Talks have taken place between Tata – owners of Jaguar Land Rover – and the Kuwait Investment Dar – owners of Aston Martin. We reported a year ago that Aston Martin needed a big car maker behind it to have any chance of survival, and just last week the world caught up with that story […]
Jaguar Land Rover sales up 10% in October
Jaguar Land Rover has revealed another rise in sales for October 2012, selling 10 per cent more cars than a year ago. Jaguar Land Rover has reported sales of 25,176 cars in October 2012, an increase of 10 per cent on last year, and sales for 2012 up by an impressive 35 per cent compared […]
Jaguar F-Type to get manual gearbox
Jaguar’s Adrian Hallmark has revealed that Jaguar’s new manual gearbox will be heading in to the new F-Type. [nggallery id=1254 template=customlinks] There was a time when no self-respecting petrolhead would contemplate a car with an automatic gearbox. But those times are long gone. They’ve gone because the slush boxes of old have been replaced by new, double […]
Jaguar Land Rover doubles its profits
Jaguar Land Rover has reported sales up by 29 per cent in the second quarter of their financial year and profits up by 100 per cent. It’s a rough car market out there – especially in Europe – but Jaguar Land Rover continues to grow its sales with revenues up by over 13 per cent, […]
Jaguar XJ_e PHEV Plug-in Hybrid wins RAC Awards
The Jaguar XJ_e PHEV plug-in hybrid has won the RAC ‘Most Energy Efficient Luxury Car Prototype’ and ‘Technical Panel’s Award of Merit’. [nggallery id=1128 template=customlinks] The RAC’s Future Car Challenge is a challenge for Electric, Hybrid, Low-Emission, Hydrogen and ICE cars to travel from Brighton to Regent Street in London – a total of 63 miles – […]
Jaguar & Land Rover to share more platforms. But you already knew that.
As Jaguar and Land Rover expand their model range and move to aluminium construction, they plan to share more platforms. Jaguar has been using an aluminium platform for the XJ for some time – long before the latest XJ came along. The aluminium platform the XJ uses is just the start for Jaguar Land Rover, […]
Which sounds better? Jaguar F-Type V8 or V6?
Jaguar continues to keep interest in the new F-Type piqued with video comparing the sound of the V6 and V8 F-Type. [nggallery id=1254 template=customlinks] It’s a fair bet that between now and when the new Jaguar F-Type actually starts to arrive in showrooms in 2013 we’re going to get plenty of marketing ploys to keep […]
Jaguar XF Sportbrake gets matching Jaguar Speedboat
Jaguar has revealed a Speedboat Concept at the first XF Sportbrake driving events to show how Jaguar design translates in other products. [nggallery id=1290 template=customlinks] The new Jaguar XF Sportbrake is scheduled to land in UK dealers in November, but ahead of that Jaguar is letting media and dealers loose on their new XF Estate. And just […]
Jaguar F-Type UK public debut
Jaguar are giving the new F-Type its first UK public outing at the Lord Mayor’s Show in November – driven by Jessica Ennis. [nggallery id=1254 template=customlinks] The new Jaguar F-Type – which had its official public debut at the Paris Motor Show last month – has yet to make a public appearance on home turf. But that’s about to change as Jaguar has decided to […]
Jaguar Land Rover Virtual Showroom
Jaguar Land Rover has developed a Virtual Showroom allowing customers to engage and interact with almost life-size cars. If you were at the debut of the 2013 Range Rover and new Jaguar F-Type in Paris last month you may well have seen Jaguar Land Rover’s new Virtual Showroom on display, and it looks like JLR […]