Just a few months ago, perhaps the biggest challenges for a luxury brand launching a diesel-powered iteration of an existing model might have been achieving refinement and engine noise targets, along with power delivery and fuel economy goals. But in this post-Dieselgate world we live in today, some strategies have been forced to change.

As this pair of Range Rovers represent the first diesel offerings in North America in Land Rover’s history, the timing of VW’s debacle isn’t exactly ideal. But with over ninety percent of the Range Rovers sold in Europe sporting diesel power plants, tenuous current environment notwithstanding, the U.S. market presents a huge opportunity for the company to make headway in a largely untapped market. Fortunately, it appears that Land Rover has both sides of the equation already sorted out, as this New York Times review points out.

In the simplest terms, Wright explained that Land Rover uses emissions technology similar to those employed by BMW and Mercedes-Benz, a system which injects a fluid consisting of urea and water into the exhaust system. Upon mixing with the exhaust gases, the urea turns into ammonia, which is then in turn transformed into nitrogen and water in the catalytic converter. The end result is a reduction of NOx gases, which addresses the crux of the trouble VW finds itself in today.

The new Td6 powerplant is a 3.0-liter turbocharged diesel V6 that generates 254 horsepower and 440 pound-feet of torque, the latter of which peaks at a stump-pulling 1750 rpm. It also provides a whopping 32 percent improvement in fuel economy over a the gas-powered V6 model, yielding 22 mpg in the city and 28 out on the highway for a total of 25 mpg combined, and a range of 658 miles of range on a single tank of fuel. Get lowdown on the new luxury oil burner at the link above.