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TATA Motors boss Carl-Peter Forster has indicated Jaguar Land Rover models WILL be produced outside the UK.
This will most likely involve the setting up of production plants in India or China, for local market consumption.
Speaking at the SMMT International Automotive Summit, he said that to grow beyond a certain point in China, the brand needed [...]

LAND Rover will introduce a front-wheel drive version of the new baby Range Rover to dealers next year.
The compact Range Rover LRX-inspired model will be offered in both 2WD and 4WD forms, the firm has just announced.
This will cut the CO2 figures of the diesel model dramatically: Land Rover says the model will sit in [...]

KIA has signed a 5-year deal to use Infomedia’s service quote system in all its authorised car dealer service departments.
Already used by UK Kia dealers, the worldwide rollout is a big statement of intended uniformity for the brand.
It is, however, not alone in the move. Hyundai, Jaguar and Land Rover also stipulate the same [...]

JAGUAR Land Rover has today secured a big £340m loan to develop green hybrid cars and lightweight bodies.
The loan has been granted by the European Investment Bank under its Clean Transport Facility
It is a big boost for JLR, which now has official EU recognition for the worth of its CO2-reducing plans. The funds will [...]

LAND Rover sales shot up 58 percent in January thanks to the bad weather driving off-roader sales.
The new Discovery 4 range actually performed even better by clocking up a 92 percent sales rise at car dealers!
‘Heavy snow and icy conditions last month meant car buyers were looking for a vehicle that provides them with the [...]

JAGUAR Land Rover has given its finance department a boost with the appointment of a new director.
Former Toyota vice president David Betteley has become the firm’s new financial services director.
He’s now going to lead Jaguar Land Rover finance services across the glove, reporting to customer service director Mike Wright.
‘Having someone of David’s expertise and [...]

ONE car dealer stepped in to help doctors visit patients as the wintry weather caused chaos last week.
Guy Salmon Land Rover, in Portsmouth lent a team of GPs Land Rovers to help them continue their out of hours service.
The dealership was approached for help by NHS Portsmouth – who originally wanted to hire two 4×4s [...]

LAND Rover staged a staggering recovery during 2009, with total year sales up 93 percent on 2008.
The firm reports sales have been consistently on the up for the past 4 months now.
Individual model improvements were even more impressive. The Discovery 4 went up by 115 percent, and the Range Rover Sport was up by [...]

JAGUAR Land Rover car dealers have come out top in the latest J.D. Power owner satisfaction survey.
Outscoring every other luxury maker, Jaguar topped the customer sales satisfaction category in the US market survey.
What’s more, Land Rover came 5th.
Jaguar has actually tipped the Sales Satisfaction Index for the second consecutive year – one which surveys more [...]

NEW car sales for October saw more big market share increases - led by scrappage winner Hyundai.
Market share for the Korean brand was up 286 percent!
That’s over 100 percent MORE than sister brand Kia’s otherwise-glittering 156 percent rise. Fiat’s sales were also up 117 percent, while Nissan scored 108 percent, Suzuki 106 percent and Land [...]