Jaguar’ s ringing within the new year with a few cracking news approximately the XJ sedan and the organisation’s average manufacturing plans.
Jaguar’s incredibly reputable layout boss, Ian Callum, took time to chat with Autocar at the los angeles vehicle display returned in November 2015. During that conversation, Callum let it's known that the luxury saloon is set to get replaced quickly, although whilst so as to be stays uncertain. What appears positive at this point is that Jag’s new full-sized sedan will continue to hold the business enterprise’s pricey styling traits despite calls from control to make the brand new flagship model a bit bit greater realistic.
In addition to the information approximately the XJ, Callum also hinted that the company is calling into developing extra model traces to enhance its portfolio. That method flies against what competitors BMW and Audi have completed as they’ve focused more on including new frame styles from their current models. Turns out, Jaguar isn’t too keen on traveling that street out of fear that it becomes to huge for its own exact. According to Callum, Jaguar Land Rover has no plans of constructing one million automobiles a 12 months between the 2 manufacturers out of fear that diluting the market with Jaguars and Land Rovers would lead to both brands dropping their “status”. As a substitute, the organization hopes to achieve annual sales of 650,000 units between the two manufacturers as soon as manufacturing of the Jaguar XE and F-tempo models attain complete ability throughout the agency’s 3 factories inside the uk. a brand new factory in Slovakia is also scheduled to open in 2018.
Finally, Callum shot down any rumors of the organization carry lower back the XK. That door has reputedly been closed for good. That said, the agency continues to be discussing the opportunity of growing a version that could slot beneath the XE, even though those talks have been initial at exceptional.