Jaguar Cars
Car marque owned by Jaguar Land Rover and former British car company
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| 2025 | Jaguar plans to complete its transition to an all-electric lineup, discontinuing most of its internal combustion engine models including those with the AJ133S. |
| 2024 | The Land Rover Defender V8 becomes the final vehicle to use the AJ133S engine. |
| 2024 | Coolant crossover pipes updated to aluminum in MY24 Defender and Jaguar F-Pace SVR vehicles, using part numbers LR186859 & LR186917. |
| 2024 | Production of the Jaguar XF ceased, marking the end of this model's production run. |
| December 2024 | Production of the Jaguar I-Pace electric SUV ended, with the model set to be discontinued by 2025 due to slowing sales and a change in corporate vision. |
| December 2024 | Production of the Jaguar E-Pace ceased, with manufacturing completed by Magna Styr in Graz, Austria |
| December 4 2024 | Jaguar revealed the Type 00 concept car at Miami Art Week, a non-production model designed to showcase the brand's future electric car design direction. The concept car received a polarized response, generating both criticism and praise. |
| November 19 2024 | Jaguar unveiled a new logo and branding ahead of its 2026 relaunch as an electric-only brand, introducing a new typeface, colour palette, and device mark under the 'exuberant modernism' direction. The rebrand sparked significant controversy, drawing criticism from public figures like Elon Musk, Stephen Colbert, and Nigel Farage. |
| June 2024 | Jaguar stopped production of all models except the F-Pace, preparing for full electrification by 2025 and planning to introduce three new electric models on the JEA platform. |
| June 2024 | Production of the F-Type ended after building 87,731 examples, concluding its production run. |
| June 2024 | Production of the Jaguar XE ceased, concluding its single generation run from 2016 to 2024. |
| 2023 | JLR announced plans to move Jaguar upmarket, positioning the brand closer to Bentley and Porsche, with intentions to downsize and focus on lower volume production. |
| 2022 | Classic Worlds published a retrospective article describing the Jaguar X308 XJ as a performance and luxury bargain, and a potential classic investment. |
| September 2022 | James Howe wrote a retrospective noting that despite mixed fan reception, the X351 XJ still looked modern and distinctly Jaguar, two years after production ceased. |
| August 2022 | Richard Porter of Sniff Petrol reported that prototypes of the cancelled XJ successor still existed, were SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification), and some were still being tested on the road. |
| 2021 | For F-Pace SVR & F-Type P450/P575 models, mechanical vacuum pump was removed and replaced with a blanking plate. |
| February 2021 | Jaguar cancelled the planned electric Jaguar XJ, marking the end of the XJ model line's future development. |
| February 15 2021 | Announced that all cars made under the Jaguar brand will be fully electric by 2025. |
| 2020 | First official images of the new generation's taillights are revealed, and the new generation is rendered based on these images. |
| 2020 | Thierry Bolloré, former CEO of Renault, replaced Ralf Speth as the head of Jaguar Land Rover. |
| 2020 | Jaguar produced the Vision Gran Turismo SV concept car as part of the Vision Gran Turismo project series, which was featured as a playable car in the Gran Turismo 7 video game. |
| 2020 | Mild hybrid options announced for Ingenium 2.0L engines, featuring a 48 Volt belt alternator starter system. |
| September 2020 | Ford ceases production of the AJ-V8 engine at the Bridgend Plant. |
| August 2020 | Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) takes over production means for the AJ-V8 engine. |
| 2019 | Production of the Jaguar XJ series concluded after a five-decade run, ending its long-standing presence in the luxury car market. |
| 2019 | The Jaguar XJ is replaced by the Range Rover Abio Sentinel as the prime ministerial car, ending its continuous use since 1979. |
| 2019 | Sales further declined to 25,951 units, marking the lowest point in the provided sales data. |
| 2019 | Jaguar discontinued the V6 engine for the XE, renaming petrol engine variants (e.g., 25t to P250, 30t to P300). |
| 2019 | The Jaguar XE underwent a facelift, bringing updates to both exterior and interior design. The interior was revised with new door panels and centre tunnel, and a new infotainment system called InControl Touch Pro Duo was introduced. The automatic's rising rotary knob gear selector was replaced with a more conventional Sport Shift Selector. |
| July 5 2019 | Jaguar Land Rover confirms plans to build an all-electric XJ luxury saloon car at their Castle Bromwich plant, with an expected launch in 2020. |
| May 30 2019 | Autocar reported that Jaguar would discontinue the X351 XJ model in July 2019, with plans to replace it with an electric flagship XJ car to be built at Castle Bromwich. |
| 2018 | Motorious published an article highlighting the Jaguar X308 XJ as providing the most luxurious ride, praising its status as the last steel-bodied XJ and the first to feature a modern V8 drivetrain. |
| 2018 | Introduction of SV Project 8 limited edition with a V8 engine, with only 300 cars to be produced. |
| 2018 | Sales continued to decrease, falling to 30,654 units. |
| June 15 2018 | Jaguar Vector Racing breaks the world speed record for an electric battery powered boat, recording an average speed of 88.61 mph on Coniston Water, England. |
| March 1 2018 | Jaguar officially revealed the I-Pace, the company's first electric SUV and electric car model. |
| 2017 | Jaguar XJ (X351) models upgraded with a larger 10-inch infotainment LCD display, replacing the previous 7-inch LCD screen that had been used on earlier models. |
| 2017 | Sales declined to 38,696 units, showing a drop from the previous year's peak. |
| 2017 | Interior revisions were made, including cupholder covers, a higher resolution display, and the standard infotainment interface InControl Touch Pro, which requires a user-provided data connection SIM card. |
| 2017 | Jaguar began replacing Ford EcoBoost petrol engines with new Ingenium petrol engines in the XE model range. |
| 2017 | Production of the Jaguar XE completely transferred to Castle Bromwich Assembly as part of a £100 million factory refit. |
| July 2017 | Jaguar XE SV Project 8 debuted at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, showcasing a high-performance limited-production version modified by Jaguar Land Rover's Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) team with 592 hp supercharged engine and extensive performance modifications. |
| July 13 2017 | Jaguar officially revealed the E-Pace compact SUV model |
| 2016 | Jaguar XJ (X351) received a significant facelift, introducing LED front and rear lights, distinctive rear J-Blade lights, a redesigned grille, and an updated InControl Touch Pro infotainment system with new driver assistance technology and audio system. |
| 2016 | Jaguar Land Rover moves into part of the old Peugeot/Chrysler/Rootes site in Ryton-on-Dunsmore, establishing a classic restoration operation. |
| 2016 | Sales peaked at 44,095 units, representing the highest annual sales volume for the Jaguar XE model. |
| 2016 | First model year of the Jaguar XE, marking the start of its production and market availability. |
| 2015 | Aston Martin DB10 concept car used in the James Bond film Spectre, showcasing the enhanced 4.7-litre V8 engine. |
| 2015 | The X351 Jaguar XJ received another facelift, adding LED headlights, J-Blade rear taillights, and new driver assistance and safety features including lane assist, adaptive cruise control with 'Queue assist', reverse traffic direction sensing, closing vehicle sensing, 360-degree camera system, and semi-automated parking features. |
| 2015 | Sales of the XE model were initially scheduled to begin this year, signaling Jaguar's move away from Ford-derived platforms to its own aluminium platform. |
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