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Keith Adams In many ways, 2008 was a very rubbish year… and, in just as many, it was the best one yet. Good things that happened abound – I found […]
Keith Adams In many ways, 2008 was a very rubbish year… and, in just as many, it was the best one yet. Good things that happened abound – I found […]
Namrita Chow, Automotive News Europe, 22nd December, 2008 SHANGHAI — Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC) is developing a new range of small cars that will share resources, parts and platforms […]
Philip Aldrick, Daily Telegraph, 22nd December, 2008 Jaguar Land Rover, owned by India’s Tata, is in talks with the Government about a £500m-£1bn state loan to help it through the […]
Nick Allen and Rupert Neate, Daily Telegraph, 22nd December, 2008 Union leaders are making last ditch pleas to Gordon Brown to help bail out Tata-owned car giant Jaguar Land Rover […]
Rupert Neate, Daily Telegraph, 22nd December, 2008 The Government had said it would not provide the company with state aid until it was satisfied that Tata had done all they […]
Automotive News Europe/Reuters, 22nd December, 2008 SINGAPORE (Reuters) — India’s Tata Motors has agreed to inject “tens of millions” of pounds into Jaguar Land Rover to prevent an immediate cash […]
Graham Eason The Jaguar XJ6 Series 2 really is a great and overlooked classic car. A 350 mile round trip I took with my wife to the New Forest a few […]
Martin Vander Weyer, Daily Telegraph, 18th December 2008 It’s never easy to guess what’s going on inside Lord Mandelson’s head. On the issue of whether he might be about to […]
Keith Adams SHE got your attention – and now let’s get down to the boring bit… The country seems to be winding down in readiness for the Christmas break and, as at […]
Jonathan Walker, Birmingham Post, 19th December, 2008 Ministers are demanding the Indian billionaire behind Jaguar Land Rover owners Tata give up some of his personal fortune to save the businesses […]
Parts distribution organisation XPart is offering its AutoService centre network the opportunity to improve its knowledge of K-series engine repairs. Members of XPart’s AutoService centre network are gaining valuable knowledge […]
Birmingham Post, 18th December, 2008 Ministers have held discussions with Jaguar Land Rover over the possibility of state assistance for the car maker, Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has said. But […]
Ray Massey and Michael Lea, Daily Mail, 18th December, 2008 Car production slumped by a third last month as the motor industry was increasingly hit by the economic downturn, new […]
Jean Eaglesham, Chief Political Correspondent, Financial Times, 18th December, 2008 A provisional rescue package being drawn up for Britain’s beleaguered car manufacturers will have ‘very tough” conditions attached, in part […]
Andrew Elphick Remember the Daewoo Nexia? The oriental-style Astra/Kadett reworking? Hardly cutting edge; barely automotive nirvana. The thing is though people bought the Nexia, sure they wanted better but when […]
Yesterday was one of those weird kind of days. There’s a bit of an end-of-term feeling in the office, thanks to having just finished another issue of Octane, and – […]
Keith Adams Yesterday was one of those weird kind of days. There’s a bit of an end-of-term feeling in the office, thanks to having just finished another issue of Octane, […]
Graham Eason [www.greatescapecars.co.uk] It has become a matter of historical fact that British Leyland was the worst car maker of all time. Princess, Allegro, SD1, Maxi, Maestro, Montego. A catalogue […]
John Cranage, Business Editor, Birmingham Post, 16th December, 2008 Jaguar’s Castle Bromwich factory will cease production for three weeks over Christmas and new year as the crisis engulfing the global […]
Jonathan Walker, Birmingham Post, 12th December, 2008 Ministers appeared to pave the way for a bail-out of Jaguar Land Rover as they said Britain’s car industry was of ‘critical national […]
Birmingham Post, 11th December, 2008 Jaguar Land Rover’s importance to the West Midlands has been spelled out as business minister Lord Mandelson considers a rescue package for the embattled UK […]
John Duckers, Birmingham Post, 11th December, 2008 The seriousness of the crisis facing Jaguar Land Rover – as well as the rest of the world’s carmakers – was spelled out […]
Automotive News Europe, 15th December, 2008 KUWAIT (Reuters) — Kuwait’s Investment Dar said on Sunday it was considering offers to sell up to 20 percent of British carmaker Aston Martin […]
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