Hot on the heels of the announcement of the creation of 1800 jobs in the Midlands and the building of a new body plant on the same site, Jaguar Land Rover, the darling of the motor industry in 2013, have shown their new 4×4
Jaguar Cross Over at Frankfurt
Bear in mind that this is the company that has just brought us the Evoque, the Range Rover Sport and the new Range Rover. Their knowledge of drive trains and 4×4 suspension geometry is second to none. The engines that have been launched in the XF and the new F-Type have only increased demand for a the Jaguar brand across the world, with China and India waiting lists for Range Rover at 2 years and F-Type at 3 years
Launch date is being touted as 2016, but JLR have a history of understating then launching early.
Size wise, the C-X17 is similar to a Q5 and X3, both popular company lease cars that double as family cars at the weekend. That is obviously the target