The naturally aspirated type produced 136 bhp (101 kW; 138 PS), and turbocharged types were available with 180 and 197 bhp (134 and 147 kW; 182 and 200 PS).

It can also be adapted to a rear-wheel drive layout using a Rover LT77 or R380 transmission.

The non-turbo engine also found its way into the short-lived and generally underpowered Land Rover Discovery 2.0i.

Land Rover also fitted the same engine to a special batch of Defenders built for the Italian Carabinieri, which operated an exclusively petrol-powered vehicle fleet.

A development vehicle was also built using a turbocharged version of the engine which far out performed the V8 production cars, but no room could be found for it in Land Rover's vehicle strategy.