Jaguar's family of Ingenium engines will grow to include
gasoline power.
Jaguar is undergoing something of a renaissance at the
moment, moving away from its overblown retro focus in favour of
attractive, modern cars that appeal to a whole
new generation of buyer. Having nailed down an attractive
design signature for its cars, the next step in the resurrection
is an efficient new set of gasoline powertrains and a brand new
eight-speed gearbox.
Jaguar Land Rover launched the Ingenium engine family in the
diesel
Discovery Sport last year, and has now expanded it to
include a range of gasoline motors. Thanks to its easily
scalable architecture, the technology behind the new range of
engines can be adapted for everything from sports saloons to
SUVs.
Thanks to a new electro-hydraulic valvetrain, integrated
exhaust manifold and twin-scroll turbochargers with ceramic ball
bearings, the new family should use up 15 percent less fuel than
the engines they replace, all the while delivering up to 25
percent more power than before.
"Ingenium has been developed as a modular family of powerful,
efficient and refined all-aluminum petrol and diesel engines,"
says Nick Rogers, Engineering Director at Jaguar Land Rover.
"All Ingenium engines deliver benchmark low levels of friction,
contributing to inherently good efficiency and refinement."
The new engines will be launched alongside the new
TRANSCENDeight-speed gearbox. With an ultra-wide spread of
ratios, it should allow for short, crawl-friendly bottom ratios
without sacrificing refinement at highway speeds. In an attempt
to future-proof the unit there's an integrated disconnect clutch
to help connect it up with hybrid powertrains, and the inbuilt
all-wheel drive torque transfer system is able to shuffle power
between the front and rear axles.
Despite all this off-road and hybrid cleverness Jaguar says
the new unit is up to 20 kg (44 lb) lighter than the average
eight speeder, and should offer fuel savings of up to 10
percent. It will be used in longitudinal rear-drive and
all-wheel drive cars.
Check out an exploded view of Jaguar's Ingenium engine tech
in the video below.
Source:
Jaguar Land Rover