Jaguar Land Rover#Operations
{{Short description|British multinational automotive company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC
| logo = File:JLR logo 2023.svg
| type = Subsidiary
| industry = Automotive
| foundation = {{start date and age|2008|01|18|df=y}} (as Jaguar Land Rover)
| location_city = Whitley, Coventry
| predecessor = Jaguar Cars Limited
Land Rover Limited
| key_people = {{Plain list|
- Adrian Mardell (CEO){{cite web | url=https://www.jaguarlandrover.com/person/adrian-mardell#:~:text=Adrian%20was%20appointed%20to%20the,shareholder%20value%20and%20growth%20ambitions | title=ADRIAN MARDELL | JLR Corporate Website | access-date=20 October 2023 | archive-date=29 September 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929163307/https://www.jaguarlandrover.com/person/adrian-mardell#:~:text=Adrian%20was%20appointed%20to%20the,shareholder%20value%20and%20growth%20ambitions | url-status=dead }}
- Gerry McGovern (CCO)
}}
| products = {{ubl|Luxury vehicles|Sport utility vehicles}}
| brands = {{ubl|Jaguar|Land Rover|Rover (dormant)|Daimler (dormant)|Lanchester (dormant)}}
| production = {{increase}} 401,303 (2024){{cite web |url=https://www.jaguarlandrover.com/annual-report-2024|title = Annual Report 2024}}
(Jaguar and Land Rover)
| production_year =
| revenue_year = 2024
| operating_income = {{Increase}} £2.16 billion
| income_year = 2024
| net_income = {{up}} £2.57 billion
| net_income_year = 2024
| num_employees = 39,787{{cite web|url=https://media.jlrms.com/2020-07/Jaguar%20Land%20Rover_Annual%20Report_FINAL.pdf|title=Annual Report 2020|publisher=Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC|access-date=23 March 2021}}
| num_employees_year = 2020
| parent = Tata Motors
| subsid = {{indented plainlist|
- Jaguar Land Rover Holdings Limited
- Jaguar Land Rover Limited
- Chery Jaguar Land Rover (50%)
- Jaguar Land Rover India
- Bowler Motors}}
| footnotes =
| location_country = United Kingdom{{cite web|url=http://newsroom.jaguarlandrover.com/en-in/jlr-corp/news/2011/11/jlr_hq_opening_ceremony_021111/|title=Jaguar Land Rover Opens its new Global Headquarters Building|access-date=2 July 2012|publisher=Jaguar Land Rover Ltd}}
| homepage = {{URL|jaguarlandrover.com}}
}}
Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC is the holding company of Jaguar Land Rover, also known as JLR, and is a British multinational automobile manufacturer which produces luxury vehicles and SUVs and has its head office in Whitley, Coventry, United Kingdom. The principal activity of Jaguar Land Rover is the design, development, manufacture and sale of vehicles bearing the Jaguar and Land Rover marques.
Both marques have long histories prior to their merger – Jaguar going back to the 1930s and Land Rover to the 1940s – first coming together in 1968 as part of the British Leyland conglomerate, later again independent of each other, and then as subsidiaries of BMW (in the case of Land Rover), and Ford Motor Company (Jaguar). In 2000, Rover Group was broken up by BMW and Land Rover was sold on to Ford Motor Company, becoming part of its Premier Automotive Group.
Jaguar Land Rover has been a subsidiary of India based Tata Motors since they founded it as a holding company for the acquisition of Jaguar Cars and Land Rover from Ford in 2008.
History
Both businesses having been part of British Leyland for parts of their histories until 1984, Jaguar Cars and Land Rover were eventually reunited into the same group by the Ford Motor Company in 2002.{{cite news |title=Superboss Dover takes over at Jaguar |date=9 November 2001 |url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-79902464 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190717233227/https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-79902464/superboss-dover-takes-over-at-jaguar |newspaper= Coventry Evening Telegraph |archive-date= 2019-07-17 }} Ford had acquired Jaguar Cars in 1989 and then Land Rover from BMW in 2000.{{cite web |url=http://www.jaguar.com/int/en/jaguar_ownership/company/heritage/1989_1996.htm |title=The Years 1989 to 1986 |publisher=Jaguar Cars Ltd. |access-date=19 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624005733/http://www.jaguar.com/int/en/jaguar_ownership/company/heritage/1989_1996.htm |archive-date=24 June 2009 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/761794.stm | publisher=BBC | title=BMW, Ford seal Land Rover deal | date=24 May 2000 | access-date=7 May 2010}} In 2006, Ford purchased the Rover brand name from BMW for around £6 million. This reunited the Rover and Land Rover brands for the first time since the Rover group was broken up by BMW in 2000.
