Car production is to end at Jaguar's Brown's Lane factory in Coventry with the loss of 1,100 jobs, the company has announced today.
Jaguar is to update workers and union leaders tomorrow on the compay's plans for its Browns Lane plant in Coventry.
Ford is expected to tell trade unions on Friday that it will close its Jaguar factory in Coventry, according to the BBC.
The UK motor manufacturing industry has been rocked by production cuts at Jaguar and the news that a road map drawn up by Land Rover management and unions had failed to satisfy Ford bosses.
The Jaguar X-Type Estate was voted the overall 'Car of the Year 2004' by UKTV People viewers, during the live final on August 30.
Jaguar has confirmed that none of its 8,000 manufacturing staff will lose their jobs, but hours would be cut with a Friday shut-down at the Brown’s Lane, Allesley and Halewood plants, affecting the S- and X-Type, the XJ and XK models.
An online human resources training package under trial by the Jaguar Land Rover Training Academy has been shortlisted for a ‘Personnel Today’ award.
Jaguar has announced it will cut production by some 15,000 units for the rest of 2004 due to poor demand.
Jaguar has always distinguished itself as a premium manufacturer, whose cars that are driven by the corporate elite.
Jaguar bosses have been warned they must keep their high levels of quality - or face closing one of their UK plants.
Jaguar may announce as early as this week the extent of production cuts that the Ford luxury brand plans for this year due to poor demand, a spokesman told Reuters on Friday.
Ford Motor Company says it has not ruled out plant closure at its UK-based Jaguar operations as it prepares a restructuring plan for the troubled luxury car unit and its 10,000-strong British workforce, reports the Financial Times.
MotorSportVision is set to refresh Britains stale motorsport with the launch of the T1 series, which could see Ford Mondeos, Jaguar X-Types, Alfa 156s, Honda Accords, Mercedes C-Class and even Kia Carens, lining up alongside each other.
The Ford Premier Automotive Group – Jaguar, Aston Martin, Volvo, Land Rover – suffered a £197m pre-tax loss for the second quarter of the year, compared with a £90m profit in 2003, prompting speculation of cost cutting, including job losses.
Jaguar has been voted the top brand in car manufacturing in the UK at the annual independent Superbrands awards. The achievement has also listed the Ford-owned company as the only carmaker among the top six of all brands in the country.
Ford’s upmarket brands - Jaguar, Land Rover and Aston Martin – have suffered a combined loss of more than £200m, dragging the US carmaker’s European operations into a deficit.
Jaguar has been voted as one of the most highly rated brands in the UK by Superbrands, an independent authority on branding, at its annual awards night
Kia’s market share in June reached a record 1.51% with sales exceeding Suzuki, Rover, MINI, Jaguar/Daimler, Hyundai, MG and Seat.
The future, according to most European car manufacturers, is diesel. Audi, BMW, Mercedes and even Jaguar sell growing numbers of increasingly powerful diesel-engine models. However, Porsche will not be joining them
Jaguar Cars is to be headed by a female managing director from next month.
