Tata has promoted the current chief financial officer, David Smith, to the position of CEO of Jaguar and Land Rover. David Smith was managing the new group since Geoff Polites passed away on April 20. Smith started its career by joining Ford in 1983. He worked in New and Emerging Markets and was based in [...]
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Tough road ahead for Tata’s Jaguar-Land Rover ride in Europe
The emission issue has the potential to become a major roadblock for Tata Motors and its two new British marques. The Indian carmaker plans to invest £700 million in new technologies. After Ford’s exit, Jaguar and Land Rover are heading for tough times in Europe as the two companies can’t merge their average carbon dioxide [...]
Jaguar & Land Rover readying hybrid versions
Jaguar and Land Rover are currently working together on adapting hybrid technology on two engines: a 3.0-litre diesel unit and 5.0-litre V8 engine. The 3.0-litre diesel engine is derived from the 2.7-litre V6 unit sold in the Discovery 3, Range Rover Sport and Jaguar XF. The diesel engine is combined with a hybrid system and [...]
Land Rover rolls off the 100,000th Freelander 2
Land Rover has rolled off the 100,000th Freelander 2 less than two years after its launch in July 2006. The 100,000th car is a Rimini Red 2.2 Diesel Auto which will be delivered to its Russian customer in the city of Surgut, located on Russia’s Central Siberian Plateau. For the carmaker this is good news [...]
Spyshots: A V12-powered Range Rover?
This is probably pure speculation but according to spy photographers Land Rover is working on a V12-powered Range Rover. The spotted Range Rover features a new front bumper with larger air intakes and four exhaust pipes. Both details suggest a bigger engine is under development at Land Rover, but a V12 is highly speculative. The [...]
More images of the Defender SVX
Land Rover has released more pictures of the Defender SVX, a limited edition launched to celebrate the carmaker’s 60th anniversary. Due to be delivered to the first customers in the summer, the Defender SVX comes with metallic black paintwork and satin black graphic decals. The limited edition Defender features new, ‘diamond turned’ five-spoke alloy wheels, [...]
Land Rover to build the LRX
Tata has given the green light to Land Rover to produce the LRX concept car which is expected to hit the showrooms by 2011. Without a doubt, the LRX has been one of the best concept car around since January and this is good news for the British brand. This doesn’t come as a surprise. [...]
Land Rover to fit the LRX’s interior on the final model
According to some sources, Land Rover plans to keep as much of the concept car’s interior intact as it can for the future final model. The vast majority of concept cars lose their interiors during the transition to the production version and one did expect the LRX to follow the trend. But this time, the [...]
Land Rover unveils the LRX Concept “Black and Silver”
The British carmaker has unveiled a new iteration of the LRX concept car seen at Detroit. As predicted, the LRX shown at Geneva comes with a two-tone paint scheme in black and silver. The Geneva iteration features a removable carbon composite roof panel which contrasts with the silver-coloured roof, and has integral anchor points for [...]
Tata to announce Jaguar and Land Rover takeover next week
Tata will announce the takeover of the two British carmakers, Jaguar and Land Rover, next week during the Geneva Motor Show. Ford and Tata came to an agreement after the positive talks Tata executives had with British unions. Last week Tata confirmed that it won’t sell Jaguar as soon as the takeover is done and [...]
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