Allmakes Group Ltd, specialising in the international supply of parts and accessories for 4x4 vehicles, has today signed a contract with Land Rover to become the first independent organisation accredited as a Land Rover authorised parts wholesaler.
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.
Land Rover has announced the creation of the Land Rover Classic Parts (LRCP) business initiative. “Due to the high levels of vehicle retention and customer loyalty found within the Land Rover brand, it is acknowledged that older vehicles within the range require focused support,” says Tom Pallister, Land Rover’s director of customer service.
A five-year free service and maintenance package is now available on all 2004 model year Range Rovers bought from Land Rover dealers this summer
Land Rover owner Ford has told 8,000 workers at its Solihull plant to come up with a plan to improve productivity within two months or lose their jobs
New softie has the premium treatment
Land Rover launched a media preview on 2 April of the LR3, an all-new SUV that will make its debut at the New York International Auto Show on 7 April, before going on sale in the US later this year.
With the discovery of accounting irregularities that could cost some £20m, Mayflower Corporation, the supplier to Land Rover among others has announced that chief executive John Simpson, finance director David Donelly and joint MD John Fleming are to resign when the firm's delayed 2003 preliminary accounts are announced next month. Chairman Rupert Hambro will also resign when a replacement is found.
Land Rover has a problem. Reaction to the radical, rakish Range Stormer concept car, unveiled at the Detroit Show in January as a 'teaser' for the forthcoming Range Rover Sport, has been so strong, some Solihull insiders are worried the production version, due later this year, may not be sporty enough.
Strike action at Land Rover's Midlands factory is starting to have negative knock-on effects on the supply chain. Presswork provider Sertec is considering laying off workers as the ban on overtime at the Solihull plant begins to bite.
Land Rover workers have accepted a pay offer, ending the threat of further strike action and dealers' fears of stock shortages.
Trade union members have accepted a revised offer from Land Rover, by 4,326 votes in favour and 2,379 against.
Land Rover has made a fresh offer to the unions after their second 24-hour strike on Monday; they will present it without recommendation to shop stewards on Friday.
Land Rover dealers were left counting the cost of strike action this week after the company's workforce downed tools on Monday.
Land Rover's Solihull plant has been hit by a second 24-hour stoppage today, 9 February, involving T&G, Amicus and GMB members.
Land Rover dealers were left counting the cost of strike action
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.
Land Rover dealers were left counting the cost of strike action this week after the company's workforce downed tools on Monday. As AM went to press, all of the 8,200 workers at the carmaker's Midlands plants in Solihull were believed to have mounted picket lines.
Unions representing workers at Land Rover announced yesterday that the next 24 hour stoppage will begin at 6 am on Monday 9th February.
Amicus, TGWU and GMB members at Land Rover started their planned 24-hour strike action from 6 am today, Monday 26th January in rejection of the company's pay offer.