On 18 January 2008, Tata Motors, a part of the India based Tata Group, established Jaguar Land Rover Limited as a British-registered and wholly owned subsidiary. The new company was to be used as a holding company for the acquisition from Ford of the two businesses – Jaguar Cars Limited and Land Rover for US$2.23 billion. That acquisition was completed on 2 June 2008.{{cite web|title=2010/2011 Annual Report|url=https://b.jcms-api.com/download/9e562e87-04c0-418f-8931-a2b9a27e28e7/20102011annualreport.pdf|publisher=Jaguar Land Rover PLC|page=5|access-date=26 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126065823/https://b.jcms-api.com/download/9e562e87-04c0-418f-8931-a2b9a27e28e7/20102011annualreport.pdf|archive-date=2018-01-26|url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Mike Rutherford ponders Tata's takeover of Land Rover and Jaguar |first=Mike | last = Rutherford |date=29 March 2008 |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?xml=/motoring/2008/03/29/mrmoney129.xml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408233420/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml?xml=/motoring/2008/03/29/mrmoney129.xml |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 April 2008 |location=London}} Included in the deal to buy Land Rover and Jaguar Cars were the rights to three other British brands: the Daimler marque, as well as two dormant brands Lanchester and Rover.{{cite web | url = http://www.leftlanenews.com/5-for-2-special-tata-acquires-3-other-british-marques-in-jaguar-land-rover-deal.html#more-6922 | title = 5 for 2 special: Tata acquires 3 other British marques in Jaguar, Land Rover deal | publisher = Leftlane News | date = 28 March 2008 | access-date = 28 March 2008 | archive-date = 5 March 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120305034339/http://www.leftlanenews.com/5-for-2-special-tata-acquires-3-other-british-marques-in-jaguar-land-rover-deal.html#more-6922 | url-status = dead }}
On 1 January 2013, the group, which had been operating as two separate companies (Jaguar Cars Limited and Land Rover), although on an integrated basis, underwent a fundamental restructuring. The parent company was renamed to Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC, Jaguar Cars Limited was renamed to Jaguar Land Rover Limited and the assets (excluding certain Chinese interests) of Land Rover were transferred to it. The consequence was that Jaguar Land Rover Limited became responsible in the UK for the design, manufacture and marketing of both Jaguar and Land Rover products.{{cite web|title=Annual Report 2012/2013|url=https://b.jcms-api.com/download/f34fc56c-5b61-490e-910f-98463d8fd553/jaguarlandroverautomotiveplcannualreport20122013.pdf|publisher=Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC|page=91|access-date=26 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126070639/https://b.jcms-api.com/download/f34fc56c-5b61-490e-910f-98463d8fd553/jaguarlandroverautomotiveplcannualreport20122013.pdf|archive-date=2018-01-26|url-status=live}}
In addition to the Jaguar and Land Rover marques, JLR also owns the rights to the dormant Daimler, Lanchester and Rover marques. The latter was acquired by Land Rover, whilst still under Ford ownership, from BMW in the aftermath of the collapse of MG Rover Group; BMW had retained ownership of the marque when it broke up Rover Group in 2000, then licensed it to MG Rover.
