2020 Jaguar XJ Will Be An All-electric Limousine

• The new electric XJ will be developed by the same team behind the I-Pace.


• Production of the current generation XJ has been stopped.


• JLR's electrification plan for India will commence by the end of this year.


• Land Rover hybrid SUV will be the first to arrive in India.

luxury sedan which will make the switch from a supercharged V8 (XJR) to an all-electric setup.

The production of the current generation XJ came to a halt recently with Jaguar reporting mediocre sales for the sedan, thanks to competition from German counterparts. The new electric XJ will be developed by the same team behind the luxury electric SUV.

Jaguar claims that this decision will safeguard several thousand jobs in the UK, and will be the next big step in their electrification strategy. But, most importantly, JLR is focussing more on the production of batteries in the UK. A new battery assembly plant at Hams Hall that will be fully up and running by 2020 along with the Wolverhampton engine manufacturing plant will be the source of electric powerplants in the future.

On the announcement, Ralf Speth, Chief Executive Officer of Jaguar Land Rover, said: "The future of mobility is electric and, as a visionary British company, we are committed to making our next generation of zero-emission vehicles in the UK." Meanwhile, as it has also showcased a detailed plan for the same. A Land Rover hybrid SUV will come in first, followed by the I-Pace SUV.

Currently, the XJ in India is available with a 3.0-litre turbocharged diesel motor churning 305PS and 689Nm, mated to an 8-speed automatic transmission. The specifications of the upcoming electric XJ are yet to be revealed. The I-Pace, meanwhile uses a 95kWh battery pack churning out 400PS and a solid 696Nm of torque, with an impressive range of 470km (WLTP). The Jaguar XJ in India retails at Rs 1.11 crore (ex-showroom, Mumbai) and rivals the, BMW 7 Series, Audi A8 and the likes.

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Comment on ‘The Lost Corvette’ ponders what a 30th Anniversary ‘Vette may have looked like by Ralph Montileone

All in all the Corvette was clean and the few custom changes was fine, have seen many custom Vettes over the years that were just as nice. Having worked at the plant and being deeply involved with the actual 1983 launch and all builds there was more to the story. All in all any Corvette stories that keep the legend alive is good.

Comment on Queens, New York, 1970 by Uwe Meyer

Seventh car in the left lane looks like a W111 Coupé, still with the high grille, so it must be a six-in-line- engine (220SE, 250SE, 280SE). It’s not a 300SE because of the lack of side chrom stripes.

Comment on Queens, New York, 1970 by EdF (SATX)

Inside lane: 1957 Ford, a few cars back a 1962 Chevy, a 1961 Chevy behind a Cadillac.
Two Pontiac Tempests side by side, about 1966 and 1968ish.

Comment on Queens, New York, 1970 by Sal Pugliese

I find it interesting that many bloggers can ID virtually every car here and the exact year.
Take the same picture today and how many cars could we ID that accuately??
15-20% maybe !

Comment on Shelby’s Slingshot – 1986 Dodge Omni GLHS by Vincent James

By way of reference, this car is faster than a modern Fiat 500 Abarth 🙂

Comment on Queens, New York, 1970 by WordsnCollision

At least five Cadillacs, including a light ’59 just ahead of the bus.

Comment on Hemmings Auctions: Crawl, Walk, Run by Howie

Adding time after a bid is smart and works very well, no snipping.

Queens, New York, 1970

Date: November 1970

Location: Van Wyck Expressway, Queens, New York

Source: via The Old Motor

What do you see here?

Comment on The motorcycle that re-wrote the rulebook, Honda’s CB750, turns 50 by Murray Neufeld

Hey Brian. I had a 05′ Shadow Sabre up until about 2 and a half months ago. An accident took it out from under me. I picked up an 07′ H-D Road King a couple of weeks after and is my current ride. That Sabre could run circles around that H-D. I’m now constantly checking stuff on the Harley. The thing heats up like a blast furnace. It’s a barge to move around a parking lot with the engine off. I never had to haul tools with the Honda. Gas, oil and a new pair of tires is the only money I ever spent on it. No fuss, no muss. The H-D is a Drama Queen with a capital DQ. Nobody noticed I even rode a bike when I had the Honda(been riding since I was 10, 46 years ago)I get the Harley and now everyones my buddy. Sheesh. I dont buy any H-D product, just fluids needed for the engine. No shirts, leather jackets or other rah rah gear. That way nobody bothers me in the coffee shop. They don’t know it’s my bike out there. I tell people it’s not the Right bike, it’s my Right Now bike. I’ll go Triumph, Indian or Yamaha next time. Honda made and continues to make an amazing machine. I tell it to anyone I talk to, which is always the Import riders. I try not to have much to do with the H-D crowd. I’m sure the Harley crowd wants to tear me apart now but at least I’ve been on at least 7 other machines that weren’t Harleys before I got this one so I do have an opinion based on experience. The CB 750 has always been a beautiful machine and still is.

