Jaguar Land Rover Looks To Modular Inline Six-Cylinder Engine Future
Just as modular chassis construction has found favour with automakers, engine construction looks set to follow-suit. Jaguar Land Rover is tipped to spring a straight-six engine from its existing Ingenium four-cylinder engine range. Modular co
Just as modular chassis construction has found favour with automakers, engine construction looks set to follow-suit. Jaguar Land Rover is tipped to spring a straight-six engine from its existing Ingenium four-cylinder engine range.
Modular construction allows component sets to be shared across products, lowering development and manufacturing costs, and increasing production line flexibility.
BMW has already embraced modular inline engines, with its current three, four and six-cylinder engine range derived from the same building blocks, while Mercedes-Benz is tipped to introduce its own modular straight-six soon.
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