LDV D90 diesel on pause for Australia
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LDV is considering a return of the D90 turbo-diesel to the seven-seat SUV range after a facelift for the petrol this year.
A diesel version of the LDV D90 seven-seat family SUV is under consideration to rejoin the newly-facelifted range arriving in showrooms now.
The updated D90 now on sale is exclusively powered by a 2.0-litre turbo-petrol engine with more power than before (184kW/410Nm vs 160kW/350Nm).
LDV says the 2.0-litre twin-turbo diesel (158kW/480Nm) is “under evaluation” for the facelifted line-up – as diesel accounts for a significant portion of large SUV sales – with “limited stock” remaining of the outgoing D90 diesel.
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“It is available to us as an option and we are currently assessing it for our market,” LDV Australia General Manager, Dinesh Chinnappa said in a written statement.
Towing capacity for the updated petrol D90 has been boosted from 2000kg to 3000kg, but it is still down slightly on the outgoing diesel’s 3100kg.
The rear-wheel-drive 2025 D90 petrol matches the claimed fuel consumption of the 2024 D90 4WD diesel – 9.1L/100km – but the 4WD petrol claims to consume slightly more, at 9.4L/100km.
In the 2024 D90 line-up, the diesel was priced at a $5000 premium to the flagship Executive 4WD petrol, which now starts from $51,042 drive-away for private buyers, up $6210.
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