Tata-owned Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is to axe up to 500 management jobs in the UK through a voluntary redundancy programme.
The company has said that around 1.5% of its UK workforce would be impacted by the job cuts and described the programme as part of ‘normal business practice’.
However, the move comes after JLR reported a 10.7% year-on-year (YoY) decline in quarterly wholesale volumes (quarter ended 30 June) which it said were in line with the company’s expectations amidst a challenging period.
When it posted the disappointing quarterly results, the British carmaker highlighted the “planned wind down” of legacy Jaguar models (effectively a hiatus to supply, with production of ICE models ended before BEV models and capacity come on stream) ahead of the launch of ‘new Jaguar’ in 2026. There was also a temporary halt in shipments of models to the US during April 2025, following the introduction of US import tariffs.
As part of the transformation of Jaguar to a new portfolio of electric vehicles from 2026, production of Jaguar XE, XF and F‑TYPE, produced at Castle Bromwich in the UK, ended in May 2024, while I‑PACE and E‑PACE, produced in Austria, ended in December 2024.
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By GlobalDataWholesale volumes for the quarter stood at 87,286 units, excluding the Chery Jaguar Land Rover China JV, marking a 21.7% decrease against Q4 FY25.
