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. […]
New Range Rover (2013) wins Top Gear Luxury Car of the Year
The 2013 Range Rover – Land Rover’s new Flagship SUV – has won its first major award as Top Gear Luxury car of the year. [nggallery id=1178 template=customlinks] The new Range Rover may not be hitting showrooms until 2013, but it’s already grabbed what Land Rover are calling its ‘First Major Award’ – the Top Gear […]
Jaguar Land Rover & Chery in business
The joint venture between Jaguar Land Rover and Chery Automobile in China is now official and will see new production and R&D facilities in China. Jaguar Land Rover has now received official approval for its joint venture in China with Chery Automobile from China’s authorities – something we predicted as long ago as February 2011 – which […]
Jaguar Land Rover in talks to buy Aston Martin
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 […]
Range Rover Evoque Desert Warrior 3
The British Excite Rally Raid Team has taken delivery of the new Range Rover Evoque based Desert Warrior 3 off-road race car. [nggallery id=1300 template=customlinks] Last year we reported that the British Excite Rally Raid Team was planning to take the Range Rover Evoque Dakar rallying and now, a year on, the Excite team has taken […]
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 & 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, […]
New Range Rover (2013): The Reviews (+video)
Media reviews for the 2013 Range Rover have been going on in Morocco this week, so we have a round-up and video. [nggallery id=1178 template=customlinks] The first review drives of the new Range Rover have been going on in Morocco this week, and the praise for Land Rover’s new flagship have been pretty much universal. Sadly, Cars […]
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 […]