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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Jaguar - Land Rover: A new engine factory in Wolverhampton

Jaguar - Land Rover: A new engine factory in Wolverhampton



Towards the northwest area of Birmingham and the West Midlands for the good city of Wolverhampton, which may be known to soccer fans because the club of the city is changing in the Premier League.

But the vast information of the moment is the arrival of Jaguar in the territory with the creation of a new engine factory to produce up to 800,000 units / year.

Jaguar announces 400 to 500 million euros in the coming months including 405 million just for this new production mechanism that is at the end of 2012 producing powertrains with British manufacturer will need to succeed L4 and V6 engines diesel born of the partnership with Ford and PSA but also can be the V6 and V8 petrol developed and produced by the Ford Dagenham and Bridgend sites. Initially this new factory is intended to produce a new generation of gasoline and diesel L4 called "Low emission" but nothing prevents that eventually become the L4 V8 for the high-end Jaguar.


Another good news for the English regionthe factory will create some 750 full time jobs (+ 300 to 400 jobs related to the supply chain of the site) to produce the new engines. Finally you should know that it is essentially the proximity to the factories to Halewood, Solihull and Castel Bromwich which dictated the choice of powerful and rational industrial group Tata owned Jaguar and Land Rover.