Jaguar sales in Britain and Europe further strengthened during May, driven by wider availability of the new Jaguar diesels and X-Type Estate, to record a 31% improvement over May 2003 and to maintain the overall growth trend seen through the year so far.
After lying dormant for decades, Maserati is being re-invented as a proper sports-luxury brand to compete with Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Jaguar.
Although still the blue chip choice for luxury saloon buyers, the Mercedes-Benz S-class is now the oldest car in the segment. BMW, Audi, Jaguar and even VW have all launched high-tech, high quality rivals within the past three years, and in Britain it faces tough competition from Range Rover
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HR Owen is to open a second Lamborghini dealership. It will be built on HR Owen's former Jaguar dealership site in Stockport.
Jaguar and Land Rover are set to join fellow Premier Automotive Group brand Aston Martin in harnessing online, approved used car locator networks operated by Global Beach Automotive.
Ford's Premier Automotive Group – comprising Land Rover, Jaguar, Aston Martin and Volvo – is reported to have returned a profit for the first time since it was formed in the late 1990s.
Jaguar Cars has been named National Champion in the Green Apple Awards 2003. This is the sixth year in a row that Jaguar has won a Green Apple Award in the national campaign to find Britain's 'greenest' companies.
A new flagship V6 diesel for the Jaguar S TYPE will be the first engine produced at Ford Motor Company's advanced £325 million Dagenham Diesel Centre, which was officially opened yesterday by Tony Blair.
According to a Midlands paper, Ford has already told the Government of plans to close Brown's Lane - plans Sir Nick Scheele denied at the Tokyo Motor Show.
Ford chief operating officer Nick Scheele denied yesterday at the Tokyo Motor Show that Jaguar's Browns Lane assembly plant in Coventry, where the new XJ is built, would be closed, commenting that, "This is really speculation that's been running around now for six to nine months."
New Jaguar and Land Rover president Joe Greenwell is telling executives that there will be no let-up in the drive to put higher quality into each new model. But he also stresses that every upgrade will have to be accompanied by lower costs and improved productivity.
Although the Automotive Academy announced by the Government will not be fully operational until later next year, BMW, Honda, Jaguar, Land Rover, MG Rover Group, Nissan, and Leyland Trucks are amongst those who have already appointed senior directors to sit on the Academy's Project Board.
Reg Vardy plc has completed the acquisition of the trade and assets of one Jaguar and three Land Rover dealerships from Dutton-Forshaw. The acquisition completes the North East market area for these two marques.
MG has launched a V8-powered version of its ZT saloon and ZT-T estate. Powered by Ford's 260bhp, 4.6-litre V8 engine, used in North America in the Mustang, the rear- wheel drive MG ZT 260 V8 hopes to compete with the likes of the BMW 330i, Jaguar X-Type and Volvo S60 T5.
Dealer group Reg Vardy plc has provided the following update on current trading at its Annual General Meeting. The Group reports it has has made a good start to the financial year and is continuing its expansion by acquisition.
Bob Dover, the chairman and chief executive of Jaguar and Land Rover has quit, 12 months after taking the job. Dover's departure comes only a month after Ford of Europe product guru, Martin Leech left the carmaker after huge financial losses.
Land Rover's Defender was recently voted the greatest car ever by viewers of BBC Top Gear, beating stiff competition from the likes of Citroen's DS, Jaguar's E-type and the McLaren F1.
Aston Martin, Jaguar and Land Rover's vice president in the United States, Simon Sproule, is to take on a similar role at Nissan North America Inc.
Jaguar will unveil its much-needed, 2.0-litre, diesel-engined X-type and an estate car counterpart for the company's highest-selling model at the Frankfurt motor show in September.
