JLR Introduces New Ingenium Petrol Engines And Advanced 8-Speed Transmission

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced to start production of its new range of Ingenium petrol engine, and also confirmed a £30 million research project on the advanced new 8-speed transmission, called Transcend.

Tata Motors owned British automaker, JLR is actively working on the newest edition of the brand’s modern Ingenium family. These are the 2.0-litre four-cylinder Ingenium petrol engine and will be produced at JLR’s Engine Manufacturing Center in Wolverhampton, England. The company claims that these engines will deliver up to 25% more power and also reduce the fuel consumption by up to 15% over the engines they replace.
The 2.0-litre petrol Ingenium engine will be available in three states of tunes i.e. 197 bhp from a single scroll turbo, 247 bhp and 296 bhp from a twin scroll turbo.

The new range of Ingenium petrol engines features a number of advanced technology including an electro-hydraulic valvetrain, a twin-scroll turbocharger with ceramic ball bearing and integrated exhaust manifold. This new series of engines will be available from next year.

The Ingenium family is modular that features engine with a capacity of 500cc displacement per cylinder, and enabling the parts and designs for sharing among various sizes.

Coming to the brand new transmission, the JLR has developed an advanced 8-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox dubbed Transcend which is 20 kg lighter in weight than the existing 8-speed automatic. The company says that it boosts the fuel economy by almost 10% and offers improved off-road capabilities.

Group Engineering Director at JLR, Nick Rogers said, “Environmental innovation is at the heart of our strategy to dramatically reduce emissions up to 2020 and beyond. With the Ingenium family of powertrains and advanced research projects such as TRANSCEND, future Jaguar Land Rover vehicles will emit significantly less CO₂. By 2020, new technologies will help us reduce our CO₂emissions by a further 25 per cent”.
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