Investment and expansion
In March 2011, Jaguar Land Rover announced that it would hire an additional 1,500 staff at its Halewood plant, and signed over £2 billion of supply contracts with UK-based companies, to enable production of its new Range Rover Evoque model.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/8470371/Jaguar-plans-UK-expansion-set-to-create-1000-jobs.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/8470371/Jaguar-plans-UK-expansion-set-to-create-1000-jobs.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Jaguar plans UK expansion set to create 1,000 jobs|date=23 April 2011|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=20 September 2011|location=London|first=Graham|last=Ruddick}}{{cbignore}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-12627680|title=Jaguar announces £2bn supply contracts for Evoque model|access-date=20 September 2011|work=BBC News|date=2 March 2011}} In September 2011, the company confirmed that it would be investing £355 million in the construction of a new engine plant at the i54 business park near Wolverhampton, central England, to manufacture a family of four-cylinder petrol and diesel engines.{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-autos-jlr-idUKTRE78I16A20110919|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127152140/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-autos-jlr-idUKTRE78I16A20110919|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 November 2016|title=Tata's Jaguar Land Rover picks UK for new plant|date=19 September 2011|work=Reuters|access-date=20 September 2011}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/engineering/8773359/Jaguar-Land-Rover-to-confirm-new-UK-plant.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/engineering/8773359/Jaguar-Land-Rover-to-confirm-new-UK-plant.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Jaguar Land Rover confirms new UK plant|date=19 September 2011|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=20 September 2011|location=London|first=Donna|last=Bowater}}{{cbignore}} In November 2011 Jaguar Land Rover announced that it would be creating 1,000 new jobs at its Solihull plant, a 25 per cent increase in the size of the workforce at the site.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/8880695/Jaguar-Land-Rover-to-create-1000-jobs-at-Solihull-factory.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/8880695/Jaguar-Land-Rover-to-create-1000-jobs-at-Solihull-factory.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Jaguar Land Rover to create 1,000 jobs at Solihull factory|date=10 November 2011|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=10 November 2011|location=London}}{{cbignore}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-15670539|title=Jaguar Land Rover creates more than 1,000 Solihull jobs|date=10 November 2011|publisher=BBC|access-date=10 November 2011}}
In March 2012, Jaguar Land Rover announced the creation of 1,000 new jobs at its Halewood plant, and a shift to 24-hour production at the plant.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/jaguar-land-rover-creates-1000-new-jobs-7565423.html|title=Jaguar Land Rover creates 1,000 new jobs|date=13 March 2012 |newspaper=The Independent|access-date=21 March 2012|location=London|first=Alan|last=Jones}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17353024|title=Land Rover to create 1,000 jobs at Halewood|date=13 March 2012 |publisher=BBC|access-date=21 March 2012}} In the same month, Jaguar Land Rover and the China-based carmaker Chery agreed to invest an initial US$2.78 billion in a new joint venture, the activities of which would include the manufacture of Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles and engines, the establishment of a research and development facility, the creation of a new automobile marque, and sales of vehicles produced by the company.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-jaguar-chery-idUSBRE82K0HV20120321|title=Jaguar Land Rover seals JV with China's Chery|date=21 March 2012|work=Reuters|access-date=21 March 2012|first=Henry|last=Foy}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/mar/21/jaguar-land-rover-chery-automobile-china|title=Jaguar Land Rover and Chery Automobile agree deal to sell vehicles in China|date=21 March 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=21 March 2012|location=London}} Jaguar Land Rover planned to create 4,500 manufacturing and engineering jobs in the UK over the next five years.{{cite news| url= http://www.indianexpress.com/news/jaguarlr-to-generate-4-500-jobs-in-uk/968286/| title= JaguarLR to generate 4,500 jobs in UK |work=The Indian Express| date=29 June 2012}}
In late 2012, the company announced a joint venture for Jaguars and Land Rovers to be built in China, now the world's biggest car-market. The agreement was with Chery, China's sixth largest auto manufacturer, and called for a new Chinese factory in Changshu to build vehicles starting in 2014. Trial production at the facility began in April 2014, with a potential capacity of 130,000 vehicles annually.{{cite web|url= http://europe.autonews.com/article/20140404/ANE/140409917/jaguar-land-rover-begins-production-trials-at-china-assembly-plant |title=Jaguar Land Rover begins production trials at China assembly plant |date=4 April 2014 |publisher=Automotive News |access-date=16 December 2014}} The first production model by the Chery Jaguar Land Rover venture was the Evoque, with other models planned that also include modifications, such as longer wheelbases, to satisfy Chinese market demand.{{cite web|url= http://www.autoblog.com/2014/10/22/jaguar-land-rover-china-factory-opens/ |title=Jaguar Land Rover opens first overseas factory in China |first=Noah |last=Joseph |date=22 October 2014 |publisher=autoblog |access-date=16 December 2014}}
