February 8, 2012

Range Rover Westminster & upgraded Autobiography run-out models arrive

Silver Range Rover Westminster on icy road

Land Rover has revealed the Range Rover Westminster to replace the Vogue and upgraded Autobiography models, marking the end of the current Range Rover. Back in 2001, when the last Range Rover was coming to the end of its life, Land Rover delivered the Range Rover Westminster as a run-out model. And here we are, ten years [...]

2015 Land Rover Defender to be built in India

2015 Land Rover Defender India

It’s reported that the 2015 Land Rover Defender will, as Cars UK predicted, be built in India with CKDs coming back to the UK. Land Rover has been busy previewing the 2015 Defender at the last few motor shows, both as a replacement for the current Defender and as a lifestyle Defender in the guise [...]

New Land Rover Defender DC 100 and DC 100 Sport Concepts at Delhi

New Land Rover Defender DC 100

Land Rover has taken newly painted versions – in  Firenze Red – of the new Defender Concept 100 and 100 Sport to the Delhi Auto Expo 2012. Land Rover has been busy at the last two motor shows giving us a glimpse or three of their take on the next generation Land Rover Defender, in the shape of [...]

Range Rover Evoque by Project Kahn Arrives – minus Cosworth tweaks

Range Rover Evoque by Project Kahn

Project Kahn has revealed their take on the Range Rover Evoque, with a cosmetic treatment but no Cosworth power boost. Over a year ago – before the Range Rover Evoque started to hit the roads – Bradford car customiser Project Kahn revealed their take on the Evoque complete with unspecified Cosworth power upgrades. But that [...]

Land Rover cuts short Christmas break to cope with demand

Range Rover Evoque Production

After a boom year for sales at Land Rover, workers have been brought back from their Christmas New Year break early to cope with demand. 2011 has been a remarkable year for Land Rover. Perhaps the greatest achievement is to take the underpinnings of the Freelander 2 – a good car, but not the top of the [...]

Range Rover Evoque: Are Land Rover plans for a ‘Grand Evoque’ taking shape?

Range Rover Grand Evoque

Land Rover are considering plans for a stretched Range Rover Evoque – the Grand Evoque or Evoque XL – to fit between the Evoque and RRS. Although it seemed to take forever to turn the Land Rover LRX in to the Range Rover Evoque, the Evoque has certainly had a real impact on the car market since [...]

Range Rover Evoque Red Shoe Shuffle

Range Rover Evoque by Marangoni

Now the Range Rover Evoque is out in the wild it’s starting to get attention from the tuners. Like this Evoque from tyre maker Marangoni at the Bologna Motor Show. The Range Rover Evoque is something of a style icon at the moment in the car world, so it’s no surprise that tuners are starting to [...]

Land Rover Range-e plug-in diesel hybrid grabs SMMT Award

Land Rover Range-e

Land Rover’s test-bed for it’s future diesel-electric hybrid plugin – all wrapped up in the Range Rover Sport Range-e – has grabbed an SMMT award for innovation. Just like every other car maker in the world, Jaguar Land Rover are flirting with and developing hybrid powerplants to keep the government-targeted economy and CO2 levels in [...]

New Land Rover Defender DC100 Concept at L.A. Auto Show

New Land Rover Defender DC100 Concept at L.A. Auto Show

Land Rover has revealed a new Defender DC100 Concept at the L.A. Auto Show in baby blue with extra technology. We saw the reveal of the Land Rover Defender DC100 Concept earlier this year at the Frankfurt Motor Show, designed as a first view of a new Defender aiming for production in 2015. But Land Rover made it clear that the DC100 was [...]

Jaguar Land Rover: 1,000 new jobs at Solihull

Jaguar Land Rover Jobs

Jaguar Land Rover has announced it is creating 1,000 new jobs at its Solihull plant in the Midlands, currently responsible for Range Rover production. Isn’t it nice, when all we hear of the economy is doom and gloom, that Jaguar Land Rover are doing so well they need to take on more staff to cope [...]

Range Rover Evoque launches in China – Hello Beijing

Range Rover Evoque China

The Range Rover Evoque has launched in China, with both three and five door Evoques available but only a petrol engine option. Land Rover may have bit of a shortage of parts for the new Range Rover Evoque, which is reportedly causing some delays for UK Evoque deliveries, but they’re still pushing on with launching [...]

Range Rover Evoque launches in India at £60,000

Range Rover Evoque India

Land Rover has launched the Range Rover Evoque in India. Starts at 47.5 lakh (around £60k) with choice of petrol and diesel engines available. Yes, a starting price of around £60k for a Range Rover Evoque in India seems rather steep (and that’s plus Octroi – local sales tax). After all, in the UK you can [...]

Jaguar & Land Rover eschew Detroit for Delhi

Jaguar Land Rover Delhi not Detroit

Jaguar and Land Rover are to pass on the Detroit Motor Show in January in favour of showing their cars at the Delhi Motor Show. Although Jaguar Land Rover has revealed that it won’t be exhibiting at the 2012 Detroit Motor Show in January – instead it will be out in force at the Delhi [...]

