https://www.vauxhall.co.uk/cars/grandland-x/hybrid4.html

This is built on the same (PHEV) chassis as the Peugeot 3008 Hybrid4.

A recent article that I read was speculating that the reason that TATA is looking for a partner (in Peugeot) is that it wants access to their smaller chassis to enable them to have some reasonably priced entry level cars.

It seems TATA have spent a fortune in developing the present round of (luxury) cars. FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
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Well I hope their engineers are more on the ball than their PR department, scroll down that promotion and it states that fully electric vehicles are exempt from road tax, cheaper to maintain and cheaper to run......problem is the vehicle being promoted is NOT fully electric!

Dumb arses, either that or they are basically trying to lure buyers in by deception, same old same old then?  Regards

David

Lovely i6 has now gone, but not me......

Please let me know if anything in my post offends you, as I may wish to offend you again......

IanMetro wrote:

A recent article that I read was speculating that the reason that TATA is looking for a partner (in Peugeot)...

Quote:

Jaguar Land Rover is joining forces with BMW to boost the development of electric vehicles, becoming the latest car makers to team up in a bid to save money and .

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - BMW on Wednesday said it will develop its next-generation electric motors, transmission and power electronics with Jaguar Land Rover, unveiling yet another industry alliance designed to lower the costs of developing electric cars.

“Together, we have the opportunity to cater more effectively for customer needs by shortening development time and bringing vehicles and state-of-the-art technologies more rapidly to market,” Klaus Froehlich, BMW board member said.

BMW and Jaguar Land Rover said they will save costs through shared development, production planning and joint purchasing.

Both companies will produce electric drivetrains in their own manufacturing facilities, BMW said.

Nick Rogers, Jaguar Land Rover’s engineering director said, “We’ve proven we can build world beating electric cars but now we need to scale the technology to support the next generation of Jaguar and Land Rover products.”

Reuters.

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industr...d-vehicles MY13 HSE Lux.......faultless since new.

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IanMetro wrote:

Yes, the paragraph really does end after the 'and'.

SouthamFL2 wrote:

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - BMW on Wednesday said it will develop its next-generation electric motors, transmission and power electronics with Jaguar Land Rover, unveiling yet another industry alliance designed to lower the costs of developing electric cars.

“Together, we have the opportunity to cater more effectively for customer needs by shortening development time and bringing vehicles and state-of-the-art technologies more rapidly to market,” Klaus Froehlich, BMW board member said.

BMW and Jaguar Land Rover said they will save costs through shared development, production planning and joint purchasing.

Both companies will produce electric drivetrains in their own manufacturing facilities, BMW said.

Nick Rogers, Jaguar Land Rover’s engineering director said, “We’ve proven we can build world beating electric cars but now we need to scale the technology to support the next generation of Jaguar and Land Rover products.”

Reuters.

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/industr...d-vehicles

The Td5 was the happy result of the last collaboration. Maybe they should just build them again?  Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

TD5 original Land Rover design, from their Storm project,
serviced correctly probably their best engine.
Dave DAVE.
I.A.M. F1rst Driver.
Gone 2003 Discovery TD5 Auto,
Gone 1986 Defender 90 Station Wagon
Gone 1984 Range Rover 3.5 Vogue Manual.
Gone 1970 Series 11A/3 SWB 3.5 V8 Hybrid
Gone 1964 Series 11A LWB Van
Gone 1966 Series 11A SWB Van
Gone 1964 Series 11A LWB Station Wagon,

Yes. I believe there was to be a 6 cylinder Storm too. But it was never put into production.

BMW took over during the life time of the TD5. One the first things BMW did was to remove the centre differential locking capability (the locking diff was never itself removed IIRC) because it thought its usual customer base incapable of operating such a complex piece of equipment (ie the manual synchronisation of speed, gear lever, clutch and diff lock lever). Hi/Lo ratios remained active through the same lever. It was only following customer pressure that the lock mechanism was reinstated.

There were aftermarket kits which allowed the lever to be re-connected to the locking mechanism. Jules

The internals were removed, can't recall which year though,
I had to buy a 2nd hand box with internals and luckily acquired the genuine linkage,
to honest I didn't get to use it much as the TC work very well, admittedly with a lot of noise from the ABS.
Dave DAVE.
I.A.M. F1rst Driver.
Gone 2003 Discovery TD5 Auto,
Gone 1986 Defender 90 Station Wagon
Gone 1984 Range Rover 3.5 Vogue Manual.
Gone 1970 Series 11A/3 SWB 3.5 V8 Hybrid
Gone 1964 Series 11A LWB Van
Gone 1966 Series 11A SWB Van
Gone 1964 Series 11A LWB Station Wagon,

Nothing like the warble of a 5 cylinder engine, especially with the cat and centre silencer removed! Miss my Disco.  Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

Quote:

Maybe they should just build them again

Perhaps to correct my first statement ---- is this the chassis we all will be using?

BMW GEN5 Drivesystem

https://insideevs.com/news/341804/bmw-5th-...y-compact/ FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
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