Jaguar Land Rover car platforms


The Jaguar Land Rover car platforms are the major structures, designed by Jaguar Land Rover, which underpin their Jaguar and Land Rover cars. The [|D8] platform is also used by Tata Motors.

Current platforms

, the following platforms are used by JLR in its current car ranges.

D2a

The D2a is the aluminium alloy platform used on the Jaguar XJ.

D6a

The D6a is an all-aluminium platform developed from the XK platform for use on the Jaguar F-Type. David Brown Automotive also uses the XK platform for their Speedback Aston Martin DB series-inspired sports car.

D7

The D7 platform was developed as the Premium Lightweight Architecture aluminium platform for larger vehicles. There are four variants of the D7: the D7a used by the Jaguar XE, Jaguar XF, Jaguar F-Pace and Land Rover Range Rover Velar; the D7e for the Jaguar I-Pace, the D7u used by the Land Rover Discovery, Land Rover Range Rover Sport and Land Rover Range Rover and the D7x developed for the 2020 Land Rover Defender.

D8

The D8 steel platform is a heavily modified evolution of the Ford EUCD platform, a platform inherited when Land Rover was a subsidiary of Ford. It is used for the Jaguar E-Pace, Land Rover Discovery Sport, Land Rover Range Rover Evoque, Tata Buzzard, and Tata Harrier/Buzzard Sport.

PTA

The PTA is a development of the D8 platform which can be used for mild-hybrid, electrified and ICE powertrains. It was first used on the second generation Range Rover Evoque and then on the second generation Land Rover Discovery Sport.

MLA

The MLA is an electric platform designed to be used for all-electric drive, plug-in hybrid and mild hybrid vehicles. It is planned to be used on the upcoming electric XJ. On 5 July 2019, JLR announced that this EV car was to be manufactured at Castle Bromwich site after retooling of the plant.

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