Ford And Jaguar Engines

The jaguar aj v8 is a compact dohc v8 petrol engine the automotive brands jaguar land rover and lincoln ford is used.

Ford and jaguar engines. The v6 was launched in 2004 and as of 2011 also serves in ford australia s territory suv. Ford bought jaguar in 99 but i believe they sold it in 2008 to an india co. The engines share the same bore stroke ratio with the v6 displacing 2 7 l 2 720 cc and the v8 displacing 3 6 l 3 630 cc. The bottom end was your basic ford duratec v6 found in countless ford tauruses topped off with a jaguar derived cylinder head that added variable valve timing to the basic duratec architecture.

It is available in 2 1 l 2 099 cc 2 5 l 2 495 cc and 3 0 l 2 967 cc displacements. In jaguar cars and land rover vehicles it is known as the ajd v6 and dt17 20 by psa. London jaguar land rover has taken a big step in reducing its dependence on engines from ford motor its former owner by launching its own new four cylinder gasoline unit. The aj v8 is only the fourth jaguar developed engine generation.

The jaguar plant within a plant saved considerable investment costs by jaguar. The base petrol engine derived from the 2 5 litre that served in the ford mondeo and the 3 0 litre v6 is essentially an adaptation of the base engine from the jaguar s type and lincoln ls. The aj8 engine is manufactured in an all new dedicated jaguar facility located within the ford bridgend engine plant in bridgend south wales. Most jaguars have engines manufactured by jaguar.

Later more engine variants were used. One notable addition is the use of variable valve timing a feature also shared with mazda s version of the engine. Jaguar s radford plant originally a daimler bus plant but later a jaguar engine and axle plant was closed by ford in 1997 when it moved all jaguar engine production to its bridgend facility. Our favourite jaguar engines the v6s and v8s aren t actually made by the firm.

The only ford based engine jaguar used was the aj v6 used in the x type and some s type models. It was in production from 1999 through 2011. They re built at a dedicated facility within ford s bridgend wales plant but all that is set to end in 2020. The aj v8 engine replaced the in line six cylinder aj6 aj16 and the v12 in all jaguar vehicles from 1997.

Jaguar in 2002 did use a daimler benz v8 engine.