A new 160bhp version of the Jaguar XF powered by a 2.2-litre, four-cylinder diesel engine, is about to hit the market, and set a new entry-level price point at £30K. Developed from the existing 187bhp model, which recently crossed the United States averaging 62.9mpg, the new, lower output derivative of the 2.2-litre engine puts out [...]

Graham Ruddick An expansion of the plant – one of the biggest car manufacturing facilities in the UK – comes amid growing worries over a slowdown in UK industry and the prospects of a double dip recession in the wider economy. JLR’s Land Rover plant in Halewood is at full capacity producing the new Range [...]

In a major boost to the British economy, which is riddled with uncertainty caused by the eurozone crisis, the premium car maker said the jobs will support plans to launch 40 new products over the next five years. The expansion will mean JLR employs more than 21,000 staff in the Midlands and Merseyside, and it [...]

Keith Adams More great news for UK PLC, as Tata-owned Jaguar Land Rover confirmed fresh investment of £355 million in a new facility to manufacture advanced technology, low-emission engines near Wolverhampton in the West Midlands. It’s a clear signal that the Indian company is committed to UK production for its currently super-successful Jaguar and Land [...]

Jon Griffin, Birmingham Post, 9 June 2011 Jaguar Land Rover has chosen Wolverhampton to base its new 800,000 sq ft engine plant in the biggest single boost to West Midlands manufacturing for a generation. Bosses at the record-breaking vehicle maker have earmarked the new i54 Business Park at Pendeford as the site for a new [...]

Douglas A. Bolduc, Automotive News Europe, 15 April 2011 Jaguar and Land Rover sales rose 2 percent to 24,101 units last month, driven by an 8 percent rise in Land Rover sales. The increase helped JLR parent Tata Motors Limited boost its global vehicle sales 1 per cent in March to 110,785 units, the Indian [...]

Keith Adams  The sensational Jaguar C-X75 Concept was undoubtedly the star of the Paris Motor Show in 2010 but Bertone is now hoping to catapult the leaping cat back to the head of the news agenda at next month’s Geneva Motor Show with its B99 concept. At first glance, the new car looks to have thrown out the post-retro [...]

Automotive News Europe/Reuters, 11th January, 2011 LONDON (Reuters) – Britain and China signed business deals worth around £2.6 billion ($4 billion) on Monday which include increased sales of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) vehicles to China. JLR, a unit of Indian group Tata Motors Limited, has committed to sell 40,000 Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles, worth more [...]

Clive Goldthorp Jaguar Land Rover posted a strong global sales performance in 2010 with retail sales up 19 per cent collectively thanks to strong market performances from the UK, United States and China. The marques’ combined sales were up for every quarter versus 2009 thanks to new model introductions and freshening programmes. Land Rover delivered [...]

Jaguar Land Rover engineers are looking to a future in which virtual reality supports all stages of new vehicle development, from initial design through engineering and testing to final market launch. This includes the introduction of a unique “virtual garage”. Speaking today at the British Science Festival in Birmingham (14-19 September), Andy Richardson, Manager of [...]

Graeme Brown, Birmingham Post, 7th September, 2010 Jaguar and Land Rover bucked a declining trend in UK car sales last month – and posted substantial rises. Sales of Jaguars rose by almost 11 per cent and Land Rover sales increased by two per cent. Meanwhile there was a 17 per cent fall in new car [...]

UK Business Secretary Dr. Vince Cable, Carl-Peter Forster, CEO, Tata Motors Limited and the hybrid Jaguar Limo Green concept developed with TSB funding The UK Business Secretary Dr. Vince Cable visited Jaguar Land Rover’s headquarters at Gaydon yesterday to experience at first hand a selection of the latest Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles and hear …

Bob Grace, previously Jaguar Land Rover Overseas Operations Director, has been appointed to the newly created position of President, Jaguar Land Rover China. As President, Grace will oversee the company’s rapidly expanding operations in China and focus on managing sales growth of the two brands. Grace first joined the company in 1985 and has served in [...]

Thomas Geiger, Automotive News Europe, 12th July, 2010 LONDON – Tata Motors CEO Carl-Peter Forster plans to move quickly to fill gaps in the Jaguar and Land Rover lineups. “Over the next few years we plan to nearly double our vehicle selection,” he told Automobilwoche, a German sister publication of Automotive News Europe. Tata Motors [...]

Tom Scotney, Birmingham Post, 6th July, 2010 Midland carmaker Jaguar Land Rover has become the latest member of a European-wide group manufacturing research and development group. JLR officially joined the European Council for Automotive R&D (EUCAR), which represents the major European automobile manufacturers in their common research activities, on the 1st July, 2010. EUCAR’s members [...]

Spen King (Charles Spencer King), creator of some of the UK’s most influential post-war cars, has died aged 85, following complications sustained from an injury he received when riding his bicycle. He had been riding to the shops as he was unable to drive following an operation to repair a detached retina – his death [...]

 Alun Thorne, Birmingham Post, 23rd June, 2010 Jaguar Land Rover is facing a ballot for industrial action – as Coventry workers press for a move to Castle Bromwich despite the closure threat to the Birmingham factory. Worried JLR workers at Coventry have balloted for a vote for action after unanimously rejecting a transfer to new [...]

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 [...]