
Jaguar Land Rover car platforms

The Jaguar Land Rover car platforms are the major structures, designed by Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), which underpin their Jaguar and Land Rover cars. The D8 platform is also used by Tata Motors.
Current platforms.
, the following platforms are used by JLR in its current car ranges.
D2a.
The D2a is the aluminium alloy platform used on the Jaguar XJ (X351).
D6a.
The D6a is an all-aluminium platform developed from the XK platform for use on the Jaguar F-Type. David Brown Automotive also uses the XK platform for their Speedback Aston Martin DB series-inspired sports car.
D7.
The D7 platform was developed as the "Premium Lightweight Architecture" (PLA) aluminium platform for larger vehicles. There are four variants of the D7: the D7a (also known as the iQ[Al]) used by the Jaguar XE (X760), Jaguar XF (X260), Jaguar F-Pace (X761) and Land Rover Range Rover Velar (L560); the D7e for the Jaguar I-Pace, the D7u used by the Land Rover Discovery (L462), Land Rover Range Rover Sport (L494) and Land Rover Range Rover (L405) and the D7x developed for the 2020 Land Rover Defender (L663).
D8.
The D8 (also known as the LR-MS) steel platform is a heavily modified evolution of the Ford EUCD platform, a platform inherited when Land Rover was a subsidiary of Ford. It is used for the Land Rover Discovery Sport, Land Rover Range Rover Evoque (L538), Tata Safari, and Tata Harrier.
PTA.
The PTA (Premium Transverse Architecture) is a development of the D8 platform which can be used for mild-hybrid, electrified and ICE powertrains. It was first used on the Jaguar E-Pace and then on the second generation Range Rover Evoque and second generation Land Rover Discovery Sport.
MLA.
The MLA (Modular Longitudinal Architecture) is an electric platform designed to be used for all-electric drive, plug-in hybrid and mild hybrid vehicles. It is planned to be used on the upcoming electric XJ. On 5 July 2019, JLR announced that this EV car was to be manufactured at Castle Bromwich site after retooling of the plant.