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Jaguar Land Rover will no longer be building a luxury SUV in the Midlands.

JLR's super deluxe Range Rover was due to be made in Coventry - but the company has confirmed those plans have been scrapped, reports CoventryLive .

Announced in January last year, JLR had stated 999 versions of the luxury SUV would be built in the Midlands.

They were scheduled to be created at the car giant's Special Vehicle Operations division in Ryton-on-Dunsmore.

Launched in 1970, originally the Range Rover was a two-door vehicle, and it was only developed as a four-door vehicle as it evolved.

Powered by a supercharged 5.0-litre V8 powertrain developing 565ps the SV Coupé would have been the fastest ever full size Range Rover, with a 0 to 60 acceleration time of just five seconds and a top speed of to 165mph.

(Image: Birmingham Mail/Darren Quinton)

A spokesman for Jaguar Land Rover said: “We have taken the difficult decision to inform our customers that the Range Rover SV Coupé will not proceed into production.

“Instead, Land Rover is focusing its resources and investment on the next generation of world-class products.

“With exciting plans for electrification, enhanced craftsmanship, innovation and technology we are working to ensure that we continue to offer our customers a choice of world leading SUVs.”

The spokesman said that Special Vehicle Operations would continue to be an important part of the company’s bespoke production plans and would produce other new models, including the Jaguar F-Pace SVR.

They added: “Our Special Vehicle Operations division is continuing to develop exciting cars that push the boundaries of luxury, performance and capability - the all-new Jaguar F-Pace SVR is weeks away from its first deliveries and we have many more new models in development.”

The carmaker announced a few weeks ago that it was planning to axe 4,500 jobs, thought to be coming mainly from its West Midlands operations.

Last week, BirminghamLive reported how around 200 to 400 agency workers were to be struck off following an initial announcement back in April .

The new year jobs cull at the UK car giant began at Lode Lane in Solihull .

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The move to axe agency jobs is in line with the manufacturing of its Discovery moving to a new £1bn factory in Nitra, Slovakia in February.

Staff were originally briefed on November 29 and those affected were officially stood down on Friday, January 25.

On January 24, it was revealed that there will be an additional week-long stand-down of production in April.

In a message to staff JLR management said: "Due to potential Brexit disruption we will declare a week or production stand-down 8th - 12th April.

"We will use our existing contractual stand-down agreements, which will be consulted on locally at each site as per normal process.

"There may be a need to announce additional periods of stand-downs. If this is required or there is any change to our plans, you will be briefed by your local management.

"We understand that this is an unsettling period and would like to thank you for your patience and continued co-operation."