The world's most complete luxury 4x4 just got smarter, with the
2007 model year Range Rover Vogue TDV8, pioneering an innovative
world-first technical solution - the petrol fuel guard system.
The petrol fuel guard system helps prevent drivers filling their
diesel vehicle with petrol - an increasingly common error in this
age of the ultra-refined diesel engines. Land Rover's innovative
new system is incorporated into the vehicle's diesel filler head
and automatically activates the intervention of a mechanical
shutter if a petrol nozzle is inserted, preventing petrol being
dispensed into the diesel tank.
The system distinguishes between petrol and diesel nozzles
because thinner unleaded petrol dispensers go deeper down the neck
of the vehicle's fuel tank, thus activating the shutter.
Chief programme engineer for the 2007 model year Range Rover
Vogue, Mick Cameron, says: "The new TDV8 engine in the Range Rover
Vogue is so powerful and refined we feel that there is a danger,
more so with this vehicle than with any we have sold in the past,
of the driver mistaking the vehicle for a petrol-powered derivative
- especially if the driver isn't the vehicle's regular user.
Mis-fuelling is an expensive and complex problem to fix, and we are
delighted to be first to the market with this innovative
solution."
The AA reports that in 2005, in the UK alone, over 100,000 cases
of mis-fuelling were reported, with diesel vehicles being filled
with petrol being by far the most common error. The associated
costs are significant, often amounting to several thousand dollars
if the incorrect fuel enters the engine upon starting the
vehicle.
The Range Rover Vogue for 2007 comes with a host of other
significant enhancements, on both the TDV8 diesel and V8 petrol
derivatives, including the all-new V8 diesel engine, revised cabin
design and new technologies including Terrain Response and the fuel
protection system as standard. Pricing for the Range Rover Vogue
TDV8 starts at $140,900.
For further information please contact:
Guido Schenken
Public Relations Department
Land Rover Australia
Phone: (02) 9020 1517
Email: gschenk4@landrover.com
Website: www.landrover.com.au