Not all combustion-powered Jaguars are being axed in June
Jaguar F-PACE and E-PACE SUVs to live on beyond mid-2024, along with I-PACE electric SUVThe end is nigh for internal combustion-engined (ICE) Jaguars, with the vast majority of the British car-maker’s petrol, diesel and hybrid models set to be ‘sunsetted’ this year in preparation for the brand’s transition to an all-electric vehicle range in 2025.
Production of Jaguar’s mid-size XE and large XF sedans and the F-TYPE sports car will cease in June as the Castle Bromwich facility in the UK is repurposed for EV production.
However, the Jaguar E-PACE small SUV, the F-PACE large SUV and the I-PACE electric SUV will live on for a while yet at the brand’s other UK facilities, as well as its Austrian and Chinese production plants.
“There have been statements made about the Castle Bromwich facility that produces XE, XF and F-TYPE, and not internal combustion specifically,” Jaguar Land Rover Australia public relations manager James Scrimshaw told carsales.
“I can confirm that current Jaguar production will continue for F-PACE at Solihull, E-PACE and I-PACE at Magna in Austria and at our China manufacturing facilities.
“Jaguar will continue to retail and supply vehicles for client orders in our key markets globally.”
The statements about Castle Bromwich were made by JLR’s North American president and CEO Joe Eberhardt in a recent interview with Road and Track Magazine. He indicated the brand is producing as many examples of the current models as possible to maintain healthy supplies after production has ended.
“The majority of our products cease production in June, but they will be on sale for a much longer time,” he said.
“We will have a production schedule that enables us to have a continuous supply of vehicles until the new (electric) cars come… we’re trying to time it so we have enough volume to take us through to the launch of the new product and have a clean handover.
“The plan is to sunset the current product portfolio and then launch the new ones.”
The new Jaguar models in question include three battery-electric SUVs and a four-seat electric grand tourer in the ilk of the Porsche Taycan, all of which will be underpinned by Jaguar’s in-house-developed JEA architecture.
Sales of the previewed GT car are forecast to start later this year, ahead of first customer deliveries in 2025, essentially kick-starting the brand’s EV revolution.
Previous reports have suggested the aging I-PACE will stick around until next year and be directly replaced by one of the new models, specifically one aimed at the battery-electric second-generation Porsche Macan.
The new Jaguar EVs will offer monstrous performance almost incomparable to the historic marque’s current crop of supercharged V8s and force-fed V6s, but some purists will undoubtedly be ruing the loss of the charismatic petrol engines.
Thankfully for them, the F-PACE’s (temporarily) continued production includes the savage 423kW/700Nm SVR hero.
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