Archive for May, 1999
Archive : Mini ‘Search For The Set’ Gets Under Way
As part of Mini’s fortieth birthday celebrations, the search is under way to find one example of each of the 133 factory-approved Mini variants sold in the UK since 1959. Owners of well-kept Minis, in original condition, are being invited to submit their cars for inclusion in an official ‘Mini Set’ display at the Mini [...]
May 28, 1999
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Archive : Rover creates 800 jobs at Cowley
THE INDEPENDENT Michael Harrison ROVER IS to create an extra 800 jobs at its Cowley plant in Oxford to cope with production of its new executive saloon, the Rover 75, which goes on sale next month. Output of the car, the first all-Rover model the company has developed in 25 years, is set to rise [...]
May 27, 1999
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Archive : Rover’s new executive car provides Oxford jobs for Longbridge workers
THE GUARDIAN On the move: Rover’s new executive car provides Oxford jobs for Longbridge workers Rover is creating an additional 800 jobs at its Oxford plant as it moves to full production of a new executive car, the group’s chairman Werner Samann announced yesterday. Most of the posts will be filled by excess staff from [...]
May 27, 1999
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Archive : Rover Plea – Give Us A Break
Around 280 workers at Rover’s Gaydon plant are to take voluntary redundancy as the job losses announced at the beginning of the year begin to take effect. The cuts, which represent 7% of the site’s entire workforce, have received huge coverage in the media but the company’s corporate communications manager Vince Hammersley believes Rover are [...]
May 27, 1999
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Archive : Rover revs up Cowley
BBC It took a £400m investment, but Rover’s old car factory in Oxford is now ready to produce the company’s new flagship model, the Rover 75. Some 800 workers will be moved from other Rover plants to work at the refurbished Cowley factory. Rover’s owners, BMW of Germany, see Cowley as a model for the [...]
May 26, 1999
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Archive : Rover 75 Leads To 800 Jobs At Oxford
An extra 800 jobs are being created at Rover Oxford as the Rover 75 goes into full production as part of a £700 million investment programme for the award-winning car. The jobs were announced today by Professor Werner Sämann, chairman of Rover Group at a ceremony to formally open the new, advanced manufacturing facilities. They [...]
May 26, 1999
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Archive : Range Rover dHSE Launched
Land Rover has announced a new version of the flagship Range Rover HSE model. The dHSE is powered by the BMW 2.5 litre six cylinder turbocharged diesel engine and costs £48,705. Standard features of the new model include full leather interior, climate control, four wheel traction control, anti-locking braking system, front and side airbags, eleven [...]
May 21, 1999
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Archive : Samann says Rover will build a million cars a year
Michael Harrison ROVER AIMS to double production to a million cars a year in the medium term, its new chairman, Werner Saemann, disclosed yesterday. The move follows the decision by Rover’s parent company, BMW of Germany, to invest pounds 1.7bn in modernising the Longbridge plant in Birmingham. The investment is being supported by a pounds [...]
May 18, 1999
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Archive : Land Rover Freelander Top Selling 4×4 In Europe
The Land Rover Freelander is now the top selling 4×4 off-road vehicle in Europe. Launched in European markets during last year, Freelander is already outselling its nearest competitor by more than 40 per cent. Land Rover’s Freelander and all-new Discovery also currently occupy the top two spots in the UK off-road 4×4 market. In the [...]
May 6, 1999
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Archive : Rover 75 Goes Into Full Production
The new Rover 75 has gone into full production at Rover Oxford – the culmination of a £700 million investment programme in the luxury saloon car and advanced manufacturing facilities. The first full production Rover 75 in Wedgwood Blue and with a 2.5 litre engine was driven off the assembly line by the Rover chairman, [...]
May 6, 1999
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Archive : Freelander Does the Business
Land Rover has launched a major new derivative of the award-winning permanent four-wheel drive Freelander. Unveiled at the Fleet Motor Show at the NEC, Birmingham, the Freelander Commercial is based on the three-door Hardback model and costs from just £17,300 on the road. Deliveries to customers begin in September. Targeted at major fleets, small businesses [...]
May 5, 1999
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