Comment on The motorcycle that re-wrote the rulebook, Honda’s CB750, turns 50 by John Bryan

Well, not exactly…the tariff that created your VFR700 wasn’t imposed because of the 1969 CB750. At least not directly. The original Honda 750 did kickoff the Japanese onslaught of fast, capable large-displacement motorcycles but the 80s tariff that H-D lobbied for was imposed because the Japanese Big 4 were “dumping” motorcycles in the US market. They were selling well under their own cost in order to maintain market share and keep the home production lines running. Now, there’s plenty of room to argue that the import duties Japan levied on motorcycles imported to Japan had little to do with H-D sales there and that H-D Big Twins and Sportsters really weren’t viable competition for any 80s Japanese bikes over 700cc but dumping was happening. Was a tariff the best response by the US government? Not if you think truly free markets provide the consumer with the best bang for their buck. And as moribund as H-D appears in 2019, the early 80s to mid 90s Harleys were as innovative and desirable bikes as H-D developed before and since. Though I’d rather have an early CB750K over any Super Glide from the 70s!

Comment on Boston, 1960s by Dave J

Pat. Yes…the darker one. I hadn’t considered that possibility. I was fixated on what I believed was a MOPAR wheel cover. Thanks.

Comment on Great Race recap – day seven to the finish line in Tacoma, Washington by Howard J

Thats 200 miles Chasing Them

Comment on Hemmings Find of the Day – 1992 Dodge Ram W-250 pickup by Danny Plotkin

I believe this truck was introduced for 1972 a more than 20 year run unchanged beyond grills and a reshuffling of instruments, knobs and engines. I recall that for a period of time this and the equally ubiquitous and useful van were Mother Mopar’s only vehicles with coil springs in front with the pickup the only one on a frame.

It is easy to think of them all as dirty and tired because they lasted long enough to be very dirty and tired. But as with most Chrysler products of the era the powertrains were not fond of giving up, they kept going until something else, usually holes in the metal got in the way.

With a Ford, Chevy & Dodge of the same year, condition and equipment I’d take the Dodge. Howard is right, a Dodge truck wears a highly deserved badge of honor. They were Job Rated even if they no longer said so.

Danny Plotkin

Comment on Great Race recap – day seven to the finish line in Tacoma, Washington by Howard J

Loved them at Creator Lake then at the finish that evening in Bend
We put on 200 chancing them in our 50 Chevy 3100
Long Fun Day
Thank You

Comment on The motorcycle that re-wrote the rulebook, Honda’s CB750, turns 50 by Johnathan Sievers

The CB 750 was a nice bike, but the Z1 Kawasaki and later KZ1000 were true beasts. I still remember my first ride from a red light one block to another red light. Holy s#&t! Every sense was on full alert and it took quite a while to wipe the stupid grin from my face. Since then I’ve owned lots of bikes and the only one that gave me the same sense of awesomeness was my Hayabusa. Honda invented the UJM, but others took it much farther and faster.

Comment on Hemmings Find of the Day – 1992 Dodge Ram W-250 pickup by geomechs

I worked on a lot of identical twins to this one. When Dodge started putting Cummins engines in their trucks the whole line developed a whole new energy. It seemed like within a couple of years, EVERYbody had one (Well, I didn’t but I sure worked on lots of them). That engine was about as close to indestructible as you could get although I had several customers with the ’94 and up models who could melt the last two pistons down. The ones with the VE type injection pumps couldn’t turn them up high enough to wreck the engines but the inlines could. I’ve heard a lot of people talk about turning these up to 400 hp and I sure won’t argue with them except that I know what goes on inside them and the cam plate and rollers disintegrated 150 hp before that. Change the gearcase and install an inline pump and you’ve got a real puller. Whoever gets this truck is going to have a good time with it. Enjoy…

Comment on Boston, 1960s by Dave J

Italianiron in his comment yesterday spotted at least two Corvairs. I see the one on the far right. Where might the other be?

I think I see a GM Y-body station wagon parked to the right of the black Impala on the distant right. An Olds F85. If not, maybe a Buick Special. The white vehicle also on the right next to the circa ‘62 Fairlane has a high cabin and quite a high sloping rear deck. Don’t know what that might be.

Comment on Hemmings Auctions: Crawl, Walk, Run by Sal Pugliese

I disagree … I’ve noticed on BAT, many commenters never bid on anything but trash every car they see!
If a buyer is naive and uninformed, he shouldn’t be buying a car on an auction site!!