Jaguar Land Rover has expanded its powertrain family with the introduction of an all-new 4-cylinder Ingenium petrol engines for its both current and future vehicles.
Designed, engineered and manufactured at Jaguar Land Rover’s £1 billion Engine Manufacturing Centre in the UK, the new engines are the most advanced engines the company has ever developed. They will deliver up to 25% more power than the engines they replace and offer fuel consumption reductions of up to 15%.
The Ingenium petrol engine features state-of-the-art technologies, such as an electrohydraulic valvetrain, integrated exhaust manifold and twin scroll turbocharger with ceramic ball bearing technology. They will deliver exceptional performance, efficiency and refinement while meeting the most stringent global emissions regulations.
According to Nick Rogers Group Engineering Director, “Ingenium has been developed as a modular family of powerful, efficient and refined all-aluminum petrol and diesel engines. All Ingenium engines deliver benchmark low levels of friction, contributing to inherently good efficiency and refinement.”
Using a common architecture based on a 500cc per cylinder displacement delivers both maximum flexibility and scaleability. This enables a range of derivatives to be developed to suit applications as diverse as sports sedans and luxury SUVs.
Following the launch of the 2.0-litre four-cylinder diesels in 2015, these advanced petrol engines become the latest Ingenium engines to enter production and will be available from 2017. The 2.0-litre petrol Ingenium engines will come in three variants with 197bhp from a single scroll turbo, or 247bhp and 296bhp using a twin scroll turbo.
Besides the new Ingenium petrol engines, Jaguar Land Rover has developed a revolutionary advanced automatic transmission that will both improve the efficiency of future vehicles and expand their all-wheel drive capability. The £30 million advanced research project called TRANSCEND, uses an innovative ultra-wide ratio spread (20:1) that integrates low-range gear box, dual-clutch and hybrid technologies to deliver new levels of off-road performance and fuel economy improvements of nearly 10%.
Nick Rogers said, “TRANSCEND demonstrates Jaguar Land Rover’s commitment to original research that improves the driving experience and the environmental performance of our vehicles. It will make manoeuvring and off-road use easier than ever before for drivers whilst also improving on-road vehicle dynamics and CO₂ emissions.”
TRANSCEND is an acronym for Transmission Supply Chain Excellence for Next Generation Dual Clutch Technologies. The project combines innovative mechanical design and advanced manufacturing techniques to deliver a compact, lightweight 8-speed transmission with an ultra-wide ratio spread of 20, more than double that of a conventional 8-speed automatics. Weighing around 20kg less than existing 8-speed automatics,TRANSCEND could be used in longitudinal rear-wheel drive and all-wheel drive vehicles.
“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 CO₂ emissions by a further 25%,” Nick added.