In September 2013, Jaguar Land Rover announced an additional 1,700 jobs and £1.5 billion investment at its facility in Solihull. The money was to be spent on designing systems to allow the chassis of future models to be made out of aluminium; the first of these would be a new mid-sized sports saloon car to be introduced in 2015.{{cite news|url=http://www.solihullobserver.co.uk/2013/09/21/news-Jaguar-Land-Rover-announce-1,700-jobs-83540.html|title=Jaguar Land Rover announce 1,700 jobs|work=Solihull Observer|date=10 September 2013|access-date=25 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403230452/http://www.solihullobserver.co.uk/2013/09/21/news-Jaguar-Land-Rover-announce-1,700-jobs-83540.html|archive-date=3 April 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} The same month, the company announced plans to open a £100{{nbsp}}million research and development centre called the National Automotive Innovation Campus at the University of Warwick, Coventry to create a new generation of vehicle technologies. Jaguar Land Rover was to invest £50 million in the facility, the university and the UK government.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-24227662|title=NAIC Announcement|date=24 September 2013|access-date=27 February 2014|work=BBC News}} The carmaker said around 1,000 academics and engineers would work there and that construction would start in 2014.{{cite news|newspaper=Reuters|title=Jaguar Land Rover to open new £100 million R&D centre in UK in 2016|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-jaguarlandrover-idUKBRE98N0SI20130924 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111005119/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-jaguarlandrover-idUKBRE98N0SI20130924 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 January 2016 | date=24 September 2013}}{{cite web|last=Online|first=AM|title=Jaguar Land Rover to build £100m Warwick research facility|url=http://www.am-online.com/news/2013/9/25/jaguar-land-rover-to-build-100m-warwick-research-facility/33654/}}
Under its chief executive, Ralf Speth, JLR has significantly increased its investment in research and development. In 2013, according to Speth, it invested £3 billion in "product creation" and claimed to be the "biggest R&D investor in the UK in the automotive business".{{cite web |url=http://www.ingenia.org.uk/ingenia/articles.aspx?Index=965 |publisher=Ingenia |access-date=14 May 2015 |title=R&D Investment Makes Good Business Sense }}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
In 2017 a plant for Ingenium engine production was added to the Chery Jaguar Land Rover facility in China.{{cite web|url= https://automotivelogistics.media/news/jaguar-land-rovers-first-overseas-engine-plant-opens-china |title=Jaguar Land Rover's first overseas engine plant opens in China |date=25 July 2017|publisher=Automotive Logistics|access-date=3 August 2017}}
On 13 April 2018, Jaguar Land Rover announced that it would be cutting 1,000 temporary contract jobs in the West Midlands, citing a slump in sales due to uncertainty over changes to taxes on diesel cars and Brexit.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43756202|title=Jaguar Land Rover to shed 1,000 contract staff|date=13 April 2018|website=BBC News|access-date=13 April 2018}}{{cite news|last1=Farrell|first1=Sean|title=Jaguar Land Rover to cut 1,000 jobs after 'slump due to Brexit'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/apr/13/jaguar-land-rover-to-announce-1000-job-cuts-next-week|access-date=13 April 2018|work=The Guardian|date=13 April 2018}}
In 2019, Jaguar Land Rover purchased Bowler Motors, which became part of its SVO (Special Vehicle Operations) division.{{cite web|url=https://www.carscoops.com/2021/02/who-needs-a-humvee-when-you-can-buy-this-bowler-military-truck-instead/|title=Who Needs a Humvee when You Can Buy This Bowler Military Truck Instead|date=25 February 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.carscoops.com/2019/12/bowler-officially-joins-the-jaguar-land-rover-family/|title=Bowler Officially Joins the Jaguar Land Rover Family|date=18 December 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.evo.co.uk/land-rover/202067/land-rover-purchases-bowler|title = Land Rover purchases Bowler}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/features/old-bulldog-new-tricks-how-bowler-thriving-under-jlr|title=Old Bulldog, new tricks: How Bowler is thriving under JLR | Autocar|website=www.autocar.co.uk}}{{cite web|url=https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industry/jaguar-land-rover-buys-performance-4x4-firm-bowler|title = Jaguar Land Rover buys performance 4x4 firm Bowler}}
In April 2025, Jaguar Land Rover announced that it would delay shipments to the United States after President Donald Trump imposed tariffs earlier that month.{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/news/644055/jaguar-land-rover-shipments-pause-april-trump-tariffs|title=Jaguar Land Rover pauses US shipments over Trump tariffs|last=Davis|first=Wes|date=5 April 2025|access-date=5 April 2025|work=The Verge}}
