It’s good news for the UK and even better news for Jaguar Land Rover.
A week after debuting three concept cars at the Frankfurt Auto Show, Jaguar Land Rover has confirmed plans to build a state-of-the-art engine assembly plant in the British West Midlands at a cost of $559 million.
It will produce a range of class leading four-cylinder gasoline and diesel engines according to Dr Ralf Speth, Chief Executive Officer, Jaguar Land Rover, who said: “As part of our long-term strategy for the Jaguar Land Rover business, we will design, engineer and manufacture a new family of advanced engines. This is a major commitment for our company and we will produce these advanced, highly-efficient engines for future Jaguar and Land Rover models at a new facility in the UK.
“The all-new family of four-cylinder engines will increase Jaguar Land Rover’s capability to offer high performance engines with class-leading levels of refinement, while ensuring continued significant reductions in vehicle emissions.”
Currently Jaguar Land Rover’s engines are supplied from Ford, who will continue to supply both brands until the new factory comes on stream later this decade.
No mention has been made of the V-8 gasoline and diesel engines that Jaguar and Range Rover use which are also sourced from Ford.
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