David Bailey, Birmingham Post, 28th May, 2010 Jaguar Land Rover announced today that it will indeed begin assembling cars in China. JLR CEO Carl-Peter Foster said today that “we will need to manufacture at least two models in China… We’ll take one to two years to set it up, but first we will need a [...]

Steve Cropley, Editor-in-Chief, Autocar, 28th May, 2010 Jaguar Land Rover’s new boss, Carl-Peter Forster, has emerged from 100 days of silence to reveal plans for a major product shake-up. The radical vision includes greater separation for the Land Rover and Range Rover brands, the launch of an all-new, mid-size Range Rover between LRX and Range Rover [...]

Jorn Madslien, Business Reporter, BBC News, 28th May, 2010 Carmaker Jaguar Land Rover is going to start assembling vehicles in China, the BBC can confirm. “We will need to manufacture at least two models in China,” said Chief Executive Carl-Peter Forster in an interview. “We’ll take one to two years to set it up, but [...]

Greg Kable, German Editor, Autocar, 28th May, 2010 MINI has kicked off studies into an affordable city car as part of a programme aimed at boosting sales by adding new models at the lower end of its line-up. Described as a Smart Fortwo rival, the new model is aimed at complementing parent company BMW’s Megacity [...]

Automotive News China, 28th May, 2010 SHANGHAI – SAIC Motor Corp. says it will start producing MG6 sedans at its British plant by the end of this year and will start selling the models in the first quarter of 2011. The company also plans to build and sell a right-hand drive version of its newly [...]