New 2.0-litre petrol Ingenium engine and TRANSCEND transmission crucial to Jaguar Land Rover’s efficiency targets.
Jaguar Land Rover’s Ingenium engine line-up is set to expand with the announcement of a 2.0-litre petrol version. In South Africa the new petrol Ingenium engine will be a low cost and efficient option for Jaguar XE, F-Pace and XF from late 2017.
Designed and engineered in the UK, the 4-cylinder petrol Ingenium engine is the most advanced engine ever developed by the company – at a R19 billion investment one would expect so. How much better? JLR claims the Ingenium engine slashes fuel consumption by 15% while power output is 25% better than the old Ford-developed leftovers from the company’s previous marriage. Integrated manifold, twin scroll turbo and electrohydraulic valvetrain are just some of the new goodies. We’d love to give you those power figures but at this stage nobody is breaking the silence.
We do know that the Ingenium engine will suit many applications from SUVs to sportscars. From the outset the 2.0-litre Ingenium engine was designed to be flexible and scalable.
“Ingenium has been developed as a modular family of powerful, efficient and refined all-aluminum petrol and diesel engines,” said Rogers. “All Ingenium engines deliver benchmark low levels of friction, contributing to inherently good efficiency and refinement.”
Improvements in transmission technology will compliment the Ingenium’s core faculties. The TRANSCEND transmission could phase out the ZF gearbox and the lightweight 8-speed design bangs on about having an ‘ultra-wide ratio spread.’ Of course they have to say that when competitors are deploying nine or even 10-speed gearboxes for that very reason.
“TRANSCEND demonstrates Jaguar Land Rover’s commitment to original research that improves the driving experience and the environmental performance of our vehicles,” said Rogers. “It will make manoeuvring and off-road use easier than ever before for drivers whilst also improving on-road vehicle dynamics and CO? emissions.”
TRANSCEND can be used in rear-wheel drive or all-wheel drive applications and weighs around 20 kilograms less than existing 8-speed automatics.
