Jaguar Land Rover has signed a letter of intent to build a new production plant in Nitra in western Slovakia, with a capacity of 300,000 cars. Production to start in 2018. Jaguar Land Rover are aiming to build one million cars a year, and that means finding more places to build their cars beyond their core […]
Jaguar Land Rover profits PLUNGE on poor China performance
[nggallery id=1752 template=customlinks] Jaguar Land Rover’s profits have fallen in the last quarter with poor China performance offsetting a strong market for JLR in the UK, Europe and North America. It seems that since Tata took Jaguar Land Rover from Ford for (what now seems) a bargain basement price, they have done little wrong. We’ve seen an […]
Jaguar F-Pace tested to extreme – hot, cold and slippery gravel
[nggallery id=2146 template=customlinks] The new Jaguar F-Pace Crossover – heading for a debut at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show – is being tested to extremes of hot and cold as Jaguar ready it for the road. We’ve seen plenty of the new Jaguar F-Pace Crossover (don’t call it an SUV – that’s Land Rover’s job) […]
James Bond meets the Aston Martin DB10 in new SPECTRE trailer
The new James Bond outing – SPECTRE – is due to open in cinemas in October in the UK, and the latest trailer sees James Bond meet his Aston Martin DB10. A new James Bond film is always an event, and with the latest – SPECTRE – due to open in October we get a new […]
Jaguar F-Type SVR caught on video – expected to have 600bhp and 4WD
The most powerful F-Type yet – the Jaguar F-Type SVR Coupe – has been caught on video testing at the Nurburgring as it aims to take on the 911 Turbo S. The Jaguar F-Type R is an appealing, snorting, good-looking, powerful car, but it’s set to be eclipsed as Jaguar’s most potent car when this […]
New Jaguar XE gets John McEnroe as Wimbledon ‘Secret Chauffeur’ (video)
John McEnroe – Wimbledon Legend – has been roped in by Jaguar to play ‘Secret Chauffeur’ to two tennis fans as Jaguar raises its XE profile at Wimbledon. In many ways the greatest grass court tennis player ever, John McEnroe has swapped the grass of Wimbledon for the commentators microphone, where he brings insightful bluntness […]
Jaguar Land Rover sign production deal with Magna Steyr. Does this mean ‘Niche’ models?
Jaguar Land Rover has signed a deal with Austrian car builder Magna Steyr as JLR’s UK production plants come close to their maximum capacity. Despite huge investment in production in the UK in recent years, Jaguar Land Rover is rapidly heading towards full capacity in the UK. So it’s signed a deal with specialist car […]
Jaguar won’t build driver-less cars. Or will they?
Jaguar’s head of R&D – Wolfgang Epple – says Jaguar will never build a driver-less car. But Jaguar say they are working on fully autonomous technology. Which is it? There’s an apparent headlong rush by car makers to build cars that can drive themselves – with everyone from Google, Apple and Tesla to Mercedes and […]
New Jaguar F-Pace out playing with Team Sky in the Tour de France (video)
The new Jaguar F-Pace Crossover/SUV is being used as a support car for Team Sky in the Tour de France, giving us a good look at the production F-Pace. The Jaguar F-Pace – Jaguar’s take on what Land Rover do best, but is apparently a Crossover and not an SUV – is due to debut […]
Jaguar F-Pace Crossover teased ahead of Frankfurt debut (video)
The Jaguar F-Pace – Jaguar’s Crossover/SUV production take on the C-X17 Concept – is teased on video ahead of a debut in Frankfurt in the autumn. The Jaguar F-Pace isn’t expected to hold too many surprises when it arrives at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, as it’s very close in production guise to the […]