3.70 (1.04%) Tata Motors’ subsidiary Jaguar Land Rover is planning to invest £1.5 billion to introduce all-new technically-advanced aluminium vehicle architecture in forthcoming models. To support this strengthening of the Jaguar product portfolio, 1700 new jobs will be created in the UK at company’s advanced manufacturing facility in Solihull.
The first new model to utilise this innovative architecture will be an all-new mid-sized sports sedan from Jaguar. Launched in 2015, it will be the most efficient, advanced and refined premium sports sedan ever seen in the C/D segment. This vehicle will feature the first engine to be built at Jaguar Land Rover's new £500m Engine Manufacturing Centre.
The plant will build the new family of high-output, fuel efficient petrol and diesel engines for Jaguar Land Rover. The new 1,700 jobs at the Solihull site in the Midlands will bring the total number of UK manufacturing jobs announced by Jaguar Land Rover over the last three years to almost 11,000.
Tata Motors is India's largest automobile company, is the leader in commercial vehicles in each segment, and among the top in passenger vehicles with winning products in the compact, midsize car and utility vehicle segments. It is also the world's fourth largest truck and bus manufacturer.