Test drove both and knew it was the 4.4 within minutes.

Sounds great, goes extremely well without effort and I though handled better when pushed not that it is often.

I must say the fuel consumption of the 3.0 was VERY appealing even on a test drive the 3.0 was 8mpg up on the 4.4. Sold - Bell a 2015 MY16 Loire Blue Autobiography 4.4 SDV8
Previously George a 2007 MY07 Java Black VSE 3.6 TDV8
Previously a 04 MY04 Defender 90

I think the mpg on all the FFRR's is way out, and the only way to know what you really get is with an app which gives about 3 to 4 mpg less than the car tells you!!

My car (a 3.0 L), tells me an average of 29mpg but in reality it is just under 26 average. My mileage is about 12,000pa and most of this is short journeys and off road for shooting/fishing with two or three long journeys (over 1,500miles each)per year.

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From factory the SDV8 gets the badge
3.0 and autobiography don’t

Always seemed a bit odd that, so about a tenner to “fix”!

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I use a fuel app. I can get just over 30mpg on a typical motorway biased business journey and just under 23mpg local journeys and office commute.

I’ve come to my folks in Ramsgate. NW London to here 110 miles steady motorway/duel carriageway at 65/70mph with a few give it some beans moments thrown in. Trip computer showed 29 Real brim to brim equalled 27. Not too bad for a 500bhp house brick on wheels.

Just a shame the weekend will be back to stop start stuff and I’ll be lucky to see 16mpg

It’s amazing what a very lightly stressed engine can do in the right circumstances Just a shame when it all goes to pieces in stop start traffic!

Just looked at my trip computer is my sdv8. It’s saying I get 15.1mpg on a bad run to work, and my best run is about 37mpg 20 miles on motorway. I am very light on the pedals, the trip app rating me between 96 and 98 pc efficiency. Not sure how that is calculated!

Our trip computer seems to be very close to a fuel app which I briefly used.

Ours seems to hover around 21/22 and over 30 on a run.. but to be honest it doesn’t do many miles so doesn’t really matter. Sold - Bell a 2015 MY16 Loire Blue Autobiography 4.4 SDV8
Previously George a 2007 MY07 Java Black VSE 3.6 TDV8
Previously a 04 MY04 Defender 90

Genuine consumption figures on a SDV8 - The majority is country lane and B road driving, hardly any traffic and the very, very occasional motorway trip:

All quiet on the P400e front then?

 2021 L405 Vogue SE 4.4 V8 DIESEL ~ #17

Very satisfied SDV8 owner - main road, dual carriageways and a bit of motorway with some quite rather quick speeds and a balance of sections at 40/50

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it wasnt crucial in the purchase of my 3.0 but i have to admit i'm very happy with the mpg,


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