TD4 2.0 180 Automatic Landmark Edition

Early days but fuel consumption poor

This is a brand new car and I am very pleased with the ride, handling, comfort and fittings.
It is still early days as I have only driven 500 miles. The previous car, a Freelander with the 2.2 190 bhp engine and auto gearbox averaged 33 mpg and could achieve nearly 50mpg on a run. So far in mixed town and country driving using the car very gently (including significant use of the ECO mode setting) with two runs of 80 - 100 miles each, the average achieved is 28.5 over 500 miles using only premium diesel (as recommended by HJ). I expected this new car to be more economical and don't know whether this is typical of a new car before it frees up or whether there is a problem. I generally get better mpg, tyre life and brake pad life from my cars than the average so this is extremely disappointing and at the very low end of the real mpg as on this site.

Second report after another 500 miles.MPG for this 500 miles is 33. Many cold starts in cold weather do not help - it is clear that running with a fully warm engine, 40 MPG should be achievable. Strage issue with bluetooth mobile phone which, since registering with LR in control, no longer rings for incoming calls but plays the phone ring tone too quietly. LR are investigating.

Third report. After a further 500 miles, the economy for the 500 miles has been 30 mpg. Still not what I had been expecting. The phone ringing issue appears to affect a number of new LR cars including the Range Rover Velar. The dealer is insistent that the car electronics are not performing correctly and the car is booked in for a complete week for investigation and software update with a Discovery Sport Courtesy car.

Fourth report after 4,500 miles. Average for the whole time is now 34.5 but the more recent average has been 38. No problems with the car except the ringing volume on the mobile phone which is unsolved and seems to depend on the make and for I-phones, model of phone. 4 full days at the dealer have not got to the bottom of the issue. But the car is good and I am satisfied.

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