NEWS

Pentland’s £6m dealership

THE John Clark Motor Group has announced the first details of its new £6m Pentland Land Rover dealership. The announcement is part of preparations by the group in taking over the Land Rover franchise for the whole of Edinburgh and the Lothians at the end of this year. The new dealership is to be developed [...]

	Evoque starts at sub-£28k
LAND Rover has today announced that its new Range Rover Evoque range will start at just under £28k. The striking new car’s prices kick off at £27,955 for the eD4 Pure five-door six-speed manual 2WD model, going on sale in September. The 4WD equivalent is priced at £28,705, while the range tops out at an [...]

	Geneva: Range-e
LAND Rover’s on-going commitment to building ‘greener’ vehicles is shown by the Range-e at Geneva today. This development model is equipped with an advanced plug-in hybrid diesel-electric powertrain that Land Rover expects to make available in future production models, following the scheduled launch of its diesel-electric hybrid in 2013. Range_e is based on the Range [...]

	Premium helps Pendragon
PENDRAGON has reported a soar in its pre-tax profits after demand at its Stratstone dealerships increased. The dealership sold more than 100,000 new cars in 2010 which equates to five per cent of the UK car market, with sales growing to £3.6bn, and pre-tax profits to December 31 totalled £11m – a rise of £1.3m. Premium [...]

	Land Rover freeze VAT
LAND Rover has released a key offer for dealers to get excited about – VAT frozen on new cars. Effectively the offer means customers will not pay the 20 per cent VAT increase which is set to arrive in January. Participating dealers and Land Rover will fund the 2.5 per cent difference. New build retail [...]

		LR drives test drives
		LAND Rover wants to get 50,000 potential buyers to take a test drive in a new model before the end of ’09. The bold initiative has been imposed by UK marketing director Anthony Bradbury, in a ‘single minded focus to get bums on seats. ‘Currently, everything we do includes looking at opportunities for people to [...]
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		JLR gets cash
		TATA has secured funding to meet JLR’s short-term financial needs, meaning a Government bail-out is not needed. The £75m cash injection suggests banks and businesses have in the firm’s long-term viability. Business Secretary Peter Mandelson reckoned the additional funding ‘will allow JLR to invest in future models and successfully launch the new XJ saloon on [...]
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		Jaguar Ex-Type
		300 jobs at Jaguar’s Halewood plant are to be lost, due to early closure of the slow-selling X-Type line. Falling sales for Jaguar’s one-time BMW 3 Series rival mean the British firm has pulled the plug on the mediocre saloon. It had planned to continue production for some time yet: but, as chef executive David [...]
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		JLR loss may force cuts
		LOSSES of around £280m by Jaguar Land Rover could lead parent Tata to make further job cuts. Tata Motors company has just released 10-month figures, revealing the loss for the British division. London’s Evening Standard reports Tata Motors’ vice chairman Ravi Kant said there may ‘possibly’ be further job losses, on top of the 2000 [...]
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		JLR stars in awards
		JAGUAR Land Rover has achieved ‘Silver’ status in a top Business in the Community award. This is despite the company’s 2008 entry being its first-ever attempt at the awards! Rating corporate responsibility, JLR showed the judges how processes to integrate and improve CSR are developing in the business. In short, JLR showed it manages, measures [...]
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