JLR to double production at Wolverhampton engine plant - Report

25/11/2015 - 12:55 | Jaguar XF, Jaguar XE, Jaguar F-Pace, Land Rover, Jaguar | Karthik H

The XE could debut the Ingenium engine for India.

A report on Autocar suggests that Jaguar Land Rover has decided to expand its engine-only facility in Wolverhampton, UK. The company is all set to double the production at the facility, the report reveals.

JLR Wolverhampton engine plant — Although the annual capacity of JLR's engine plant in Wolverhampton is unclear, reports suggest that 50,000 engines have been produced in almost a year.

Roughly a year into formal production, the Wolverhampton facility produces the Ingenium range of engines. The engines power, or will power, models like the XE, XF and F-Pace models from Jaguar, and the Land Rover Discovery Sport and Range Rover Evoque.

Likely to make its Indian debut at the Auto Expo 2016, the Jaguar XE - the company's challenge to the well-established BMW 3 Series, Mercedes-Benz C Class and Audi A4 - is powered by diesel engines belonging to the Ingenium family. Given the Indian customer's disposition towards diesel, the company is likely to announce the XE with the 2.0-liter diesel engines that, in other markets, produce 160 bhp/380 Nm or 178 bhp/430 Nm.

Jaguar F-Pace at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show — The company's first-ever crossover model, the Jaguar F-Pace, will launch in the UK in early-2016.

The upcoming Jaguar F-Pace crossover will also be powered by the Ingenium series of engines. The first-ever SUV from Jaguar is set to hit Indian roads in the latter half of 2016.

[Source - Autocar]