st Sep 2023 6:51 am
  • eelpout
    Member Since: 01 Jun 2017
    Location: Don't call it "Cali"
    Posts: 304
    United States 

    DieselRanger wrote:
    I so much want this engine in the US. Very jealous we don't get it here. Thanks, Volkswagen.... Mad

    I wouldn't blame it entirely on VW, the US has had this weird perception with consumer diesels for a while that I just don't understand. I think the market for commercial trucks with diesels is still pretty solid.

    I miss the highway mileage of my 2017 D5 with the TD6. Sad
    22nd Sep 2023 12:52 am
  • DieselRanger
    Member Since: 12 Oct 2017
    Location: God's Country, Colorado
    Posts: 784
    United States 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Silicon Silver

    747_JK wrote:
    Not been in the US since 2019 and can't remember... how easily accessible is diesel fuel (sorry, gas!) on retail forecourts State-side? If you could get this engine, could you fuel it easily?


    Absolutely. I fuel my 2017 Td6 regularly. Diesel pickups are a dime a dozen here, diesel is at every filling station, and at least in my state diesel is actually cheaper than premium petrol, sometimes cheaper than regular.

    And gas is petrol...diesel is diesel Wink
    22nd Sep 2023 1:45 am
  • DieselRanger
    Member Since: 12 Oct 2017
    Location: God's Country, Colorado
    Posts: 784
    United States 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Silicon Silver

    eelpout wrote:
    DieselRanger wrote:
    I so much want this engine in the US. Very jealous we don't get it here. Thanks, Volkswagen.... Mad

    I wouldn't blame it entirely on VW, the US has had this weird perception with consumer diesels for a while that I just don't understand. I think the market for commercial trucks with diesels is still pretty solid.

    I miss the highway mileage of my 2017 D5 with the TD6. Sad


    In the west, pickups are almost all diesel, especially anything larger than a quarter-ton, which refers to payload.

    VW was going gangbusters on their little diesels until they got caught cheating. But yes, passenger vehicle diesel cars suffered from image issues from the malaise era Oldsmobiles and rattletrap Volvo 240D's and Mercs driven by elbow-patched socialist professorial types.
    22nd Sep 2023 1:49 am
  • 747_JK
    Member Since: 26 Jun 2018
    Location: England
    Posts: 462
    United Kingdom 
    2022 Discovery SDV6 HSE Lux Santorini Black

    Thanks DieselRanger... it's a while since I've been in the US. Used to be a fortnight at least annually, sometimes two trips, but then Covid arrived and curtailed further visits, and then my small people began costing me too much, so it's been UK/European holidays only since then.

    CO is wonderful. So many amazing memories of time in your State. And I'm very jealous you get to drive a D5 there, it would be the perfect car.

    Some of my best times in CO have been, well, taking the I-70 west from Denver into Utah. Probably the most impressive stretch of road I've ever driven. And then other fave stops being Durango (several times), Telluride (love the strapline for the airport there - so clever!), Ouray, Silverton... I could go on. You're very luck to live there!
    MY23.5 D5 3.0 MHEV Metropolitan Edition – Santorini Black – Ebony Windsor Leather – 21” Style 5025 gloss black wheels – 21” full size spare tyre – Black roof rails – Black side mouldings - Williams Ceramic Coat. [Gone: D5 HSE @ 50,795miles: (now LH68 BYW)]
    22nd Sep 2023 7:30 am
  • Forum Permissions
  • You cannot create new threads in this forum
    You cannot reply to threads in this forum
    You cannot edit your posts in this forum
    You cannot delete your posts in this forum
    You cannot vote in polls in this forum
All times are GMT DISCO5.CO.UK © 2016 - 2025 Futuranet Ltd DISCO5.CO.UK RSS Feed - All Forums 
DISCO5.CO.UK is independent and not affiliated to Jaguar Land Rover.
Switch to the mobile site
Close