Pendragon has stepped up its motor retailing growth in Germany with the acquisition of SGZ, a Land Rover dealership in Darmstadt, near Frankfurt.
##2nd Byte--left## A series of new business signings has prompted 2nd Byte to further strengthen its management team. With car manufacturers Bentley and Land Rover joining the 2nd Byte client list so far this year, the company has recruited three more senior managers.
Land Rover could "in time" share some UK retail sites with other brands in the Ford Premier Automotive Group, according to Land Rover UK managing director Mike Wright.
Mitsubishi's 5dr Shogun Pinin will go on sale next month at prices expected to be well below its main rivals. Toyota's RAV4 in NV trim, Suzuki Grand Vitara and the Honda CR-V in LS trim each costs £16,495. Land Rover's Freelander 1.8 S is £17,495.
A Spanish-made version of the obsolete Land Rover Series III will go on sale in the UK next year, targeted at agricultural users and utility companies.
The full-size four-by-four is a tough market: gone is the era when many upwardly mobile executives who wanted landed gentry status to complement their new wealth believed the bypass around an arranged marriage to a chinless wonder was to buy or choose an off-roader.
TMS Motor Group has two Land Rover, two Volvo and a TVR dealership in Leicestershire, selling approximately 500 new Volvo and Land Rover models each year, together with around 60 TVR sports cars.
##Land Rover logo--left## Land Rover is launching a revised used vehicle programme in January to meet rising customer expectations and tie more aftersales business to its 130-strong dealer network.
Nissan is ready to go head-to-head with Ford's Land Rover when it launches its new X-Trail 4x4 in the UK next July.
Land Rover should know it doesn't have the V6 compact off-roader market to itself. Hot on the heels of the Freelander V6 is the new Vauxhall Frontera Sport RS V6 - and it comes with some key advantages over Solihull's market leader.
Managing director Alec Colvin-Smith has appointed two senior managers at North Eastern Land Rover as he looks toward developing other areas of the business, both motor and non-motor related.
Aston Martin, which like Volvo is a Ford Premier Automotive Group carmaker, is to develop a third model and raise annual production from 1,000 to 2,500 units. A production plant and research and development centre will be built at Gaydon, the former Rover facility acquired by Ford in the Land Rover deal.
Land Rover has announced across-the-range price cuts up to 14% in a bid to end “uncertainty and confusion” in the UK market in time for the September plate-change.
Ford aims to return Land Rover to profit in 2002 by boosting worldwide sales, cutting costs and introducing more 'lifestyle' models, some based on the Defender.
Vicky Fletcher is bucking the trend in the male-dominated retail motor industry after being appointed workshop manager at James Edwards Land Rover in Chester.
Ford is planning a radical shake-up of its new Land Rover division after two years of losses under BMW's ownership.
Land Rover aims to cash in on the booming double-cab pick-up market with the launch of the Defender 110 Double Cab.
Land Rover will grow faster and further under new owners Ford, according to managing director Mike Wright.
Lee Collins plans to expand the £37m turnover Prestons BMW and Hillendale Land Rover, in Colne, Lancs, after being appointed group managing director.
