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.
Land Rover has made a host of changes to its Freelander. It now has Range Rover-style looks at the front and back with similar twin headlights.
The Freelander is get a facelift – codenamed L314 – as part of Land Rover's product offensive at September's Frankfurt Motor Show.
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.
Land Rover has now launched the new Range Rover on the Chinese market. The newly launched version, equipped with a 4.4-litre V8 engine, is priced at 1.4 million yuan ($168,675).
Ford may be planning to move some Land Rover production facilities to China, according to some media reports in the country this morning.
Pendragon has acquired the business and assets of two Land Rover dealerships in Southern California, USA.
What have Victoria Beckham, Cherie Blair, Madonna and supermodel Jordan got in common? The answer isn't new babies but this season's latest fashion accessory – a three-wheel off-road Land Rover push chair.
Land Rover has announced that it will be looking for 1000 redundancies at its Solihull plant in 2003. The carmaker hopes that most of the job cuts will be achieved through a voluntary redundancy package and natural wastage.
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.
If buyers want an off-roader they should get a Land Rover. The BMW X5 satisfies a completely different set of requirements - image and style.
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.
Land Rover has opened its first Adventure Zone at the Bluewater retail and leisure complex in Kent which offers members of the public an opportunity to experience off-road driving.
The Range Rover luxury 4x4 enjoys Land Rover heritage and a solid pedigree stretching back to 1970. But with the boldly styled new generation range just out, 'old shape' values are weakening fast.
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.
Land Rover might take issue with Jeep's claim to have invented the off-road genre, but Wrangler - the incarnation of Karl Probst's 1941 Willys MB - has no rival. Not even Land Rover's Defender range comes close on the criteria which make Wrangler first ute choice in the States: cheap, soft topped/sided and petrol-powered.<
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.
Following extensive discussions, Land Rover and KPMG, the receivers of UPF (UK) Limited, have today reached an agreement which will safeguard jobs and guarantees the supply of chassis for the Discovery model.
Land Rover is finalising a settlement with receivers KPMG that will see it taking effective control of the collapsed components supplier UPF-Thompson.
Sytner Group has renamed its Stonelake Land Rover dealership in Wakefield Guy Salmon, the name synonymous with the marque.
