Jaguar has taken the new F-Type V8 S to Jabbeke for sprint testing then on to Geneva in convoy with XK 120, C-type, D-type and E-type sports cars. [nggallery id=1426 template=customlinks] We may already have had the debut of the Jaguar F-Type at Paris last year – and UK prices for the F-Type too – but that’s not […]
Jaguar F-Type stars in Lana Del Rey’s Burning Desire video
The new Jaguar F-Type has a starring role in the new Burning Desire video from Lana Del Rey, Jaguar’s F-Type ‘Ambassador’. Last summer, as the new Jaguar F-Type stared to garner headlines, Jaguar announced that they were signing up the talented Lana Del Rey to help promote the new F-Type, imbuing their new sports car with a bit of […]
Jaguar Land Rover sales up 32% in January 2013
Jaguar Land Rover sales continue to power ahead, with sales up 32 per cent in January 2013 – 31 per cent up for Land Rover and 40 per cent for Jaguar. We’ve got used to ever increasing sales from both Jaguar and Land Rover in recent years, and 2013 has started for JLR in the […]
Jaguar XF CKD assembly starts in India
Jaguar Land Rover has started assembling the Jaguar XF at its plant in Pune, India, in a move to reduce XF retail prices in India. [nggallery id=963 template=customlinks] It’s over a year since we reported that Jaguar Land Rover were planning to assemble the Jaguar XF and Range Rover Evoque at their plant in Pune, India, in a move […]
Jaguar Land Rover: 800 new jobs & record sales
Jaguar Land Rover are creating 800 new jobs at their Solihull plant as they reveal record sales for 2012 of 335,000 vehicles. The end of last week saw Honda plans to cut 800 jobs as the European market for Honda fizzled under a cloud of economic gloom, but no such problems at Jaguar Land Rover. […]
Jaguar F-Type V8 R planned by Arden
German tuners Arden are planning to deliver a Jaguar F-Type V8 R ahead of Jaguar with the promise of a 550bhp version on offer. The new Jaguar F-Type isn’t going to start arriving in the hands of customers for a few months yet, but that small detail isn’t going to stop the world’s car customisers […]
Jaguar F-Type DOES mean next Jaguar XK heading upmarket
Ian Callum has said that the new Jaguar F-Type will give Jaguar the opportunity to push the next generation Jaguar XK upmarket. [nggallery id=542 template=customlinks] Back in September – just after Jaguar finally revealed the new F-Type – we published an article asking if the launch of Jaguar’s first true sports car in almost two generations would mean the […]
Jaguar Land Rover: Too expensive to build cars in India
Tata boss Ratan Tata has said that building Jaguar Land Rover in India is impossible at the moment because of silly taxes. With the rise and rise of Jaguar Land Rover, you’d imagine that full scale production of both Jaguar and Land Rover models would be a given in India. But it seems not. Despite […]
Jaguar F-Type: The Expert opinion (video)
Jaguar gave Martin Brundle, Christian Danner and Justin Bell the new F-Type to play with at Snetterton. Their glowing praise augers well for the F-Type’s sales. [nggallery id=1252 template=customlinks] The Jaguar F-Type is a huge deal for Jaguar. A spiritual successor to the legendary E-Type, the F-Type is the first real sports car Jaguar has produced for forty years, and they […]
Jaguar Land Rover’s Saudi Arabia plans move closer
Jaguar Land Rover has signed a letter of intent with the government of Saudi Arabia to build and operate a production facility in the Kingdom. When we reported in September that Jaguar Land Rover were contemplating building a production plant next to a new aluminium smelting plant in Saudi Arabia, we thought it was a way off. […]