Sales
In the year ended 31 March 2013, Jaguar Land Rover sold a total of 374,636 units. In 2016, Jaguar Land Rover became the biggest car manufacturer in the UK, producing 489,923 cars and overtaking Nissan, the previous leader.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jan/21/jaguar-land-rover-biggest-uk-carmaker|title=Jaguar Land Rover races past Nissan to become UK's biggest carmaker|access-date=22 January 2016|work=The Guardian|date=21 January 2016}}
In January 2014, the Wall Street Journal reported that Jaguar Land Rover sold a record 425,006 vehicles in 2013 as demand for its luxury vehicles increased in all major markets including in China, North America and Europe.{{cite news | url= https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303819704579316370292236120?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303819704579316370292236120.html|work=The Wall Street Journal |date=12 January 2014|title=Jaguar Land Rover Posts Record Sales for 2013 }}
JLR was struggling by mid-2019 and Tata Motors wrote down its investment in JLR by $3.9 billion. Much of the financial problem was due to a 50% drop in sales in China during 2018, although the situation was improving by autumn 2019. This was confirmed by a third quarter profit of £156{{nbsp}}million (pre-tax) versus a £395{{nbsp}}million loss in the second quarter; JLR had also experienced a boost in sales in China of 24%. The new Range Rover Evoque was helpful in boosting profit, with a 54.6% increase in worldwide sales.{{cite web |url=https://www.automotiveworld.com/news-releases/jaguar-land-rover-returns-to-profit-revenues-rise-8-in-second-quarter-of-2019-2020-financial-year/ |title=Jaguar Land Rover returns to profit, revenues rise 8% in second quarter of 2019/2020 financial year |date=25 October 2019 |publisher=Automotive World |access-date=28 October 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ft.com/content/93ca0ec4-f732-11e9-a79c-bc9acae3b654 |title=Jaguar Land Rover back in the black as Renault's revenues fall |date=25 October 2019 |publisher=Financial Times |access-date=28 October 2019}} Tata was open to considering a partnership with another company, according to a statement in mid-October, if the partnership agreement would allow Tata to maintain control of the business. The company ruled out the possibility of a sale of JLR to another entity.{{Cite news |date=2019-10-15 |title=Tata Looks for Jaguar Land Rover Partners, But Rules Out Sale |language=en |work=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-15/tata-chairman-awaiting-brexit-deal-says-tariffs-are-new-normal |access-date=2023-05-26}}
Corporate affairs
Jaguar Land Rover Automotive is a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (Company No. 06477691). The immediate parent of Jaguar Land Rover Automotive is TML Holdings, Singapore and the ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party is Tata Motors of India.{{cite web|url=http://www.jaguarlandrover.com/pdf/2010-2011_annual_report.pdf|title=2010/11 Annual Report|access-date=14 July 2012|page=31|publisher=Jaguar Land Rover Ltd|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904082408/http://www.jaguarlandrover.com/pdf/2010-2011_annual_report.pdf|archive-date=4 September 2012|df=dmy-all}} The chairman of Tata Group, Ratan Tata, was the chairman and a director of Jaguar Land Rover Automotive from 2008 to December 2012.
Jaguar Land Rover Automotive's principal active subsidiaries are:{{cite web|title=Jaguar Land Rovewr Annual Report 2012/2013|url=http://www.jaguarlandrover.com/pdf/Jaguar_Land_Rover_Automotive_plc_Annual_Report_2012-2013.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203021139/http://www.jaguarlandrover.com/pdf/Jaguar_Land_Rover_Automotive_plc_Annual_Report_2012-2013.pdf|archive-date=3 December 2013|df=dmy-all}}
- Jaguar Land Rover Holdings
- Jaguar Land Rover (designs, manufactures and sells Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles)
= Senior leadership =
class="wikitable" |
Name |
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Natarajan Chandrasekaran
| Chairman | 2017 |
Adrian Mardell
| Chief executive officer |
Gerry McGovern
|Chief creative officer |2013 |
= List of former chairmen =
= List of former CEOs =
- Ralf Speth (2010–2020)
- Thierry Bolloré (2020–2022)
= Financial data =
Operations
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Jaguar Land Rover has six main facilities for research and development, manufacturing and vehicle assembly, of which five are in the UK and one in India.
Jaguar Land Rover has three research and development facilities in the UK:
- Gaydon, Warwickshire – an engineering and development facility which was formerly the Land Rover headquarters. Formerly an RAF bomber base before being acquired by British Leyland and redeveloped as a vehicle design, development and testing centre.
- Whitley, Coventry – an engineering and development site and headquarters of Jaguar Land Rover which was formerly the Jaguar Cars head office. This site was acquired from Peugeot in the 1980s, and was formerly a First World War airfield, an aircraft factory and then a missile factory before being sold to the Rootes Group (later Chrysler Europe).
- JLR is a partner in the National Automotive Innovation Centre at the University of Warwick, Coventry.
