Landrover Discovery Fuel Consumption

Hi Andrea,
If it's a Discovery 2 petrol, it must be a V8.

At best, on road - non towing, you could expect around
14-16L/100km, depending on the size of the right foot.
On dirt- not offroad maybe 1-2 Litres more.

Towing a 17ft van will make a considerable difference.
But it depends on the weight and configuration of the van (Heavier van will use more fuel and poptop gives better fuel economy than std height van)

Fuel consumption towing van would be likely to be in the range 20-28 L/100km, again depending on your right foot.
Dirt road towing again maybe 2-5 Litres more

Keeping below 100kph may improve those figures, but V8 petrols (all makes) are thirsty buggers especially when towing.

Disco.

Hi Andrea,
It is ironical that the TD5 diesel discovery is one of the most fuel efficient on the market whilst the V8 petrol is one of the thirstiest.My TD5 is brilliant for long distance towing and if i can keep the speed to around 95 kph my efficiency only drops by 10 to 15%.In your situation with your set up i would drve under 100kph to assist fuel efficiency.
Mark

Hi Andrea.
We had a series 1 petrol & yes/yes - excellent car & thirsty. We now have a series 2 TD5 (it is an all-rounder). All the advise you've been given is right. The up side is that a good Disco will go virtually anywhere and that is piece of mind.
The trip your doing is fantastic, we did it the other way around 3 years ago. I did hear a rumour that they were closing some parts of the Savannah Way so check that out.
Cheers
Jason

I wouldnt write off the petrol V8 so quickly. Sure if it's a daily comute then as everyone has said - they are hungry. However in my experiance, when it comes to towing, I have found them to be not too bad. I've had 5 LPG cars in the past, and if you tow a big load they really chew through it - much more than you'd expect. And I currently have a Tdi Disco that returns around 8lt/100m on my daily comute, and around 15-16lt/100 towing a 1.3ton camper trailer. I also have a V8 Rangie and that returns about 18lt/100km towing the same camper trailer on the same trip.