Jaguar Land Rover’s new, £2m., ‘Virtual Reality Centre’ was opened at the Design and Engineering Centre in Gaydon, Warwickshire yesterday.

The ‘state-of-the-art’ design facility combines advanced audio visual technologies with the projection power of the world’s highest resolution projectors and enables Designers and Engineers to see and interact with life-size, three-dimensional, models of vehicles and components.

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Land Rover's future plans look exciting and are under close scrutiny, and the MG3 SW finally goes on sale in China for a bargain price.

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Roewe's 550 finally hits the market with prices and specs now confirmed. The NAC-MG TF is also confirmed for a 1st August launch date and the company is hoping it'll be a global success to pave the way for the new model ranges. And Jaguar-Land Rover is looking rosy under Tata, with 600 new jobs on offer at Gaydon, and an aggressive development programme in the coming years.

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Two of AROnline’s contacts in China, Paul Stowe, Project Director at Shanghai LTI (a Joint Venture between London taxi maker LTI and Chinese OEM Geely), and Ash Sutcliffe, the man behind the highly-regarded China Car Times website, are at the forefront of a campaign to raise money for the relief effort supporting victims of the Sichuan earthquake in China which killed 50,000 but left millions more vulnerable.

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A FUN-RUN open to all vehicle types and ages will take place on Saturday 21st June, taking in some of the old and new sights relating to the Midlands motor industry. The leisurely event has been organised by StreetSafari.com, the company behind infamous banger rallies such as Staples2Naples and Calais2Casablanca.

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SAIC could be in the frame to pick up the German coachbuilders, Karmann - and at the same time as the Roewe 550 is due to hit the marketplace in China. The Tata Nano is looking set for an October launch, too - and demand is building up quickly. Finally, the MINI brand is going from strength to strength sales-wise in the USA, but the quality is suffering according to JD Power.

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Volkswagen chose to sex-up the launch of the Scirocco launch with a rather nice 2009 calendar... so after you've voted for your favourite girl of the month, take time to help us choose pictures for AROnline's equivalent, which should hopefully show VAG the way to go...

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The Jaguar-Land Rover/Ford/Tata deal is finally inked and the world can start moving on - just as the credit crunch starts to squeeze and the sales of premium off-roaders starts to tail off. The Chinese company SAIC also finds time to unveil a curious sporting concept car... do not exepct it to be wearing an MG badge any time soon, despite being named after the Phoenix...

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In a packed digest this week, there's talk of the delayed MG Rover Inquiry, Tata and Ford finally sign their deal for Jaguar Land Rover, the MINI Crossman is looking likely for a 2009 reveal, and competition for the Tata Nano hots up...

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Tata Motors, India's top vehicle maker, said today it had completed the $2.3 billion acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover, adding the luxury brands to a line-up that also includes the low-cost Nano. The all-cash deal, which was agreed in March, includes all necessary intellectual property rights, manufacturing plants, two advanced design centres in the UK and a worldwide network of sales companies, Tata Motors said in a statement.

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We have heard that orders are now being taken for these Longbridge built cars, although confirmation of pricing and specification will have to wait until the beginning of next week. Here's a run-down of what you get - but no prices yet, although our man in the trade says, 'the 500 will be around £16,000 including hard top and air conditioning.'

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