Vehicle assembly plants:{{cite web|url=http://automotivelogistics.media/interview/jlr-ensuring-logistics-not-victim-success|title=JLR part 1: Ensuring logistics is not a victim of success|work=Automotive Logistics|date=30 September 2016|author=Christopher Ludwig|access-date=24 February 2017|archive-date=25 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225131957/http://automotivelogistics.media/interview/jlr-ensuring-logistics-not-victim-success|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url= http://automotivelogistics.media/intelligence/jlr-part-2-big-cat-hunting-outbound-efficiencies |title=JLR part 2: The big cat is hunting for outbound efficiencies|work=Automotive Logistics|date=30 September 2016 |author=Christopher Ludwig|access-date=24 February 2017}}
- Halewood plant, Halewood, Merseyside. Used by Jaguar Land Rover for Land Rover production. Originally a Ford assembly plant (the Ford Escort being its most prolific model) it was given to Jaguar in 2000 for production of the X-Type. Ford still owns the transmission manufacturing operation at Halewood.
- Land Rover Discovery Sport, Range Rover Evoque
- Solihull plant, Lode Heath, Solihull, West Midlands. Jaguar Land Rover's principal Land Rover assembly plant. This was originally an aircraft engine plant during World War Two, then became a Rover Company plant after the war. It produced Rover passenger cars until 1982, and has been the production site of the classic Land-Rover (both Series and Defender) and the full-size Range Rover for their entire production runs. In 2014, the Jaguar XE became the first Jaguar car to be assembled here, followed by the F-Pace in 2016.
- Range Rover, Range Rover Sport, Range Rover Velar, Jaguar F-Pace
- Jaguar Land Rover India, Pune, India{{cite web|url=http://automotivelogistics.media/news/land-rover-assembly-begins-in-india |title=Land Rover assembly begins in India – Automotive Logistics |publisher=Automotivelogistics.media |access-date=2018-08-28}}
- Jaguar XF, Range Rover Evoque, Range Rover Velar
- Jaguar Land Rover India, Tamil Nadu, India (planned){{Cite news |date=2024-04-18 |title=Tata Motors to manufacture Jaguar Land Rover cars at new $1 billion plant in India: Report |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/tata-motors-to-manufacture-jaguar-land-rover-cars-at-new-1-billion-plant-in-india-report/articleshow/109398419.cms |access-date=2024-04-18 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}{{Cite web |last=Livemint |date=2024-04-18 |title=Tata Motors plans JLR luxury cars production at $1 bn Tamil Nadu plant: Report |url=https://www.livemint.com/companies/tata-motors-to-invest-1-billion-in-new-plant-for-jaguar-land-rover-luxury-cars-in-tamil-nadu-report-11713433790981.html |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=mint |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-04-18 |title=Tata Motors to use new $1 billion plant to make Jaguar Land Rover cars: Report |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/tata-motors-to-use-new-1-billion-plant-to-make-jaguar-land-rover-cars-report-12666941.html |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=Moneycontrol |language=en}}
- Chery Jaguar Land Rover, Changshu, China{{cite web|url=http://automotivelogistics.media/news/evocative-logistics-at-chery-jlr |title=Chery JLR puts complex logistics plan into action – Automotive Logistics |publisher=Automotivelogistics.media |access-date=2018-08-28}}
- Range Rover Evoque, Land Rover Discovery Sport, Jaguar XE, Jaguar XF
- JLR Brazil, Itatiaia, Brazil{{cite web|url=http://automotivelogistics.media/news/jaguar-land-rover-opens-plant-brazil-local-supply |title=Jaguar Land Rover opens plant in Brazil for local supply – Automotive Logistics |publisher=Automotivelogistics.media |access-date=2018-08-28}}
- Range Rover Evoque, Land Rover Discovery Sport
- JLR Slovakia, Nitra, Slovakia{{cite web |url=http://www.leftlanenews.com/jaguar-land-rover-settles-on-slovakia-for-new-plant-89342.html |title=Jaguar Land Rover settles on Slovakia for new plant |publisher=Leftlanenews.com |date=2015-08-11 |access-date=2018-08-28 |archive-date=13 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150813173850/http://www.leftlanenews.com/jaguar-land-rover-settles-on-slovakia-for-new-plant-89342.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://automotivelogistics.media/news/jlr-considers-slovakia-for-plant-citing-supply-chain-and-logistics-benefits |title=JLR targets Slovakia for plant, citing supply chain and logistics benefits – Automotive Logistics |publisher=Automotivelogistics.media |access-date=2018-08-28}}
- Land Rover Discovery, Land Rover Defender
Pressed steel body panel production plant
- Castle Bromwich Assembly, Birmingham. Formerly Jaguar Land Rover's main Jaguar assembly plant before production of complete cars was ended in May 2024. The plant continues to produce pressed steel panel body components for Jaguar cars built elsewhere. Originally an aircraft factory during World War Two – Spitfires were built here – it was later acquired by Pressed Steel Fisher and became a vehicle body assembly works. It came under the auspices of Jaguar through the merger with BMC in the 1960s.{{Cn|date=February 2025}}
SVO facility
- Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire – where the Special Vehicle Operations development centre was created in 2016. The site was previously used by Rootes for aircraft production plant for World War Two, and later became the Rootes/Chrysler/Peugeot car plant which was closed in 2006 and has since been demolished.
