David Smith becomes CEO of JLR
By Yoann Besnard on 3 June 2008 | 
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Tata has promoted the current chief financial officer, David Smith, to the position of CEO of Jaguar and Land Rover.
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Tough road ahead for Tata's Jaguar-Land Rover ride in Europe
By Yoann Besnard on 30 May 2008 | (0) Comments | Permalink
The emission issue has the potential to become a major roadblock for Tata Motors and its two new British marques. The Indian carmaker plans to invest £700 million in new technologies.
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Jaguar & Land Rover readying hybrid versions
By Yoann Besnard on 30 May 2008 | (0) Comments | Permalink
Jaguar and Land Rover are currently working together on adapting hybrid technology on two engines: a 3.0-litre diesel unit and 5.0-litre V8 engine.
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Land Rover rolls off the 100,000th Freelander 2
By Yoann Besnard on 9 April 2008 | (0) Comments | Permalink
Land Rover has rolled off the 100,000th Freelander 2 less than two years after its launch in July 2006.
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Spyshots: A V12-powered Range Rover?
By Yoann Besnard on 8 April 2008 | (0) Comments | Permalink
This is probably pure speculation but according to spy photographers Land Rover is working on a V12-powered Range Rover.
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More images of the Defender SVX
By Yoann Besnard on 7 April 2008 | (1) Comments | Permalink
Land Rover has released more pictures of the Defender SVX, a limited edition launched to celebrate the carmaker’s 60th anniversary.
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Land Rover to build the LRX
By Yoann Besnard on 5 April 2008 | (0) Comments | Permalink
Tata has given the green light to Land Rover to produce the LRX concept car which is expected to hit the showrooms by 2011.
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Land Rover to fit the LRX's interior on the final model
By Yoann Besnard on 18 March 2008 | (0) Comments | Permalink
According to some sources, Land Rover plans to keep as much of the concept car’s interior intact as it can for the future final model.
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Land Rover unveils the LRX Concept "Black and Silver"
By Yoann Besnard on 4 March 2008 | (0) Comments | Permalink
The British carmaker has unveiled a new iteration of the LRX concept car seen at Detroit.
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Tata to announce Jaguar and Land Rover takeover next week
By Yoann Besnard on 27 February 2008 | (0) Comments | Permalink
Tata will announce the takeover of the two British carmakers, Jaguar and Land Rover, next week during the Geneva Motor Show.
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British union confident over Jaguar after Tata talks
By Yoann Besnard on 25 February 2008 | (0) Comments | Permalink
Last week, Petrol-Head reported that British unions were meeting Tata executives while a rumour about the sale of Jaguar by the Indian group was spreading in the news. It appears that the meeting went rather well as union confirmed their support to Tata.
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Tata and British union meet thsi week after rumours about a Jaguar sale emerges
By Yoann Besnard on 20 February 2008 | (0) Comments | Permalink
Tata executives will meet with officials of the British union representing Ford to talk on the bid over Jaguar and Land Rover. The discussion might be hot as an insider told InsideLine the Indian carmaker plans to sell off the Jaguar brand as soon as it acquires it from Ford.
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Land Rover to refresh the Range Rover Sport
By Yoann Besnard on 18 February 2008 | (0) Comments | Permalink
A revamped Range Rover Sport has been spotted during testing. The refresh will likely appear with the launch of the new V8 engine.
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Land Rover to unveil a new V8
By Yoann Besnard on 11 February 2008 | (0) Comments | Permalink
Land Rover will unveil a new more powerful V8 petrol engine in the next months. Both normally-aspirated and turbocharged engines will be available.
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Tata to pay £1.25bn for Jaguar and Land Rover
By Yoann Besnard on 9 February 2008 | (0) Comments | Permalink
According to Economic Times of India, a deal will be concluded within two weeks and Tata Motors may pay £1.25 billion for the two British brands.
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Tata to lead the Jaguar and Land rover bid
By Yoann Besnard on 7 January 2008 | (0) Comments | Permalink
It wasn't a real secret but Ford has confirmed that Tata was leading the bid over the Jaguar and Land Rover sale. Lewis Booth, executive vice president – Ford of Europe and PAG, has declared that “Ford is committed to focused negotiations at a more detailed level with Tata Motors concerning the potential sale of the combined Jaguar Land Rover business.”
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More powerful Range Rover Sport on the horizon
By Yoann Besnard on 24 December 2007 | (0) Comments | Permalink
A new Range Rover Sport version has been spotted by spy photographers during testing. According to Car magazine, the engineers were testing a new topping engine 5.0-litre V8 petrol engine.
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Tata to pay £1.05 billion for Jaguar and Land Rover
By Yoann Besnard on 20 December 2007 | (0) Comments | Permalink
According to PTI, Indian news agency, Tata has offered $2.05 billion/ £1,02 billion to Ford for both British brands while Mahinda & Mahindar has offered a smaller amount of $1.9 billion/££950 million. There is no mention of the third bidder OneEquity, but it is rumoured that Ford prefers an automotive company to take over the iconic British brands.
