Jaguar Land Rover owners Tata have been waiting for Lord Many and his minions to stump up a loan guarantee to help the company move forward all year. But there seem to have been some pretty big obstacles in the way. Initially the Government wanted to impose a board member on JLR – which Tata […]
Jaguar Land Rover – the aluminium future
Jaguar has been extolling the virtues of the Jaguar XJ’s aluminium construction for years (or ‘Aloominum’, in deference to our colonial cousins). In fact, it’s not just the new Jaguar XJ that benefits from aluminium construction – the previous XJ has had an aluminium construction since 2003. The benefits of aluminium construction are clear. The […]
Jaguar Land Rover – Lord Mandy’s threat
Jaguar Land Rover owners Tata have been waiting for the UK Government to underwrite loans from the European Investment Bank to help ease the pain of the current economic recession. But Lord Mandelson and his minions seem to be procrastinating over the deal. Reports have indicated that the biggest stumbling block has been the Government’s […]
Rolls Royce Sponsors Michael Jackson Funeral!
It’s a bit of a tabloid headline – apologies. And it’s not strictly true. But it is true that a Rolls Royce and Land Rover dealer – Land Rover Encino – supplied a couple of Black Rolls Royce Phantoms and a fleet of ten Black Range Rovers for the use of the Jackson family and […]
Range Rover Sport & Discovery 4 (LR4) – UK Prices
It’s almost three months since Land Rover unveiled the new Range Rover Sport and Discovery 4 (LR4) at the New York Motor Show. They managed to release prices for the new Range Rover – which was also revealed at the New York Motor Show – early last month, but they’ve only just got round to […]
Jaguar Land Rover first Showroom in India
As we reported a couple of months ago, Tata has been appointed as importers for Jaguar Land Rover in India (how did that happen?!) and have already launched web sites for both Jaguar and Land Rover for the Indian market, and have today opened the first Flagship Jaguar Land Rover Showroom at Ceejay House in […]
Jaguar Land Rover job losses looming
Despite signs of ‘Green Shoots’ in the economy, car makers are still suffering. And mainly car makers at the prestige end of the spectrum. Supercar makers are all reporting car sales on the floor still, and it seems only car makers that can supply cars at the budget end, like Ford and Hyundai, are managing […]
Range Rover (2010) – UK prices announced
Well, technically speaking, and for the benefit of our American friends, this is the release of prices for the new Range Rover 2010MY. But it actually goes on sale, at least in the UK, in July 2009. Confusing! And what’s also a little confusing, especially if you are an avid and knowledgeable Land Rover buff, […]
Jaguar Land Rover open in India
Well, I suppose it was always going to happen. After all, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), although still considered by most to be a traditional British car maker, is in fact owned by Indian Conglomerate Tata. And Tata has announced this morning that Jaguar Cars and Land Rovers are to go on sale in India. Not […]
Land Rover Discovery 4 (LR4) – an English car in New York
Yes, I know. Land Rover is now owned by Tata, an Indian Company. But in all but the nationality of its owner this is quintessentially an ‘English’ car and, apart from the Defender, as ‘Land Rover’ a Land Rover as there has been. Sure, it passes a nod to the modern comforts and practicalities buyers […]