It’s reported that Jaguar Land Rover are planning to build a new engine plant to cope with increased demand. Sites being considered are Wolverhampton, South Wales and India. We’ve known for a while that Jaguar Land Rover are planning to build their own engines. At least the four-pot variety, anyway. But it seems they have far more […]
Jaguar Land Rover: LIVE reveal from Geneva
We will be hosting a LIVE feed of the Jaguar Land Rover press conference from Geneva on 1st March. Just in case you’ve been lurking in an cave for the last few weeks, we’ll remind you that the 2011 Geneva Motor Show is but days away. And that means lots of car news, as you […]
Jaguar Land Rover: Chery Picking in China
It’s being reported that Jaguar Land Rover are close to partnering with Chinese car maker Chery to produce cars in China. It’s been great to chronicle the return of Jaguar and Land Rover to the sort of form we’ve not seen in a generation. And as far as we can see, we ain’t seen nothing yet. But […]
Jaguar Land Rover Factory Closure U-Turn: Official
In what will come as very welcome news for their Midlands workforce, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is cancelling plans to close one of their Midlands plants. We first found out that JLR planned on rationalizing their Midlands factories back in September 2009. JLR announced that one of either Solihull or Castle Bromwich would be closing, but that […]
Jaguar Land Rover – new 4-pot engines & ‘Made in China’
Jaguar Land Rover are working towards building their own 4-cylinder engines in conjunction with parent Tata, and are setting up production in China. If ever you want an example of a car company re-inventing itself you don’t have to look any further than Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) since Tata took control. It’s been not just a renaissance, but […]
JLR Factory plans on track – Sunday Times story rejected
The Sunday Times reported this weekend that JLR (Jaguar Land Rover) were rethinking their restructuring in the light of possible government funding. They’re not. Back in September, JLR (Jaguar Land Rover) announced that it intended closing one of its Midlands factories as part of a long-term plan to breathe new life in to the future […]
Jaguar Land Rover back in profit – sales up 23 per cent
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) turned an operating profit in the last quarter and saw sales rise by 23%. Despite the attempts by the UK Government to hijack Jaguar Land Rover in exchange for financial backing to get through the current economic mess that is afflicting car makers, JLR hasn’t capitulated to whatever the unknown demands […]
Jaguar Land Rover – Clever Finance Deal
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has agreed a deal with GE Finance to access the funds tied up in new cars in transit. The deal effectively gives JLR £170 million working capital. Car makers have been begging lines of credit from wherever they can in the last year as the recession has bitten hard in to […]
Jaguar Land Rover – The Real Future
Jaguar Land Rover are investing £800 million in new technology to create a range of world beating Jaguars and Land Rovers. Yesterday we reported on two bits of news from JLR. First up was confirmation of our story from last month that the Range Rover LRX will debut in 2010 and go on sale in […]
Jaguar Land Rover factory closure
Tata – owners of Jaguar Land Rover – has announced they will close either the Solihull or Castle Bromwich production plants. Update 25/9/09: We’ve taken a second – more in-depth – look at JLR’s future. It’s actually much more positive than this story suggests. First comes the good news – the new Range Rover LRX […]