Jeremy Hicks is new Jaguar Land Rover UK MD

Jaguar Land Rover UK Jeremy Hicks MD

Jeremy Hicks, formerly the boss of Audi UK, has been appointed as Managing Director of Jaguar Land Rover in the UK. Jaguar Land Rover have decided to tidy up their management structure at JLR UK, and have appointed a single Managing Director for Jaguar Land Rover UK, which brings JLR UK in to line with [...]

Land Rover Performance Brand mooted

Range Rover Performance Brand

Land Rover’s Global Brand Director John Edwards has said that Land Rover is considering launching a ‘Performance’ sub-brand for Range Rover. When you think of Land Rover the first thing that springs to mind is off-road ability. Once that’s registered you tend to think of Range Rover too, and that means luxury. But ‘Performance’ and Land [...]

New Land Rover Defender: Revised DC100 at Los Angeles Motor Show

New Land Rover Defender DC100

It’s reported that Land Rover will be taking a revised version of the new Land Rover Concept – the Land Rover DC100 – to the Los Angeles Motor Show. We had the first view of the new Land Rover Defender – the Land Rover DC100 Concept – at the Frankfurt Motor Show last month. And of its [...]

Jaguar Land Rover China: New brand and new models

Jaguar Land Rover China

Reports from China reconfirm our reported JV between Jaguar Land Rover and Chery and say JLR are planning new models for China and a new brand. It’s been clear for some time that Jaguar Land Rover are eager to cement a joint venture (JV) with a Chinese car maker so they can have a beachhead in to [...]

Merdad vision of the Range Rover Evoque – the Evoque Mer-Nazz

Range Rover Evoque Merdad Evoque Mer-Nazz

British car customiser Merdad has taken his pen to the Range Rover Evoque and come up with his own version – the Merdad Evoque Mer-Nazz. We’re already starting to see the first efforts of the pimpers, tuners, modders and customisers on the new Range Rover Evoque surfacing, and the latest is the Merdad Evoque Mer-Nazz Regular readers [...]

The name’s Evoque, Range Rover Evoque

Range Rover Evoque James Bond

It looks like Jaguar Land Rover have managed some decent product placement on the new James Bond film – Bond 23 – for both Jaguar and Land Rover. There’s nothing quite like a car front and centre in big a film to up its profile. Look at what Bond did for Aston Martin and vampires [...]

Land Rover Defender reprieved

Land Rover Defender Reprieved

Despite plans to launch an all-new Land Rover Defender in 2015 - previewed by the DC 100 – the original Defender looks set to remain until 2017. It’s the news that all die-hard Land Rover Defender fans – and there are still plenty of them – wanted to hear; the current Defender has won a reprieve until at least [...]

Is Jaguar Land Rover about to get in to bed with Chery Automobile in China?

Jaguar Land Rover Chery Automotive

Reports from China say that Jaguar and Land Rover are seeking approval in China for a joint venture with Chery Automobile. Following on from yesterday’s report that Jaguar are upping the ante in India with plans to assemble the Jaguar XF and Range Rover Evoque in Tata’s back garden, we now hear that JLR has agreed a deal [...]

Jaguar XF and Range Rover Evoque to be built in India

Jaguar XF Range Rover Evoque India

It’s reported that Jaguar Land Rover are planning to assemble the Jaguar XF and the Range Rover Evoque in India. The news that Jaguar Land Rover are planning to assemble the Range Rover Evoque and Jaguar XF in India isn’t exactly a huge surprise. If anything, the surprise is it’s taken this long for them to get [...]

Scottish Car of the Year 2011: Big night for Jaguar Land Rover

Scottish Car of the Year 2011

The 2011 Scottish Car of the Year Awards were presented last night, with the Range Rover Evoque winning and three awards for Jaguar. Last night saw the awards dinner for the Scottish car of the Year at the Thistle in Glasgow, with Land Rover taking top honours and Jaguar walking away with three gongs (well, two gongs [...]

Jaguar Land Rover strong September sales thanks to Evoque & XF 2.2

JLR Sales September 2011

Jaguar and Land Rover have posted strong September sales, with Global Retail sales up 26 per cent on the back of Evoque and XF 2.2 launches. We’ve had cause to take Jaguar Land Rover (well, Jaguar) to task lately for disappointing sales, particularly in the US and the UK. So it seems only fair, after dishing [...]

Range Rover Evoque Sport planned – new V6 or 300bhp Ecoboost?

Range Rover Evoque Sport

It’s reported Land Rover are planning on making a performance version of the Range Rover Evoque – the Range Rover Evoque Sport? – with 300bhp. The new Range Rover Evoque is a proper success story for Land Rover. They seem to be right on the Zeitgeist with their good-looking little Range Rover – even at premium prices. [...]