Engine assembly plants
- Engine Manufacturing Centre, Wolverhampton. A £500 million facility located at the i54 site in Staffordshire close to Wolverhampton where the Ingenium family of modular diesel and petrol engines are built. The plant was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday 30 October 2014.
- Chery Jaguar Land Rover, Changshu, China.{{Cite news |last=Campbell |first=Peter |date=2017-07-20 |title=Jaguar Land Rover opens first engine plant outside UK in China |url=https://www.ft.com/content/2bfdae04-6d5f-11e7-bfeb-33fe0c5b7eaa |access-date=2025-03-17 |work=Financial Times}}
Planned facilities{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25247483 | work=BBC News | title=Jaguar Land Rover confirms Brazil car factory plans | date=5 December 2013}}{{cite news| url=https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303997604579240033481099004 |title=Jaguar Land Rover to Start Making Cars in Brazil| work=The Wall Street Journal}}
- Software engineering facility, Shannon, Ireland
- Storage depot, Stone, Staffordshire
- Ranipet, Tamil Nadu, India
Co-operations
- The Magna Steyr company in Graz, Austria{{cite web|url=http://automotivelogistics.media/news/magna-will-assemble-vehicles-for-jaguar-land-rover-in-graz |title=Magna will assemble vehicles for Jaguar Land Rover in Graz – Automotive Logistics |publisher=Automotivelogistics.media |access-date=2018-08-28}} builds the E-Pace (from 2017) and the I-Pace (from 2018).
In 2020, Jaguar Land Rover's UK production facilities were halted for the period from March 20 to April 20 due to coronavirus pandemic.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-51974742|title=Jaguar Land Rover halt production over virus fears|date=2020-03-20|work=BBC News|access-date=2020-03-20|language=en-GB}}
Products
Jaguar Land Rover currently sells vehicles under the Jaguar and Land Rover marques.{{Cite web|url=https://www.carscoops.com/2024/07/jaguar-to-kill-five-low-profit-models-this-year-only-f-pace-temporarily-survives/|title=Jaguar To Kill Five Low-Profit Models This Year, Only F-Pace Temporarily Survives | Carscoops}}
= NOx emissions ratings =
In March 2019, Jaguar Land Rover became the first European car producer to submit new cars from its marques to AIR Index to receive NOx emissions ratings.{{cite web |date=7 March 2019 |title=JLR tests new cars with AIR index, new diesel engines among cleanest for NOx emissions |url=http://www.autocarpro.in/news-international/jlr-tests-new-cars-with-air-index--new-diesel-engines-among-cleanest-for-nox-emissions-42329 |website=Professional Autocar |access-date=7 March 2019}}
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Jaguar E-Pace HSE 2.0I 180{{nbsp}}hp | 2019 | Diesel | style="text-align:center"|14 | style="text-align:center;background: #5CAE38"|A |
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque TD4 2.0I 180{{nbsp}}hp | 2019 | Diesel | style="text-align:center"|17 | style="text-align:center;background: #5CAE38"|A |
Land Rover Discovery 3.0 TD6 HSE | 2018 | Diesel | style="text-align:center"|33 | style="text-align:center;background: #5CAE38"|A |
Land Rover Discovery Sport 2.0I 180{{nbsp}}hp | 2019 | Diesel | style="text-align:center"|34 | style="text-align:center;background: #5CAE38"|A |
= Future electrification =
In September 2017, Jaguar Land Rover announced that all new Jaguar and Land Rover models launched from the 2020 model year will have an all-electric or hybrid powertrain option.{{cite press release |title=Every Jaguar and Land Rover Launched from 2020 will be Electrified |url=http://media.jaguarlandrover.com/news/2017/09/every-jaguar-and-land-rover-launched-2020-will-be-electrified |access-date=22 December 2017|publisher=Jaguar Land Rover |date=7 September 2017}} In October 2017, JLR announced that its electrification programme will start with the Range Rover Sport P400e for the 2018 model year, a plug-in hybrid model due in the showrooms in late 2017.{{cite news |last1=Glon|first1=Ronan |title=Land Rover begins electrification push with plug-in Range Rover Sport P400e |url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/land-rover-range-rover-sport-p400e-performance-specs-range/ |access-date=22 December 2017|work=Digital Trends|publisher=Designtechnica Corporation|date=4 October 2017}} and be followed by the launch of a plug-in hybrid Range Rover due in 2018 for the 2019 model year.{{cite news |last1=Edelstein |first1=Stephen |title=Land Rover continues its electrification push with a Range Rover plug-in hybrid |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/land-rover-range-rover-p400e-140424533.html |access-date=22 December 2017|publisher=Yahoo! Finance |date=11 October 2017}} Jaguar Land Rover paid $49.5 million in fines for missing its American Corporate Average Fuel Economy targets over the 2009–13 model years.{{cite web |title=CAFE PIC Civil Penalties |url=https://one.nhtsa.gov/cafe_pic/CAFE_PIC_Fines_LIVE.html |website=one.nhtsa.gov |publisher=US Department of Transportation |access-date=6 January 2019}}
