It is manufactured at the NFI Group facility in Crookston, Minnesota, United States as well as in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

It combined the modern design of the E-Series with the more basic on-board technologies of the D-Series.

[5] In 2013, MCI updated the design of the J-Series with re-designed headlights and a more squared off body.

[5][6] In May 2018, MCI announced that its prototype battery-electric J-Series coach (then known as the J4500e) successfully completed phase one of its testing.

[8] The J3500 was introduced in 2018 as a shorter 35-foot version of the existing 45-foot model to compete with other similar 35-foot coaches such as the TEMSA TS-35 and Van Hool CX35.