Jaguar will not contemplate sharing platforms with any other manufacturers, according to Tata Motors boss Carl-Peter Forster.
“We have extremely good people and we can do things for ourselves,” he told Autocar.
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Forster also admitted that the company was now seriously considering a car smaller than an XF. However, he believes Jag shouldn’t be “stepping down” to a Merc A-class or Mini-size car in the near future.
Forster also added that because of clashes with Land Rover, Jaguar should not contemplate ever making an SUV. He did admit though that a sporty crossover car was one of the many possible new models currently being debated internally.
Jaguar made waves at the Paris motor show with a surprise ultra-low emissions supercar. The C-X75 has an experimental powertrain with four 195bhp electric motors, one at each wheel.
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They give a combined 780bhp and 1180lb ft of torque, and provide for zero-emissions running, dynamics-enhancing torque vectoring, and pace that even an XJ220 couldn’t match: 0-62mph in 3.4sec, 0-100mph in 5.5sec and 0-186mph in a Veyron-beating 15.7sec.
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Re: 'Jag will not share platforms'
Jaguar and Land Rover clearly want to send a message that going forward they won't go down market for their platforms. Unlike Audi with VW and Lexus with Toyota. Brave, but classy.
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Re: 'Jag will not share platforms'
If they can be profitable doing it themselves, then great. But it does fly in the face of what nearly every other manufacturer seems to think for the sort of volume they sell.