Mumbai: Jaguar Land Rover has enhanced its West Asia test programme by opening a new engineering test centre in Dubai, UAE, to conduct extreme hot weather vehicle research, development and testing.
The new 11,120-sq. ft. facility in the Al Barsha area of Dubai, UAE, is to offer a comprehensive range of tests including durability, calibration and hot weather testing for heat and humidity.
The engineering team at the new centre, which replaces a smaller facility in Dubai, will also test powertrains, chassis and heat and ventilation systems, as well as the off-road and sand-driving capability of Land Rover’s unique terrain response system.
Jaguar Land Rover has a network of five global test facilities at Nurburgring, Germany; Arjeplog, Sweden; Phoenix and International Falls, US, and Dubai, UAE.
Jaguar Land Rover Director of Engineering Technical Services Martyn Hollingsworth said: “Jaguar Land Rover has ambitious plans for growth. Since 2008 we have been investing to enhance our engineering capability.''
The new facility in Dubai is four times the size of the previous test centre and is to enable the company to enhance its testing of future products and technologies.
Robin Colgan, Managing Director, Jaguar Land Rover MENA (Middle East and North Africa), added that Dubai offers some unique and challenging environmental conditions.
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