The saloon is being built at its facility in Pune from components supplied from the Indian-owned company's Castle Bromwich plant in Birmingham, UK, and will initially feature the 2.2-litre diesel engine, marking its debut in the Indian market.

The model will go on sale at a cost of 44.50 lakh (€62,837).

The XF models will be built alongside Land Rover Freelander 2 vehicles, which have been produced in Pune since May 2011.

Rohit Suri, vice president, Jaguar Land Rover India, said: ‘The Jaguar XF has become very popular with our customers due to its sports car performance, outstanding luxury saloon elegance and contemporary individual styling. Its inspired engineering and technological innovation have helped it to win more than 100 awards internationally. So we are now delighted to offer this car as a locally built product with a new engine for this market, which will enable us to provide our customers with a wider choice of competitively priced models.’

Jaguar Land Rover has been working on plans to extend its global production footprint, particularly in India and China.

Dr Ralf Speth, chief executive of Jaguar Land Rover, added: ‘India is a market that offers significant opportunities for both the Jaguar and Land Rover brands. The expansion of our Pune operations to include the Jaguar XF will help us realise our ambitions for the Indian market.

‘Jaguar Land Rover is committed to building a sustainable, profitable business; increasing our global manufacturing footprint is a key element of our growth strategy. Together with our joint venture manufacturing facility already under construction near Shanghai, expanding our operations at Pune will help us increase the global volume of cars we build, in addition to those produced in the UK.’

Jaguar Land Rover India recently announced a 32% growth in wholesales in 2012, rising to 2,393 cars compared with 1,813 cars in the previous year.