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Tuesday, March 16th 2010

All the latest news from Jaguar

Help raise £1m for the NSPCC and win the first new Jaguar XJ

Jaguar is offering an opportunity to win the first new Jaguar XJ when it rolls off the production line later this year. The luxury saloon, worth more than £62,000, is Jaguar’s flagship model and will launch in showrooms in the New Year. The Jaguar Prize Competition aims to raise £1m for the NSPCC’s helplines. It will [...]

Jaguar XKR road test

Currently the ultimate expression of performance from prestigious carmaker Jaguar the newly revised Jaguar XKR offers more power, better performance, with improved fuel economy and reduced emissions for its 2010MY. A revised exterior look and alterations inside the cabin complete a fairly substantial alteration to the earlier model. As the flagship of the range [...]

Jaguar XJR-9LM brings Bradford city centre to a standstill

The streets of Bradford came to a standstill – on Sunday 19th July – to allow a 20-year-old Jaguar racing car that won the famous 24-hour race at Le Mans to run once again. Thousands of people turned out to welcome the iconic 1988 Jaguar XJR-9LM from the Jaguar Heritage museum in Coventry as it [...]

Tata pressed to end Jaguar talks standoff

Lord Mandelson, the business secretary, has urged Tata Motors to respond to a revised offer of government funding for Jaguar Land Rover in an effort to end a deadlock in talks over aid for the two lossmaking luxury car brands. He made the call as the government, under growing criticism for being too slow to [...]

End of X-Type signals cull of 300 posts

Jaguar Land Rover is cutting 300 jobs at its Halewood plant on Merseyside following plans to cease production of Jaguar’s X-Type model by the end of the year, reports John Reed, Motor Industry Correspondent . The carmaker, owned by Tata Motors, the Indian group, also announced a three-week shutdown of the plant, starting in September, [...]

Jaguar Land Rover to shed 300 jobs

Jaguar and Land Rover are to cut 300 jobs at their plant in Halewood, Merseyside, in connection with plans to cease production of Jaguar’s X-Type model by the end of the year. The carmakers, owned by Indian group Tata Motors, also announced on Wednesday a further three-week shutdown starting in September due to “on-going weakness [...]

All-new Jaguar XJ to appear at Gulf Luxury Fair 2009

Revealed to the world last week, Jaguar’s all-new XJ will be making one of its first public appearances alongside some of the world’s most luxurious brands at the 2009 Gulf Luxury Fair. Taking place from 25 – 27 July in London’s InterContinental Hotel on Park Lane, this annual luxury-shopping fair attracts wealthy shoppers from both [...]

Salon Prive luxury car show to let public near the Jaguar XJ

Visitors to this year’s Salon Privé, London 22-24 July, will be the first members of the public to see Jaguar’s all-new luxury XJ model, just two weeks after its global unveiling. The all-new XJ will not go on general sale until the end of 2009, but Jaguar will take orders at Salon Privé, with first customers [...]

All new Jaguar XJ revealed

One of the most eagerly anticipated new car launches of 2009 happened in London on Thursday 9th July, with Jay Leno on hand to reveal the all new Jaguar XJ at the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea. Sharing obvious styling cues with stable mates the XF and to a lesser extent the XK the XJ marries coupé [...]

Jaguar XKR picked for Sunday Times Hot Lap time

The famous start/finish straight at Silverstone racing circuit resonated to the distinctive bellow of a brace of 10MY Jaguar XKR coupes this week as the stars of Channel 5’s Fifth Gear set about posting the time to beat in this year’s Sunday Times ingear Hot Laps competition. Now in its second year, the competition gives members [...]

Jaguar XK Coupe road test

The XK is the Big Cat’s throw of the dice in the competitive world of the two (plus two)-seat coupes, and it is up against some very stiff competition with the likes of the Audi R8, Maserati GranTurismo, and the BMW 650 coupe. Now in its second generation the XK is available with the [...]

Fastest ever Jaguar to debut at Goodwood Fetival of Speed

The fastest Jaguar ever will make its UK debut later this week at the famous Goodwood Festival of Speed. The Jaguar’s XFR Prototype made its record-breaking run at the legendary Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah last November, reaching a stunning top speed of 225.675mph. The XFR Prototype, which will be driven by Rocketsports Racing owner, Paul [...]

2 million unemployment hits motor industry hard

UK unemployment has topped 2 million, official statistics show, the highest level since 1997. The figures published today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that the unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent for the three months to January 2009, up 0.5 over the previous quarter and up 1.3 over the year. The number [...]

Production Of Cars Falling In UK

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has confirmed that the news reports have been correct and that the number of new cars produced in the UK in December 2008, fell dramatically. In December production had fallen by 47.5% agaist the same period in 2007. The shutting of plants has been widely felt and the [...]

Union Leader Vows Every Support For Jaguar Land Rover Workers

Derek Simpson, joint leader of Unite the Union is to meet Jaguar Land Rover workers at the car manufacturer’s Castle Bromwich and Solihull plants today (January 13th), where he will tell the workers that Unite will be doing everything in its power to support manufacturing workers during the financial downturn. Unite is reiterating its call for [...]

Tata Will Inject Cash Into Jaguar

The owner of Jaguar Land Rover, Tata Motors, has confirmed that it will inject cash into the British giant according to a report from the Financial Times. This should help the UK government as it was deciding on whether or not to give aid to the struggling car-maker. According to the BBC Business Secretary Lord Mandelson had [...]

Jaguar unveil XF Diesels

Jaguar has taken the wraps off the XF diesel. Perfect for the fleet manager the XF has now become an oil burner and could be just the job for long motorway journeys. But this oil burner has a sporty look, it sits on 19 inch wheels, it has an aerodynamic boot lid spoiler, there’s also [...]

Government May Help Jaguar

State aid may be needed to save Jaguar and Land Rover. The government has confirmed to the BBC and Sky News that it has had talks with the car manufacturer and that it may indeed help it with financial aid. Jaguar Land Rover was bought by India’s Tata in June for £1.7bn ($2.6bn) but it still [...]

Expanding 1car1 delivers first hybrid car to eco-friendly council

Fast-growing international vehicle rental and leasing company 1car1 Car and Van Rental has supplied its first hybrid car to the Mayor of eco-friendly Allerdale Borough Council in Cumbria. Leeds-based 1car1 Car and Van Rental, which also has a leasing division, expects the delivery of the hybrid Toyota Prius on a 12-month contract with the option of [...]

Exciting new additions to the Avis prestige car rental fleet

Ferrari F430 Spider voted most desirable supercar by bloggers on Avis webiste, www.wetryharder.co.uk . Avis Prestige Car Rental has some new motoring thoroughbreds in its stable of luxury car marques for hire.  Joining an already impressive array of supercars from Avis are the Ferrari F430 Spider, Bentley Continental GT, Lamborghini Gallardo and the new Jaguar XF. Inspired by [...]

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