The stylish new Range Rover Velar is the first Land Rover in history built on
Jaguar vehicle architecture — D7a, which underpins the XE and XF sedans and the F - Pace SUV.
Not exact matches
The aluminium - intensive
Jaguar XE is the first model developed from
Jaguar Land Rover's new modular
vehicle architecture and will set the standard for driving dynamics in the midsize segment.
With the debut of the 2019
Jaguar I - Pace, the British luxury automaker introduces a new electric
vehicle (EV)
architecture that can be used for future EV models wearing both
Jaguar and Land Rover nameplates.
Designed from the outset as an electric
vehicle, the I - Pace is built on a bespoke aluminum
architecture that's said to deliver
Jaguar's most torsionally rigid body structure, with 50:50 weight distribution.
Jaguar Land Rover and Canadian technology company BlackBerry will work together to develop a new software
architecture for the automaker's next - generation
vehicles.
Jaguar's expertise in aluminium
vehicle architecture has been essential in enabling both the F - TYPE Coupé's uncompromised design aesthetic, while delivering the fundamental dynamic attributes — essential to any sports car — of low mass and an extremely rigid body.
At least, on the outside — because the C - X17 is the first
vehicle to be built on
Jaguar's next - generation aluminum - monocoque
architecture — meaning it's also fairly lightweight.
«The concept illustrates the diversity of
vehicles that could be produced using this
architecture, which underpins the innovative future of the
Jaguar brand,» it said.
Confirming its maiden crossover
vehicle,
Jaguar says the C - X17 «concept study» was created to introduce its advanced new modular aluminium platform
architecture, which is also expected to underpin the belated replacement for its underwhelming X-Type.
Confirming the all - new SUV will not be based on the Range Rover Evoque's LR - MS steel platform, the British luxury brand says the C - X17 design study was created to «introduce
Jaguar's new, high - advanced, modular aluminum
architecture» and demonstrate «the diversity of
vehicles that could be produced using this
architecture, which underpins the innovative future of the
Jaguar brand».
Much like
Jaguar, Volvo was tethered to Ford platforms for years, and it's now able to develop its own
vehicle architectures and powertrains.