[nggallery id=2020 template=customlinks] The iconic Land Rover Defender has now ended production, resulting in rising values for used Defenders and premiums of 20% on new and nearly new. The final Land Rover Defender has rolled off the production line in Solihull – ending a production run stretching back to 1948 – but demand for the […]
Jaguar Land Rover in connected technology & Autonomous Driving trials
Jaguar Land Rover are to test new connected technology in a new ‘Living Laboratory’ and develop ‘Human’ autonomous driving in new trials. As technology advances, and we expect our cars to be able to do more and more, Jaguar Land Rover are embarking on two projects that will advance the future of driving. A new […]
Last Land Rover Defender rolls off the production line – Solihull waves goodbye
[nggallery id=2253 template=customlinks] The very last Land Rover Defender has rolled off the production line in Solihull, ending unbroken production stretching back to 1948. The Land Rover Defender was front and centre for car news in 2015 as production levels rose to meet demand as the Defender’s production drew to an end, the 2,000,000th Defender […]
Range Rover SVAutobiography, Luxury Hotels and the ULTIMATE £100k Road Trip
[nggallery id=2250 template=customlinks] Land Rover has teamed up with Abercrombie & Kent to create the ultimate £100k road trip for the Range Rover SVAutobiography across five continents. The Range Rover SVAutobiography is Land Rover’s most luxurious Range Rover to date, so what better way to enjoy its sybaritic offerings than on a 21 day road trip […]
Jaguar Land Rover is now the UK’s BIGGEST car maker
As UK car production hits a 10-year high, Jaguar Land Rover has become the biggest car maker in the UK, beating Nissan in to second place. When Tata took control of Jaguar Land Rover from Ford in a deal worth £1.5 billion in 2008, JLR was a company with real problems and a decidedly shaky looking future. […]
Land Rover Freelander 1 is now a Land Rover heritage vehicle
The first Land Rover Freelander – the Freelander 1 – is now a Land Rover heritage vehicle, meaning full parts support from JLR’s Heritage programme. The Land Rover Freelander has only just been replaced by the new Discovery Sport, but the original Freelander – the Land Rover Freelander 1 – went out of production a […]
Land Rover Defender 2,000,000 sells for £400,000 in charity auction
[nggallery id=2126 template=customlinks] The Land Rover Defender 2,000,000 – a specially created Defender to commemorate the production milestone – sells for £400,000 at Bonhams in London. Created with the help of a cast off 33 well-known Land Rover lovers to commemorate a production milestone, the Land Rover Defender 2,000,000 went up for auction at Bonhams […]
Land Rover Defender 2,000,000: Bid to keep milestone Defender in UK looks set to fail
[nggallery id=2126 template=customlinks] A crowd funding effort by a Land Rover enthusiast to keep the 2,000,000 Defender in the UK looks set to fail as the effort raises just £1,320. Much of the Land Rover news this last few weeks has centred around celebrations of the Defender as production draws to a close, and the auction […]
New Jaguar Land Rover in-line six-cylinder Ingenium engines by 2017
Jaguar Land Rover are extending their range of engines in the new Ingenium family by developing petrol and diesel six-cylinder in-line engines. It’s unfair to say that Jaguar Land Rover still relies on Ford for their engines, although the roots of JLR’s engines are certainly from the blue oval. But that has started to change […]
Jaguar Land Rover Slovakia Factory: OFFICIAL
Jaguar Land Rover has confirmed it is building a new factory in Nitra, Slovakia, which will open by 2018 and eventually build 300,000 cars a year. Back in August, Jaguar Land Rover signed a letter of intent to build a new production facility in Slovakia, and today JLR has confirmed the deal is completed and […]