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Month: December 2008

Opinion

New Year’s resolutions…

29 December 2008 Keith Adams 4

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 […]

AROnline News

China Watch : SAIC will share platform among 3 brands

22 December 2008 Clive Goldthorp 0

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 […]

AROnline News

Press Report : Car-maker failure could threaten pension lifeboat

22 December 2008 Clive Goldthorp 0

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 […]

AROnline News

Press Report : Jaguar bail-out must come ‘in days not weeks’ warns union

22 December 2008 Clive Goldthorp 0

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 […]

AROnline News

Press Report : Tata pumps millions into Jaguar Land Rover

22 December 2008 Clive Goldthorp 0

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 […]

AROnline News

Press Report : Tata to inject ‘tens of milliions’ into Jaguar

22 December 2008 Clive Goldthorp 0

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 […]

Jaguar XJ6/XJ12 (XJ4)

Why I love the XJ6…

21 December 2008 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

AROnline News

Press Report : Jaguar Land Rover must be allowed to fail

21 December 2008 Keith Adams 1

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 […]

Opinion

Merry Christmas everyone!

20 December 2008 Keith Adams 0

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 […]

AROnline News

Press Report : Ratan Tata told to help pay for JLR recovery

19 December 2008 Clive Goldthorp 0

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 […]

AROnline News

XPart : AutoService centre technicians train at Longbridge

18 December 2008 Clive Goldthorp 0

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 […]

AROnline News

Press Report : Mandelson puts onus on Tata to solve JLR problems

18 December 2008 Clive Goldthorp 0

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 […]

AROnline News

Press Report : Mandy gets set to spend £1bn of taxpayers’ cash to rescue Jaguar

18 December 2008 Clive Goldthorp 0

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 […]

AROnline News

Press Report : Treasury sets ‘tough’ car bail-out terms

18 December 2008 Andrew McCheyne 0

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 […]

Opinion

Daewoo to rebrand with a Griffin?

18 December 2008 Keith Adams 12

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 […]

Tesla

Review: A day with the TESLA

16 December 2008 Keith Adams 3

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 – […]

Alternative power

Driving the TESLA

16 December 2008 Keith Adams 3

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, […]

Opinion

Now it’s time for BL

16 December 2008 Keith Adams 8

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 […]

AROnline News

Press Report : Jaguar to halt production at Castle Bromwich for three weeks at Christmas

16 December 2008 Clive Goldthorp 0

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 […]

AROnline News

Press Report : Government pledges more support for Jaguar Land Rover

16 December 2008 Clive Goldthorp 0

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 […]

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Press Report : Government urged to support car industry’s ‘jewel in the crown’ JLR

16 December 2008 Clive Goldthorp 0

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 […]

AROnline News

Press Report : JLR chief explains why motoring icon must have Government aid

16 December 2008 Clive Goldthorp 0

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 […]

AROnline News

Press Report : Kuwait’s Dar says it’s studying offers for Aston Martin

16 December 2008 Clive Goldthorp 1

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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