So in 2006 they had both. First year of the AJV8 in the Rangies but some also had the BMW 4.4 (M62). The article says it has the AJV8 so I just assumed they checked and were correct.

I’ve never seen it done in the Rangies, but it’s not uncommon in LR3s. 

yes, of course you could. The AJV8 is still a phenomenally reliable motor — the reason you see so many 10+ year old LR3s running around is because they ran this motor too. The move to AJs marked a sea-change in Rover reliability. ZFs are stout transmissions as well. The only thing that was expensive to fix in this…

the “let me write this article about it” part

Yannick is no great student of axonometric projections and their various applications in digital media, it seems.