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Comments by "Beer_Dad" (@Beer_Dad1975) on "Range Rover Sport SV vs SVR: V8 DRAG RACE" video.
@pasma1983 Nah, it's not - BMW can't make a reliable V8 to save themselves - they all have fatal engineering flaws. The old 5 litre Jaguar AJ unit was an OK engine, pretty basic engineering without all the plastic garbage BMW put in their junk heaps - plus no hot-v turbos that will cook everything eventually. Jaguar Land Rover can't get much right, but that V8 was reasonably solid - at least compared to BMW. BMW make some good inline 6's though.
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@pasma1983 No, BMW V8's are really terrible - do some research - they have multiple critical failure points that will eventually cause them to grenade if not dealt with. VANOS failure, main and big end bearing failure, cylinder lining failures and so on. The JLR 5 liter doesn't have anywhere near as many issues - it's far from perfect - it's no Lexus 2UR or GM LS when it comes to reliability for sure, but it's definitely a more reliable thing than any modern BMW V8 - problem with the BMW's is they have too many compromises in the name of emissions and fuel consumption - and lets be honest, German planned obsolescence. As noted, everything aside from the engine and transmission on any JLR product is dodgy indeed. I personally wouldn't buy either, if I had to have a BMW, it'd have a B58 powered one - that's really their only good engine these days - and even it has serious ancillary issues.
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