![]() Expect a minor refresh next year before the redesigned version arrives in late 2020. XF: Jaguar added a wagon version this year, the Sportbrake. Look for both to be addressed when the XE gets an extensive refresh late next year. Jaguar officials believe most of the car's woes come down to two major issues: a lack of rear seat room and inferior interior materials. Aimed squarely at the BMW 3 series and equipped with all the necessary hardware to compete with it, the XE has not caught on since it debuted in 2016. XE: The entry-level sedan has been a sales disappointment for Jaguar. To save cost and development time, the next F-Type is likely to ride on a modified version of the XE sedan's D7A underpinnings. With JLR ending its purchasing agreement for gasoline V-6 and V-8 engines with Ford, the most powerful engine in the next F-Type is likely to be a 3.0-liter inline six-cylinder Ingenium engine - possibly with twin turbochargers. A gasoline-electric version, rather than full battery electric, is likely. The next-gen F-type could be launched in 2020, possibly as a 2021 model. Jaguar design chief Ian Callum said last year that the F-Type would be replaced and become available with an electrified powertrain. With ‘-type’ names reserved for sports cars in the current Jaguar range, ‘XQ’ is thought to be the likelier name for Jaguar’s crossover SUV.I-Pace marks Jag's emergence as a modern engineering powerhouseį-Type: Despite low volume - 1,348 sales through the first half of 2018 - there are no plans to drop the sleek two-seat sports car. That’s far from set in stone: Jaguar trademarked ‘XQ’ and ‘Q-type’ names in mid-2013. The target? For JLR to double output from 400,000 global sales in 2013 to 800,000 by 2018. A new £500m engine plant in Wolverhampton will build the new powerplants – it’s part of a huge joint investment across the Jaguar Land Rover family that’ll create 1700 UK-based jobs and inject £1.5bn into the aluminium assembly plant in Solihull. The new crossover, codenamed X761, shares aluminium underpinnings and new ‘Ingenium’ engines with the forthcoming Jaguar XE small sports saloon, as well as rear- and all-wheel drive systems. The crossover SUV is still to be officially announced, which suggests the business case is still making its way through final approval, and JLR is working out how to thread the new model into its fledgling aluminium car-line at the Solihull factory. He told CAR: ‘Jaguar and Land Rover test multiple prototypes and we cannot comment specifically on future product actions.’ ![]() > Click here to check out CAR’s Land Rover ‘baby Discovery’ scoop What’s Jaguar saying about this curious prototype?Ī Jaguar spokesperson refused to discuss the prototype. Supercharged V6 and V8 power is on the cards for Asian, Middle Eastern and US customers. ![]() Potentially able to replace the 2.2-litre turbodiesel found in entry-level XFs, the four-cylinder diesel will fight to the fleet-friendly 2.0 TDIs of Audi, BMW and Mercedes in European markets. It’s certainly testing a future drivetrain: the 2.0-litre turbodiesel vital for future Jags and Land Rovers. The prototype’s ride height is lower than Land Rover’s current Discovery mules – though the odd stance can be partially explained by the late-braking driver’s evasive action, attempting to avoid our snapper’s well-aimed lens! And those low-set intakes: they’re a dead-ringer for the C-X17 concept’s. In fact, that upright front grille looks suspiciously Jaguar – check out how it cuts into the bonnet’s leading edge, XJ-style. ![]() While the main car’s main body and rear end are familiar from Land Rover’s ‘baby Discovery’ mules spied testing in 2013, the front end is different. This curious Jaguar-cum-Land Rover 4×4 mule has been spied on test near JLR headquarters in the UK. And we’re looking at the first Jaguar crossover prototype? ![]()
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