Archive for January, 1998
Archive : Rover sales hit ten-year high
OXFORD MAIL Rover sales hit ten-year high RECORD breaking export performance today led Rover Group to publish its best worldwide sales figures for ten years, writes David Duffy. Rover Group sold more than 290,000 vehicles outside the UK in 1997 – the highest export total in its history and a 5.7 per cent rise on [...]
January 28, 1998
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Archive : Nick Scheele – Master of the big cats
THE INDEPENDENT Master of the big cats PROFILE: Nick Scheele; He won Halewood for Jaguar, but that’s just the first lap. Peter Koenig in London and Rupert Spiegelberg in Detroit JAGUAR chairman Nick Scheele, local hero? The unflappable car industry executive grins, too much of an old pro to take the flattery seriously – even [...]
January 11, 1998
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Archive : Halewood secures baby Jaguar with £50m DTI grant
THE INDEPENDENT Halewood secures baby Jaguar with £50m DTI grant Michael Harrison and Gavin Green The British motor industry received a huge boost yesterday as a pounds 50m government grant secured production of the new baby Jaguar for the Ford Halewood plant on Merseyside while Toyota prepared to announce a multi-million pound expansion of its [...]
January 7, 1998
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Archive : Merseyside picked for Jaguar’s new small saloon car
THE INDEPENDENT Merseyside picked for Jaguar’s new small saloon car Gavin Green Jaguar will announce this week that its new small car will be built at the Halewood factory on Merseyside. The move is a huge fillip for Halewood, which was under threat following Ford’s decision to stop production of the Escort there from 2000. [...]
January 5, 1998
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