New Ingenium Engine

Jaguar Land Rover has released photos and info on its new Ingenium engine family. We first reported on JLR’s new powerplants at this year’s Detroit auto show, but this is the first rash of in-depth details on the in-house effort.

The first Ingenium-branded engine to hit the market will be a turbocharged 2.0-liter diesel four-cylinder, and it will be followed by gasoline variants. JLR is following the Germans’ strategy and tying engine displacement to cylinder displacement—as in, every cylinder in each engine will displace 500 cc. Fours will therefore displace two liters.

The automaker promises that the engines will not only have reduced internal friction compared to its current, Ford-sourced four-cylinders, but that they’ll also be up to 176 pounds lighter. Save the Manuals fans can rejoice, because the Ingenium engines are designed to bolt up to both manual and automatic transmissions, as well as hybrid drive systems. JLR specifies that the engines are compatible with rear-, all-, and four-wheel drive. Both the gas and diesel versions will share the same basic aluminum block, in addition to direct fuel injection and the same bore, stroke, and cylinder spacing.

Fuel-saving measures include engine stop-start technology—which Jaguar and Land Rover already employ in a variety of models—as well as variable valve timing, roller bearings on the camshafts and balance shafts, a variable oil pump, a variable water pump, and electronically controlled piston-cooling jets that help the engine reach operating temperature more quickly, reducing CO2 emissions.

In terms of applications, you can bet that the gasoline Ingenium turbo four will make it under the hood of the upcoming Jaguar XE sports sedan before being installed in every other four-cylinder–powered Jaguar Land Rover product. We’ll have to wait and see if Jaguar (or Land Rover) decides to bring any diesel Ingeniums to the United States.