The new centre expands the carmaker’s Middle East test programme and will offer a comprehensive range of tests including durability, calibration and hot weather testing for heat and humidity.

The 11,120 sq. ft. facility in the Al Barsha area will also test powertrains, chassis and heat and ventilation systems, as well as the off-road and sand driving capability of Land Rover’s Terrain Response system.

The company said that the new facility will be crucial to its continued success as every model for the European and MENA markets will be certified in Dubai following thorough testing before going into global production

Director of engineering technical services Martyn Hollingsworth said: ‘Jaguar Land Rover has ambitious plans for growth, and since 2008 we have been investing to enhance our engineering capability to help us deliver an unprecedented number of new and refreshed Jaguar and Land Rover models.

‘Our new facility in Dubai is four times the size of the previous test centre and will enable us to enhance our testing of future products and technologies. The engineering team is focused on the quality and durability of our products and an important part of this is rigorous environmental testing of our vehicles to ensure they can withstand even the harshest conditions.’

Jaguar Land Rover has a network of five global test facilities: Nurburgring, Germany; Arjeplog, Sweden; Phoenix and International Falls, USA, and Dubai, UAE.