Overlap between E53 and Range Rover

[PropellerHead]

Originally Posted by amacman

I suspect the BMW inline 6 is based on the Austin Healy engine .

Just because the 4cyl Dixi was licensed from the Austin Motor company, doesn't mean BMW's 6 cyl automotive motor from 1933 was based on anything Healy. The 'modern' 6 cyl motors are based on the M30 which was derived by adding two cylinders and a 30 degree 'slant' to the (4cyl) M10 in the 60's.

To be clear, the very first inline 6 was made by the Dutch in 1903 (Spyker). The BMW automotive inline 6 was based on the 1917 Rapp Motorenwerk (later called BMW) aircraft motor- the BMW IIIa. The BMW IIIa: Based on Merc's DIIa aircraft motor. The Merc? You guessed it- Ferdinand Porsche's Austro-Daimler aircraft motor from 1910.

[RRPhil]

This table shows the L322 driveline changes. The BMW diesel engine held on until '07 model year before being replaced with the 3.6 TDV8



Phil

[PropellerHead]

Originally Posted by RRPhil

This table shows the L322 driveline changes. The BMW diesel engine held on until '07 model year before being replaced with the 3.6 TDV8

Great info on the i6 Diesel unit in the UK. Hopefully any readers with that question in mind will find the answer here.

[davewatson]

I was previously looking @ an L322 RR and from memory, it was designed a lot around the E53 - they share electronics including Nav, and all that sorta Stuff too...

[Gurltech]

Hmmm...I have a 2006 X5 4.4i Nav and DSP. My friend has a 2006 RR Sport HSE.
I envy the large touch screen Nav in her car and the sound system, far superior to the X5. Why did they not give the X5 the RR's sound system?

[PropellerHead]

Originally Posted by Gurltech

Hmmm...I have a 2006 X5 4.4i Nav and DSP. My friend has a 2006 RR Sport HSE.
I envy the large touch screen Nav in her car and the sound system, far superior to the X5. Why did they not give the X5 the RR's sound system?

Because by 2006, the divorce of BMW and Land Rover had been complete for 6 years. The Range Rover Sport does not share drivetrain components with BMW. Both of the V8's (4.2 and 4.4) are Jaguar. In the 2006 L322 Range Rover, they replaced the BMW M62 with a Jaguar 4.2L V8.

[NicholasW]

Wow. That was a lot of history and information in one short thread. Good info.

[tkasser]

I have a 2003 4.8iS and a 2006 Ranger Rover HSE. While the Engine and Nav are different. A lot of the control modules are the same. The RR even has the old E38 (pre 1999) key.

[PropellerHead]

Originally Posted by tkasser

I have a 2003 4.8iS

Typo?

[tkasser]

Originally Posted by PropellerHead

Typo?

Typo. 4.6iS.