Profits at JLR jumped in Q2, with £6.9 billion in sales and £442 million profit, with Land Rover Defender, Range Rover and Range Rover Sport the big sellers. Things have been a bit of a struggle at JLR thanks to Covid and War, with big order banks but a shortage of parts hampering production, and […]
JLR opens new electric vehicle test centre for future BEVs from Jaguar, Land Rover, Range Rover and Defender
JLR opens a new facility in Coventry for the testing of new electric vehicles, investing £250 million and creating 350 jobs. Jaguar Land Rover is somewhat behind the industry curve with its electric vehicle plans, with only the Jaguar i-Pace on offer. But it has big plans. We expect to see an electric version of […]
Jaguar F-Pace is the most PROFITABLE used car for dealers
The Jaguar F-Pace is the most profitable used sale for car dealers, with the top ten featuring eight high-end SUVs that are good earners. The art of achieving decent discounts on cars has suffered in the last few years as war, Covid and supply chain issues has limited supplies and hardened prices. But things are […]
Jaguar F-Type ZP Edition says GOODBYE to the ICE F-Type- with a nod to the E-Type
The Jaguar F-Type ZP Edition arrives as a limited run of 150 cars – Coupe and Convertible – to mark the end of ICE Jaguar sports cars. Jaguar news is not exactly thick on the ground as it ‘hibernates’ ahead of heading back into the market as a Bentley-challenging maker of luxury, and we hope […]
Electric Jaguar I-Pace WON’T be part of Jaguar’s electric future
The electric Jaguar i-Pace – Jaguar’s only electric car – won’t be part of the new range of Jaguar EVs and will be dropped in 2025. It’s more than five years since the Jaguar i-Pace was officially revealed, and it looked to be a cracking EV offering not just the now must-have electric powertrain, but […]
Jaguar Land Rover owners Tata to build Battery Plant in Somerset [Updated]
Tata, the owner of Jaguar Land Rover, is building a new battery plant in Somerset, investing £4 billion and creating thousands of jobs. Update: For clarity, although the new Tata Battery Plant has been widely tipped to be in Somerset, JLR has been in touch to ask us to make it clear that the location […]
Jaguar Land Rover reveals new logo – but the Land Rover badge will continue
Jaguar Land Rover reveals its new corporate logo as it travels the road of a ‘House of Brands’ with Jaguar, Range Rover, Discovery and Defender. Back in April, as some details were revealed of the first electric Jaguar to debut as Jaguar re-invents itself as a maker of luxury and sporty EVs, Jaguar Land Rover […]
New electric Jaguar will be a four-door GT as Jaguar Land Rover invests £15 billion
Jaguar Land Rover is investing £15 billion to transition to electric cars, and the first new electric Jaguar will be a £100k 4-door GT. Jaguar has been in self-inflicted hibernation for the last couple of years since the new electric Jaguar XJ was canned as Jaguar decided it wasn’t the right direction, and the ‘Reimagine’ […]
Jaguar Land Rover sales UP 30% in Q4 – Land Rover Defender top seller
Jaguar Land Rover’s fortunes seem to be on the up, with sales in Q4 up by 30 per cent on the previous year, and an order bank of 200k. We’ve reported umpteen times on the big order bank for Land Rovers which, thanks to supply chain issues, continued to grow as buyers had to wait […]
Mitsuoka turns the Toyota Yaris in to the latest Jaguar Mk 2-inspired Viewt
Mitsuoka, a Japanese custom car maker known for its retro-inspired take on modern cars, reveals the latest Jaguar Mk 2-inspired Viewt Story. Mitsuoka may not be the Japanese car firm which first springs to mind, but they have been making quirky takes on mainstream Japanese cars for at least 30 years. Regular readers will have […]