Byline: MATTHEW TUMBRIDGE ONE of the questions most com monly asked by car buyers is: "What's a good seven-seat car?" Some people really don't want a 4x4 because they think people will frown upon them. Others don't want an MPV because they are still too vanlike. But sadly,...
Byline: CHRIS RUSSON MOTORISTS are under the cosh, feel taxed to the hilt and face record prices at the pumps. Fuel economy and exhaust emissions have become the number one factor for drivers from all walks of life. But the car industry is cleaning up its act...
FIVE people were arrested by West Yorkshire Police following raids on three addresses in connection with organised fraud. The detectives targeted addresses in Bradford, Baildon and Wakefield and seized three luxury cars. A Ferrari, Porsche Boxster and a Land Rover with an estimated value of pounds 200,000 were taken from...
JCB has announced that John Patterson is to be succeeded as CEO by Chief Operating Officer Matthew Taylor. Patterson continues as chairman and CEO of JCB Inc., based in Savannah, Ga., and will focus on JCB's American business. He will remain on the main JCB Board as a director. Taylor...
THE British Red Cross is searching for volunteers to take part in a charity off-road challenge. The Land Rover G4 Challenge mixes 4x4 driving, mountain biking and climbing to raise money for aid for people in crisis at home and abroad. Seventeen countries will compete at the finals...
Byline: By GEMMA CASTLE News Reporter STAFF at a Huddersfield car dealership are jumping in on the fundraising drive to raise cash for one of the UK's leading charities. To mark the Red Cross Appeal Week, which runs until Saturday, staff at RocarMoores Land Rover are organising a...
STAFF at a Huddersfield car dealership are raising money for the British Red Cross. The fundraising will be taking place at Rocar Moores Land Rover at Leeds Road, Bradley, all next week to mark Red Cross Appeal Week. A prize draw will be held with a chance to...
Jaguar Land Rover chief executive Two of the most esteemed names in British carmaking - Jaguar and Land Rover - are embarking on a drive into uncharted territory. After Ford agreed to sell the companies to the conglomerate Tata for $2.3bn, the venerable marques - the first Land...
Byline: MATTHEW TUMBRIDGE MOST of us don't live in London, but to read the national press you would think we do. For the millions outside the M25, even if Ken Livingstone decides to tax the residents of Chelsea for breathing while driving, our lives won't change too much....
SYDNEY AFP — The chief executive of British luxury icons Jaguar and Land Rover, Geoff Polites, has died in Australia where he was visiting family, Ford Australia said Monday. He was 60. Polites, a former president of Ford Australia, is credited with leading Jaguar and Land Rover through the...
Byline: By CHRIS RUSSON THE new Jaguar XF sports saloon has picked up another award being named as the What Diesel Car of the Year. The 2.7-litre V6 diesel XF, which is priced from pounds 33,900, also topped the Executive car category in the magazine's prestigious annual award...
TWO special editions finished in copper paint jobs are being introduced by Nissan. The Visia+ trim will be available on the Micra hatchback and the Note mini-MPV. Both cost pounds 500 more than standard versions. The Micra Visia+ has air conditioning and a more powerful 80bhp 1.2-litre engine...
AFTER months of speculation and rumour it has finally been confirmed that the Ford Motor Company has sold the Jaguar and Land Rover car manufacturers to the Indian Tata group. The deal was confirmed on Wednesday and is worth EUR2.3 billion US (EUR1.45 billion). ...
TO all those Jaguar and Land Rover workers who are worried about their jobs, I say this - you're in good hands. Ford simply ran out of cash after spending nearly pounds 10billion keeping Jaguar afloat. Both brands are in the best shape they've been for decades,...
Bought for $2.3bn, can Jaguar and Land Rover really be left to get on with it? Richard Orange reports from Mumbai Perhaps Ratan Tata can only turn on the showmanship once a year. In January, Tata Group's chairman launched the world's cheapest car, the Tata Nano, by driving...
DETROIT -- While the $1.7 billion that Ford Motor will net on the sale of Jaguar and Land Rover to India's Tata Motors looks paltry compared with what it paid, every bit of cash it gains will help it weather the current economic downturn, industry watchers say. ...
DETROIT -- After spending billions of dollars on Jaguar and Land Rover, Ford Motor Co. gave up on the storied British automakers Wednesday and unloaded them to India's Tata Motors Ltd. for a mere third of the original purchase price. The deal is another sign of the growing...
OUTLOOK Why is Ratan Tata happy to write such a sizeable cheque for Land Rover and Jaguar? The 1.15bn the Indian conglomerate is paying for the two marques certainly crystallises an embarrassingly large loss for Ford, but that doesn't mean the price tag represents a bargain. ...
Tata Motors ended months of speculation yesterday when it agreed to buy Land Rover and Jaguar for just $2.3bn (1.15bn) in a deal that gives short-term security for 16,000 workers at the luxury marques. The final price - less than half what Ford had paid for the companies,...
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