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NEWS
C-Pace and D-Pace are all
available to Jaguar.
All three potential models
a r e ex p e c te d to b e p r i ce d fr o m
around £24,000 and all will
be hybrid. Most of the variants
will use plug-in technology
a s p a r t of th e m ove to r e d u ce
JLR’s fleet CO 2.
The key date for the three
new vehicles – as well as the
third-generation Evoque and
Discovery Sport – will be 2025,
when the next round of strict
and rigorously enforced EU
fleet CO 2 regulations comeinto force.
STRICTER EMISSIONS RULES
At the moment, JLR has a
derogation from meeting next
year’s 95g/km CO 2 EU fleet
target, but by 2025, it is likely
to be required not only to
reduce the average CO 2 output
of its vehicles to just 80g/km
but also ensure that around
15% of its annual output are
pure-electric or long-distance
plug-in vehicles.
If that sounds difficult, from
1 June 2021, the European
Commission also intends to
use real-world information to
monitor actual fuel and energy
use. Makers will be expected to
supply a model’s VIN details,
d a t a o n f u e l o r e l e c t r i c a l e n e r g y
used and the total distance
travelled. The EU plans to use
the VIN and real-world CO 2
emissions to produce a running
report of each manufacturer’s
compliance every October.
By comparing the EU CO 2
requirement of each maker
with the real-world CO 2 usage
of its vehicles, the EU intendsto put significant pressure
on car makers to cut energy
use. This might prompt car
manufacturers to work on
methods of restraining driver
behaviour in ways that reduce
fuel consumption.
It’s clear this potential JLR
and BMW alliance is a product
of the immense pressure being
placed on all manufacturers
by European law makers. But
JLR and BMW will be the first
of many deep technological
alliances driven by CO 2 laws.
HILTON HOLLOWAY
BMW’s long relationship
with the British car industry
was triggered way back in
- The then Rover Group
approached the company
and asked to buy BMW’s
impressive 2.5-litre diesel
engine for the upcoming Mk
Range Rover.
This piqued the interest
of BMW’s new boss, Bernd
Pischetsrieder, who was both
an Anglophile and the great-
nephew of Mini designer Sir
Alec Issigonis. BMW tried
to buy Land Rover from
owner BAe but was told the
company would sell onlythe whole Rover Group.
In February 1994, BMW
shocked the automotive
world by buying the Rover
Group – the Mini brand
being a great temptation –
and waving through plans
for the Rover 75 and Land
Rover Freelander. But by
1999, BMW was sinking
under the weight of huge
Rover losses and the UK
government’s refusal to
grant aid for the complete
reconstruction of the
decaying Longbridge plant.
In early 2000, BMW
b a i l e d o u t. I t ke p t M i n i b u t
was desperately frustrated
to h ave to s e l l L a n d Rove r to
Ford, which had also owned
Jaguar for a decade.
BMW was left with a
significant UK manufacturing
footprint as a result of its
ownership of Rover. BMW’s
Oxford plant makes the
Mini, it has a pressing plant
at Swindon and Hams Hall
makes BMW engines. It also
built a new Rolls-Roycefactory in West Sussex.
This possible JLR-
BMW tie-up is potentially
self-reinforcing for UK
automotive manufacturing.
The volume of BMW engines
and FAAR-based vehicles
could at least double in
the UK to 500,000 a year
- and grow further again
beyond 2025.
FAAR electric
motors would be built at
Wolverhampton for both
companies and, by 2025,there should be significant
battery construction
capacity in the UK. It could be
an enormous win-win for UK
Automotive plc.
THIS WOULD BE GREAT NEWS FOR UK MANUFACTURING
HILTON HOLLOWAY
JAGUAR LAND ROVER CARS THAT COULD USE BMW PLATFORMS
JAGUAR’S SMALL SUV
Shorter and lower than
today’s E-Pace (which is
heading towards becoming
Jaguar’s current best-seller),
the baby SUV will be more
modern and sophisticated in
its styling than the entry-
level Land Rover, with strong
shades of the I-Pace to its
appearance and feel.
JAGUAR’S SMALL
CROSSOVER COUPE
Potentially a curvaceous
cousin to the BMW X2, a
truly small upmarket Jaguar
five-door could tap into the
female market. Like Aston
Martin, Jaguar has the eye
of female buyers but has
rarely served up properly
targeted vehicles.
LAND ROVER 80
A compact entry-level Land
Rover, priced from around
£24,000, will be launched
as a stylish family-friendly
five-door, with expressive
styling inspired by the original1948 Land Rover and the
new Defender. Potentially a
big seller, it could take the
Freelander name.
RANGE ROVER EVOQUE
The second-gen Evoque,
launched earlier this year,
uses JLR’s latest PTA
platform, but switching to
a BMW architecture for the
third-gen version in late
2020s could lower production
costs and make it easier to
fit new JLR/BMW-developed
electric powertrains.
LAND ROVER DISCOVERY
SPORTThe facelifted version of the
current model went on sale
earlier this year, suggesting
the next-gen version will
arrive some time around
- With a likely need for
heavily electrified versions,
it would also make sense
for JLR to consider a
BMW platform.
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to be an urban-focused but highly
capable compact off-roader
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