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Month: October 1995

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Archive : Brussels row over pounds £80m Jaguar aid

23 October 1995 Keith Adams 0

THE INDEPENDENT RUSSELL HOTTEN A row is developing between the European Commission and the Department of Trade and Industry over delays in Brussels approving a government aid package to Jaguar. […]

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Archive : New 200 vital to success in toughest market

19 October 1995 Keith Adams 0

RUSSELL HOTTEN Car buyers get their first look at the important new Rover 200 today as the UK company unveils its challenger to the Ford Escort and Volkswagen Golf, writes […]

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Archive : Rover seeks grant aid of £70m

19 October 1995 Keith Adams 0

THE INDEPENDENT RUSSELL HOTTEN Rover Group is seeking between £70m and £100m in grant aid as the price for building a new engine plant in Britain, according to sources at […]

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Archive : Jaguar club split by law of the jungle

8 October 1995 Keith Adams 0

THE INDEPENDENT Steve Boggan THE Jaguar Drivers’ Club, one of the motoring world’s most respected refuges for car fanatics, is to hire private detectives in a bid to track down […]

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