Jaguar will stop producing petrol and diesel cars in June 2023

The cat got out of the bag: Jaguar will end the internal combustion era in June this year.

Jaguar confirmed European automobile news The company’s Castle Bromwich plant, on the outskirts of Birmingham, will stop vehicle production in June, with the facility converting to become a body stamping plant.

Castle Bromwich is currently in production Type F coupes and convertibles, CAR sedans and XF sedans and wagons.

Jaguar’s other popular cars are made elsewhere, with F-Pace The crossover was manufactured at the company’s factory in Solihull – around 12km from Castle Bromwich – during the production of the vehicle. Electronic speed crossover is signed to Magna Steyr in Austria.

The automaker said only three internal combustion models – the XF, E-Pace and F-Pace – are expected to continue in production until June. I-Pace will be the last car in the current line-up to be discontinued and Magna Steyr will produce the model until early 2025.

said Joe Eberhardt, head of Jaguar Land Rover North America Road & Track that while “the majority of our products cease production in June” these vehicles “will be on sale for a much longer period [as] we will have a production schedule that will allow us to have a continuous supply of vehicles until new vehicles become available.”

The British carmaker owned by Tata hopes to ensure a “clean handover” of the new generation of much more expensive electric vehicles.

Jaguar is planning to launch three models based on the brand’s distinct JEA architecture. The first is a 4-door design intended to compete with the Porsche Taycanand is expected to launch this year before going on sale in 2025.

The one who comes first car reports indicate that the new four-door Jaguar will have a dual-motor all-wheel-drive setup with around 430kW of power, a driving range of around 690km and a UK starting price in excess of £100,000 ($194,000).

For reference, the most expensive base models in Jaguar’s range today are the £67,355 ($130,700) F-Type and the £69,995 ($135,800) I-Pace.

Next year Jaguar will reveal a small crossover model Bentley Bentaygaand depending on which sources you believe, the facelifted Jaguar lineup will be supplemented by a second crossover or a top-of-the-line sedan.

By moving into a market populated by brands such as Bentley and Rolls-Royce, Jaguar expects annual sales to drop to around 50,000 vehicles per year.

It will be interesting to see if the brand can achieve this figure by 2023, with a much more affordable range of cars, Jaguar only sold 64,241 cars worldwide, overshadowed by the Land Rover sold 356,343 vehicles across the Defender, Range Rover and Discovery sub-brands.

Locally, Jaguar sold 581 cars last yearbehind Maserati (681), Alfa Romeo (716) and Genesis (1916).