The 3.0 li D4D has full-time torque-sensing (torsen) 4WD vs 4x2 for the 2.7 li variant. The diesel will outrun the vvti by 1-1.5 secs in the 0-100 km/hr speed run and the fuel economy of the diesel can even exceed 14 km/li based on their internal docs and comparison with the competition. Ask your friendly sales rep for a peek into their docs. Maybe, this may explain the P300,000 difference.