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US Jaguar target gay consumers

Jaguar in the United States is poised to launch an advertising campaign specifically targeted at gay consumers, according to a story in today's <I>Detroit News</I>. This follows a Ford study which pointed to the need for new strategies for selling to 14 million gay US consumers who have an estimated £281m in purchasing power.

18 Dec

Mini workers get 8.4 per cent

Yesterday's 8.4 per cent pay increase for Mini workers at Oxford has upped the ante in this year's automotive industry pay round – putting strike-threatened Peugeot and Jaguar under pressure to offer more.

17 Dec

Jaguar's New Year strike?

More than 1200 Jaguar workers in the UK are to be balloted over strike action this week. The members of the Amicus union are dissatisfied with the company's recent pay offer. The postal ballot opens today and will close on January 6.

16 Dec

Industrial action at Jaguar?

The threat of industrial action looms at Jaguar today after unions called a mass meeting of workers. Staff at the luxury car maker's Halewood, Whitley, Browns Lane and Castle Bromwich sites have already rejected the carmaker's 2002 pay offer and unions will tomorrow hold mass meetings to inform workers that it intends to launch industrial action.

26 Nov

<b>Jag parts on track</b>

Jaguar is on the way to solving its global aftermarket back order situation, according to one supplier.

30 Oct

Jaguar's F-type project is down but not yet out

Jaguar's £50m F-type sports car project has not been scrapped, according to company insiders. They insist it is on hold and will be revived when parent company Ford's finances improve.

18 Oct

Guy Salmon's bodyshop gets an A for aluminium

The Guy Salmon Bodyshop in Coventry has become one of the first crash repair businesses in the UK to be appointed a category A repairer for the predominantly aluminium Jaguar XJ, due to be launched next spring.<

18 Oct

PARIS First look: Honda Accord

New D-sector entrants like the Jaguar X-type have encouraged Honda to move the next generation Accord, on UK sale early next year, upmarket.

16 Oct

PARIS First look: Jaguar XJ

Jaguar has enjoyed significant growth in recent years after widening its model range with the X-type. Global sales exceeded 100,000 last year, broadening awareness in the brand.

16 Oct

800 jobs lost as Ford axe falls on UK assemblers

Ford-owned Jaguar and Land Rover have announced plans to axe 800 jobs at their UK plants, despite both marques increasing sales. The firms, which employ about 11,000 staff each, expect to achieve the losses through early retirement and voluntary redundancy.

4 Oct

Jaguar X-type 2.0 V6

Jaguar snobs got sniffy about the introduction of the X-type last year. They thought its size and £22,000 starting price opened the door uncomfortably wide to the common motorist, devaluing the brand and diluting the Jaguar experience.

30 Sep

Land Rover, Jaguar 'merged' in Pag boardroom shake-up

A sweeping behind-the-scenes re-organisation has merged Jaguar and Land Rover's senior management functions under single directors, effectively making a single operating company.

31 Jul

Swedish closure sparks fears for UK C&A plants

The US car parts manufacturer which was named General Motors' worldwide supplier of the year 2002 has declined to comment on speculation that its European facilities are under threat after announcing the closure of one of its Scandinavian plants. Michigan based Collins & Aikman Corporation confirms it is to shut its operation in Hogsater, Sweden - which makes NVH components for Volvo and Jaguar cars.

21 Jun

Land Rover ponders logistics group sale

Land Rover is expected to spin off its logistics division, which employs 770 staff, as part of an efficiency drive designed to secure future production at its Solihull plant. Ford, which owns the off-road specialist, needs assurances Land Rover can improve efficiency before guaranteeing production of future models. Jaguar underwent similar restructuring at its Castle Bromwich factory a few years ago.

18 Jun

Jaguar shelves F-type to fund mainstream models

Jaguar dealers will be denied the £30,000 F-type sportscar after the Coventry car-maker canned the model in favour of beefing-up its range of estates and diesels. The move will make the replacement for the XK8, due in autumn 2005, the earliest that Jaguar dealers will see a new sportscar capable of combating new models from BMW and Mercedes. The mid-engined two-seat F-type was aimed squarely at the Porsche Boxster and was due on sale in spring 2005.

10 Jun

Danger warning over common brand move

Ambitious plans by Ford's Premier Automotive Group to maximise distribution efficiencies in Europe are unlikely to please everyone.The new Common PAG Brands Unit will lead to a network of multi-brand superdealers selling Volvos, Land Rovers and Jaguars - and maybe Aston Martins. National sales organisations for the brands could also be merged into a single PAG operation.

9 May

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Jaguar Land Rover

US Jaguar target gay consumers

Mini workers get 8.4 per cent

Jaguar's New Year strike?

Industrial action at Jaguar?

<b>Jag parts on track</b>

Jaguar's F-type project is down but not yet out

Guy Salmon's bodyshop gets an A for aluminium

PARIS First look: Honda Accord

PARIS First look: Jaguar XJ

800 jobs lost as Ford axe falls on UK assemblers

Jaguar X-type 2.0 V6

Land Rover, Jaguar 'merged' in Pag boardroom shake-up

Swedish closure sparks fears for UK C&A plants

Land Rover ponders logistics group sale

Jaguar shelves F-type to fund mainstream models

Danger warning over common brand move

Wholesale chain rings up cut-price deals on X-type

Jaguar spotlights fleets with 'cleaner' S-type

Jaguar comes to the aid of long-term unemployed

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