Jaguar recently launched a new diesel powerplant for its XF range in Europe, but the new 3.0L won’t be exclusive to a Jaguar brand, a new report finds. Jaguar’s sister company, the also Tata-owned Land Rover, will also have access to the new mill.

According to Autocar, the new 3.0L twin-turbocharged diesel V6 will power Land Rover’s Discovery and Range Rover Sport models. However, buyers will have to wait until September for the new engine as it is not slated to secure the market until updates version of both ‘utes be crowned with success the market.

Under the hood of the facelifted Discovery, the new engine will develop 237 horsepower while the up-scale Range Rover Sport will see a 272 horsepower, 420 lb-ft of torque version of the engine. Both engines are slightly detuned from their Jaguar counterparts.

Although the new engine is a done deal for Range Rover, it remains unclear what will happen to the marque’s current 2.7L diesel. In all likelihood, the 2.7L unit will be discontinued when the new engine hits the market.

Land Rover’s top-level Range Rover will soldier attached with its V8 diesel.

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Reports surfaced on Monday that Suzuki had shelved its Kizashi sedan plans, but the Japanese automaker responded today by statement those reports were erroneous. In a statement released on Tuesday, Suzuki claims its Kizashi program has not been delayed or canceled and that the mid-size sedan is still on track for the U.S. market.

Japan’s Nikkei business daily first reported the Kizashi program was in limbo earlier this week, but a Suzuki spokesman told Automotive News on Tuesday that the report was incorrect. “The production version will debut at this year’s New York Auto Show in April,” Suzuki spokesman Jeff Holland said.

Holland failed to mention when the Kizashi would hit U.S. showrooms, but every announcement is expected at the New York show.

The news that the Kizashi sedan is still on is a relief to Suzuki’s dealers as the automaker’s current lineup is a little thin. The Kizashi – although the sedan’s name could change for production – will likely be Suzuki’s largest volume model, competing in the fiercely competitive mid-size sedan segment.

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Nissan’s lineup of trucks and SUVs may be in the midst of the most capable in the industry, but a byproduct of snowy weather could subsist enough to sideline their safety. As a result, Nissan North America has announced the recall of 243,000 trucks and SUVs.

The recall – which covers 2005-09 Pathfinders, Frontiers and Xterras – is due to a faulty crash sensor. In regions that use heavy amounts of road salt to clear icy roads, salt can cause the senor to corrode, resulting in the failure of front-impact airbags.

Because the safety issue is barely a concern in snow regions, the recall only covers vehicles registered in 20 states and the District of Columbia. However, Nissan will bump up the warranty of the sensor to 10 years in other states, according to Automotive News.

No crashes or injuries have been linked to the defective sensor.

Owners of the recalled models should be notified within the next few weeks.

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