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It’s widely known that Jaguar Land Rover plans to phase out the supercharged V8 over the ever-stringent emissions regulations. But as far as we know, the eight-cylinder engine doesn’t have a direct successor for the next generation of the Range Rover and F-Type.
This brings the matter back to June 2019 and the announcement that BMW and JLR will partner up in Munich to develop Gen 5 eDrive technologies. Production will be handled by each partner in their respective manufacturing facilities, and the iX3 electric crossover will lead the onslaught in 2020.
“With Jaguar Land Rover, we found a partner whose requirements for the future generation of electric drive units significantly match ours,” declared Klaus Fröhlich, member of the board of management of BMW AG in charge of development. According to Wards Auto, the alliance won’t stop there.
An unnamed source with knowledge of the matter claims that Jaguar Land Rover will be supplied by BMW with internal combustion engines, “both with and without electrically-assisted hybrid functions.” On the other hand, the British automaker owned by Tata Motors doesn’t plan to outsource the manufacturing of the Ingenium four- and six-cylinder engines to the Bavarian group.
This leads us to believe the N63 and S63 twin-turbo V8 engines will replace AJ133 supercharged V8, but BMW could be more involved than you’d think. The terms of the deal are also expected to involve gasoline and diesel powertrains, which makes the alliance extremely important for both parties.
BMW could use a strong partner such as Jaguar Land Rover to produce and sell more internal combustion engines than ever before. The British part of the equation - which has a tighter R&D budget than Munich - is more interested in developing BEVs and autonomous driving technologies. It’s a win-win situation by all accounts, a symbiosis based on increased economies of scale and shared development costs.
All things considered, an official announcement could be made as soon as August 2019. Jaguar Land Rover is hard at work developing the next-gen Defender and F-Type, two models that could use a thumpin’ great V8 for their most performance-oriented versions.
“With Jaguar Land Rover, we found a partner whose requirements for the future generation of electric drive units significantly match ours,” declared Klaus Fröhlich, member of the board of management of BMW AG in charge of development. According to Wards Auto, the alliance won’t stop there.
An unnamed source with knowledge of the matter claims that Jaguar Land Rover will be supplied by BMW with internal combustion engines, “both with and without electrically-assisted hybrid functions.” On the other hand, the British automaker owned by Tata Motors doesn’t plan to outsource the manufacturing of the Ingenium four- and six-cylinder engines to the Bavarian group.
This leads us to believe the N63 and S63 twin-turbo V8 engines will replace AJ133 supercharged V8, but BMW could be more involved than you’d think. The terms of the deal are also expected to involve gasoline and diesel powertrains, which makes the alliance extremely important for both parties.
BMW could use a strong partner such as Jaguar Land Rover to produce and sell more internal combustion engines than ever before. The British part of the equation - which has a tighter R&D budget than Munich - is more interested in developing BEVs and autonomous driving technologies. It’s a win-win situation by all accounts, a symbiosis based on increased economies of scale and shared development costs.
All things considered, an official announcement could be made as soon as August 2019. Jaguar Land Rover is hard at work developing the next-gen Defender and F-Type, two models that could use a thumpin’ great V8 for their most performance-oriented versions.
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