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Tata to become Jaguar and Land Rover new owner
By Yoann Besnard on 18 December 2007 | (0) Comments | Permalink
According to the Sunday Times, Ford will announce in a few days that Tata won the Jaguar and Land Rover bid. This wouldn't come as a surprise. Indeed, Tata was the favourite amongst unions and the company will likely be advised by Fiat on how to manage its new European brands. Tata also said it will keep the three factories.
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Official pictures of the Land Rover concept car
By Yoann Besnard on 14 December 2007 | (1) Comments | Permalink
Land Rover has released the official pictures of the LRX concept car which will be showed at Detroit. It's a styling exercise that previews the future baby Land.
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Ford to get rid of Jaguar and Land Rover in first 2008 trimester
By Yoann Besnard on 12 December 2007 | (0) Comments | Permalink
Ford expects to achieve the sale of its two British brands during the first 2008 trimester as it will close the bids today.
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Land Rover to unveil the LXR concept car at Detroit
By Yoann Besnard on 11 December 2007 | (0) Comments | Permalink
A kind reader sent a picture to Carscoop of the concept car that Land Rover will likely unveil at the Detroit Motor Show in January. There is some doubt whether this sketch is official or not.
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Land Rover reaches the 200,000 milestone
By Yoann Besnard on 11 December 2007 | (0) Comments | Permalink
For the first time in its 59-year history, Land Rover has reached the 200,000 milestone with vehicles 205,717 being sold from January to November. For the month of November, the global sales increased by 27% over the same period last year and several markets like China, France, Russia and Spain recorded their best ever November.
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Jaguar and Land Rover unions support Tata
By Yoann Besnard on 23 November 2007 | (2) Comments | Permalink
In a previous post, we reported Tata was leading the bid over the Jaguar and Land Rover sale. One of the next stage was to meet the union and it went quite well for Tata.
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Jaguar's clever new workforce agreement
By Yoann Besnard on 13 November 2007 | (0) Comments | Permalink
According to Jaguar's American dealers, the new XF is generating a strong demand. Customers who order their car now will have to wait until May even though the car goes on sale in March. A long waiting list could scare potential customers at a time where we want to have our new toy within minutes and, unfortunately, the recent lay-offs at Jaguar reduced the size of its labour force. In the current situation, Jaguar may not meet the demand.
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Land Rover Freelander may produce a seven-seat variant
By Yoann Besnard on 4 August 2007 | (0) Comments | Permalink
According to the British car magazine Auto Express, Land Rover will launch a seven-seat version of the Freelander.
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Range Rover gets its own studio director
By Yoann Besnard on 13 July 2007 | (0) Comments | Permalink
Land Rover would like to build a brand under the Range Rover badge in the future. There have even been rumours that the Freelander LR2 could drop its Land Rover badge in favour of the Range Rover badge. Until recently it was pure speculation, but the nomination of Phil Simmons as studio director of the iconic Range Rover model is being seen as possible confirmation of the rumours. This is the first time the Land Rover has employed a studio director specifically dedicated to the Range Rover model.
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A baby Land in the pipeline
By Yoann Besnard on 12 July 2007 | (0) Comments | Permalink
In a world where SUVs are not particularly welcome and where regulations are more and more constraining, Land Rover's future is threatened despite the Britishness that protects it from having the bad image suffered by American gas guzzlers. Land Rover must change and its CEO, Geoff Polites, is well aware of the situation. It is widely known that the British carmaker is actively working on a hybrid version of the future Range Rover. Unfortunately this alone will not be enough and Solihull is considering a baby Land Rover, smaller than the Freelander II.
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New engines for the Range Rover
By Stéphane Schlesinger on 14 June 2005 | (0) Comments | Permalink
The Range Rover gets a new engine, to crown its range. Above the 4.4-litre V8 engine inherited from BMW- and so is the Range’s bodyframe - , the Range has now a supercharged 4.2 V8 delivering no less than 400bhp. In fact, this engine is provided by Jaguar, which belongs to the Ford group, just like Land Rover. In the mean time, it receives upgraded suspensions and grille. Now, the Range can reach 130mph, accelerate from 0 to 60mph in 7.1 sec, for an overall consumption of 17.7mpg. Ouch!
All this has a cost: £72,995.
Later, a 3.6 litre V8 turbodiesel should come out. This unit, delivering about 250bhp for a huge 400lb ft torque at least, will be built in Ford’s plant in Dagenham.
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Land Rover G4 Challenge: real Survivors don’t need video-cameras
By Stéphane Schlesinger on 13 June 2005 | (0) Comments | Permalink
Created in 2003, the successful Land Rover G4 Challenge continues in 2006. Men and women from 18 countries around the world will be given the opportunity to give the best of themselves in an awesome adventure around the World, behind the wheel of an orange Discovery. Needless to say that it takes one to be healthy, sporty, painstaking and mentally balanced to participate in such a race, beginning in Bangkok city and ending on the high altitudes plains of Bolivia.
Working in bi-national teams, competitors will have to sweat their guts out if they want to stand out in the 4 consecutive stages taking place in both urban and remote areas located in Southeast Asia and South America. The winner will be offered a brand new Range Rover.
Don’t think filling a form is enough to get into this adventure. Each nation will organize tests to select 3 competitors, male or female, who next will have to go to an international selection and training event taking place in Eastnor Castle, UK. Only one competitor per nation will eventually be chosen.
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