Ford's Bridgend engine plant has been awarded the contract to produce two new Land Rover and Volvo engines.
Land Rover sold 47,147 vehicles in the UK in 2004, beating 2003’s record by 128 units.
Land Rover is to release an all-new Sport version of the Range Rover.
BMW is to further cut the number of jobs at its Swindon car body plant by 400 as it scales down production of parts for MG Rover and Land Rover.
Charles Hurst Land Rover in Belfast made it a special occasion for its first Discovery 3 customer by arranging for the vehicle to be delivered last week by helicopter.
A Coventry based automotive manufacturing firm which provides parts for MG Rover, Jaguar, Land Rover, Aston Martin and Bentley, looks set to axe up to 100 jobs.
Premier Supply, a supplier of Land Rover parts and accessories, has launched a service guide for its parts for the first time.
The imminent arrival of the new Discovery 3 has failed to dampen customer enthusiasm for the outgoing model, with Land Rover selling out of stocks in September.
The doom and gloom surrounding Jaguar and Land Rover continues with the news that the brands have come second and third from bottom in a survey of vehicle reliability and cost of repair.
The Land Rover Discovery 3 goes on sale on November 1 priced from £26,995 to £46,995.
Union members at Land Rover’s Solihull factory are due today (Sept 24) to accept the company’s ‘road map’ to improved productivity key to the plant’s survival.
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.
Managers and staff at the Land Rover plant in Solihull have agreed a plan this afternoon aimed at safeguarding 8,000 jobs through improving its performance.
Ford expects sales at its British off-road brand Land Rover to hold roughly steady this year compared with the 165,163 cars it sold in 2003.
A television advert for the Land Rover Freelander Sport featuring a woman firing a starting pistol has been banned by regulator Ofcom.
Land Rover’s Solihull factory is facing a renewed threat of closure after a joint management-union rescue plan was rejected by Ford, its owner.
Land Rover has returned to profit for the first time since it was bought by US-based Ford Motor four years ago, according to new UK accounts filed the British firm.
Land Rover has backed down on a warranty dispute centring on the use of non-OE parts following intervention by the Automotive Distribution Federation and the Office of Fair Training.
An online human resources training package under trial by the Jaguar Land Rover Training Academy has been shortlisted for a ‘Personnel Today’ award.
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.
