Friday 27th May 2011

JLR Engines To Follow Assembly Plant In India

New Indian assembly plant to be followed by Jaguar Land Rover engine facility, says Autocar

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Buoyant after announcing the biggest profits ever recorded by a British vehicle manufacturer (that's a post-tax profit of £1.043bn), Jaguar Land Rover has officially opened its first assembly plant in India - and it's rumoured that an Indian engine manufacturing facility is next on the list.

The new facility in Pune, in the Maharashtra region, will put together Indian-market Freelander 2s from parts shipped over from JLR's Halewood plant in Liverpool.

But according to our super-sleuth friends on sister publications Autocar and Autocar India, JLR is planning to plough £400m into a new facility for - so say the Autocars - building an all-new modular range of four-cylinder engines of up to 2.0 litres.

The new plant will apparently be the twin of a new engine plant to be built in Wolverhampton and which has already been announced.

Meanwhile, Jaguar Land Rover's diesel and petrol V6s and V8s will continue to be built by Ford in Dagenham and Bridgend.

[vintageracer01]

Finally Jaguar is growing! This is very good news! The brand deserves it after all the efforts and the exquisit model range.

Congratulations!

[steve_n]

Don't buy a 4 pot...

[B10]

Good news that they are expanding and becoming international like their competitors. Shame that you cannot get a Jag or Range Rover without leather, yet BMW and MB do. As a result my next company car with not be from JLR.

[George H]

Good to see they're expanding.

Bad to see it is in India.

[HellDiver]

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[Fetchez la vache]

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[matsmith]

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[EDLT]

Great move. Jaguars are far too reliable these days.

[FWDRacer]

matsmith said:

check the profile

Leather.

It's a by-product of meat production - would you rather it went to waste? A few people with frankly toxic flatulence aren't going to convince the world of need to have a diet devoid of meat protein.

What are you wearing on your feet? I cannot imagine how minging your feet are wearing plastic shoes

CKD - great news. Has to be this way due to sidestepping local taxation.

[nonuts]

article said:

Laguar Land Rover

hungover in the editors office?

[DannyVTS]

nonuts said:

article said:

Laguar Land Rover

hungover in the editors office?

Bah, beat me to it!

[mightymouse]

DannyVTS said:

nonuts said:

article said:

Laguar Land Rover

hungover in the editors office?

Bah, beat me to it!

Has to be the Chinese version.......

Good news for Jaguar & Land Rover though

[Frimley111R]

Ford must be kicking themselves. £700m profit is not to be sniffed at. Brilliant to see them so strong, I don't really care where they're made tbh.

[bobbylondonuk]

Their plant in India should cater to the asian markets for the Freelander and the 2.2 engines for JAG CKD assembly. Not a bad idea. I hear Jag is planning a new plant in UK for engine assembly in house rather than ford. Not a bad plan at all!

[Bill]

Great to hear good news for JLR

FWDRacer said:

Leather.

It's a by-product of meat production - would you rather it went to waste?

No it's not. The animals are bred specially.

[A Scotsman]

Frimley111R said:

Ford must be kicking themselves. £700m profit is not to be sniffed at. Brilliant to see them so strong, I don't really care where they're made tbh.

We should be kicking the British Govt and the British financial sector for being stupid enough to let JLR slip through our fingers.

[B10]

Bill said:

Great to hear good news for JLR

FWDRacer said:

Leather.

It's a by-product of meat production - would you rather it went to waste?

No it's not. The animals are bred specially.

Well posted FWDRacer. You are correct.

[B10]

Sorry Bill meant to credit your post not the usual flatulence from those ignorant of leather and meat production. It is time that they grew up.
Also there is a market big enough for BMW and MB to kit all their cars with NO leather for Asian and Middle Eastern markets. JLR are missing a trick. Finally even those who like leather and eat meat do not always wish to sit on sweaty leather on a hot day.

[Bill]

I suspect the Indian plant will be producing leather-free cars for those markets.

[wildoliver]

Far too much nannying and bowing down to minority views these days, we don't need any more.

I do agree that a non leather base model should be offered by any manufacturer, but not for any of the cow hugging reasons you believe in.

Vinyl is the answer I reckon. Freezing in the winter and thermonuclear in the summer. Just what veggies need to man up a bit.