At the beginning of June 2019, JLR and BMW announced that they will collaborate "to develop next generation electric drive units".{{cite press release|url=https://media.jaguarlandrover.com/news/2019/06/jaguar-land-rover-bmw-group-announce-collaboration-next-generation-electrification|title=Jaguar Land Rover & BMW Group Announce Collaboration For Next Generation Electrification Technology|access-date=2019-06-07}} On 5 July 2019, JLR confirmed that they intended to build an all-electric XJ luxury saloon car, at their Castle Bromwich plant.{{cite web |last1=Burgess |first1=Rachel |date=5 July 2019 |title=Electric Jaguar XJ confirmed, to be built at Castle Bromwich |url=https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/electric-jaguar-xj-confirmed-be-built-castle-bromwich |website=Autocar |access-date=6 July 2019}} The car was expected to be launched in 2020.{{cite news |last1=Jack |first1=Simon |date=5 July 2019 |title=Jaguar Land Rover announces electric car investment |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48875406 |work=BBC News |access-date=6 July 2019}} On 15 February 2021, CEO Thierry Bolloré announced that development on the all-electric XJ saloon has been cancelled due to poor sales of saloons in general, as people around the world are preferring crossovers, SUVs, and pickup trucks over saloons, coupes, convertibles, estates, hatchbacks, and compact cars, especially in the Americas, Oceania, Africa, and the Middle East.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
In February 2021, JLR announced that the entire Jaguar range will become all-electric for the 2025 model year. The company also stated that it will introduce its first all-electric Land Rover vehicle in 2023 as a 2024 model year. JLR also stated that it will end production and sales of diesel-powered Land Rover vehicles in 2026, with production and sales of petrol-powered Land Rover vehicles ending in 2030. This will lead to Jaguar Land Rover becoming 100% all-electric by the 2030s. CEO Thierry Bolloré clearly stated that this is to help JLR comply with the incoming more stringent emission standards and the phase-out and banning of fossil fuel vehicles by 2030 from Europe, India, China, South Korea, Japan, United States, etc. due to climate change and air pollution. This also comes after the United Kingdom passed legislation in February 2020, that will ban new sales of all fossil fuel vehicles from the UK by 2030. Bolloré also stated that all the upcoming electric vehicles being introduced by JLR and other car manufacturers should also become more mainstream and eventually overtake fossil fuel vehicles.{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-15/jaguar-going-all-electric-marks-new-ceo-s-turnaround-plan |title=Jaguar's Electric Shift May Leave U.K. Plant With No Car to Make |publisher=Bloomberg |first=Siddharth Vikram |last=Philip |date=February 15, 2021 |access-date=2022-03-09}}{{cite news |title=Jaguar Cars to Go All-Electric by 2025 as JLR Plans Full Range of E-Models by 2030 |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2021-02-15/jaguar-land-rover-to-go-100-electric-by-2039 |access-date=16 February 2021|publisher=U.S. News |date=15 February 2021}}
= Current Jaguar products =
= Former Jaguar products =
- Jaguar XE (compact executive car)
- Jaguar XF (executive saloon & estate)
- Jaguar F-Type (sports car - coupé and convertible)
- Jaguar E-Pace (high end subcompact luxury SUV)
- Jaguar I-Pace (compact luxury electric SUV)
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= Current Land Rover products =
- Discovery (mid-size luxury SUV)
- Discovery Sport (subcompact luxury SUV)
- Defender (off-road luxury 4x4)
- Range Rover (full-size luxury SUV)
- Range Rover Sport (mid-size luxury SUV)
- Range Rover Velar (high end compact luxury SUV)
- Range Rover Evoque (high end subcompact luxury SUV)
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