LONDON — Jaguar has denied a report that it’s ending manufacturing of the XE and XF within the UK, saying it intends to renew constructing the sedans at an unspecified date sooner or later.
French auto analyst Inovev stated Jaguar had ceased manufacturing of the sedans at its manufacturing unit in Fort Bromwich, England, in March. leaving solely output of the F-Kind sports activities automotive on the plant.
Manufacturing of the XE and XF has been impacted by the worldwide scarcity of semiconductors, however the model will fulfil present orders for the sedans and proceed to simply accept new ones for the 2 fashions, an organization spokesman instructed Automotive Information Europe.
“Like different automotive producers, we’re presently experiencing some COVID-19 supply-chain disruption, together with the worldwide availability of semiconductors, which is having an influence on our manufacturing schedules,” Jaguar stated in a press release.
The Jaguar shopper web site says the look forward to each the XE and XF fashions is presently six months.
XE gross sales, excluding China, had been simply 416 within the first quarter, whereas the big XF sedan recorded 974 gross sales, firm figures present.
Gross sales had been a lot larger in China for the XE and XF fashions produced at Jaguar Land Rover’s three way partnership Changshu plant, with 3,263 gross sales of the long-wheelbase XE in the identical quarter and a couple of,990 gross sales of the long-wheelbase XF.
Jaguar’s complete first-quarter gross sales determine of 19,570 was up on the final quarter of 2021, when gross sales fell 49 p.c to 14,407, the bottom three-month complete for the model since 2013.
Jaguar will develop into an all-electric model in 2025 and won’t exchange its present lineup, together with the XE and XF, because it strikes upmarket towards Bentley ranges of pricing.
The Fort Bromwich plant will stop making new automobiles underneath the model’s reinvention, CEO Thierry Bollore has stated.
Inovev stated the plant will construct its final automotive in 2024.