• Ambitious plans for new models and volume growth • Multi-billion pound investment in the Jaguar Land Rover business • Three manufacturing plants retained in the UK • Thousands of new jobs in next decade – including more than 1500 in Liverpool in 2011 Following an intensive study to determine the future Jaguar Land Rover [...]

JAGUAR LAND ROVER BRANDS RANK IN THE TOP FIVE AMONG NAMEPLATES IN J.D. POWER AND ASSOCIATES 2010 AUTOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE, EXECUTION AND LAYOUT (APEAL) STUDY Jaguar Ranks 2nd among Nameplates; While Land Rover Ranks 5th, Improving Four Ranking Positions and Range Rover Receives the Award for Large Premium Crossover/SUV, In a Study that Measures Customers’ Delight [...]

Jaguar Land Rover today confirmed a new business plan designed to increase its global competitiveness significantly, drive growth and sustained profitability, and respond to the challenges of climate change. The plan includes decisive actions to see through the next 12-18 months as markets recover and positions the company to grow and prosper in the future. [...]

Paul Cope, Director of Manufacturing for Jaguar Land Rover, has been named as the ’2009 Automotive News Eurostar for Manufacturing’. The annual awards, which recognise excellence in the automotive industry, are regarded as a key benchmark of success and were announced at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show. The winners are chosen from across Europe by [...]

By Jeffrey B. Aronson
While driving the QE I, my ’66 Series II-A 88” SW, down Vermont’s I- 91 late one winter, I noticed the power dropping off dramatically. Good fortune dictated that this would happen right near a rest area so I coasted in and opened the hood. Nothing looked amiss electrically so I pulled a spark plug, and then all four. Each plug resembled a licorice stick. A sooty, oily gunk covered up what should have been the electrode gap. I cleaned each plug in turn, screwed them back in, started up the car and continued on my way.

Two questions sprang to mind. How did the plugs get so coated, and how on earth did the car keep running? The latter question underscores one of the endearing qualities of Land Rovers. Unlike their owners, they don’t show their age.

Jaguar Land Rover has launched dedicated apprentice websites to help its dealer network recruit a record number of apprentices in 2008/2009. Jointly, the two iconic British motoring brands already operate one of the largest and most successful apprentice programmes in the UK automotive retail sector. Over the past decade Jaguar Land Rover’s Technical Academy has [...]

By Calef Letorney Photos by: Calef Letorney and Courtesy of Land Rover / Tata Just days before this issue of The NEWS was to go to press the TATA Group’s acquisition of Jaguar-Land Rover was officially announced. At this time the details of the deal are still being ironed out, but both parties have committed [...]