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Cars UK (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Land Rover has posted impressive sales figures for October with sales up by 89% in comparison to October 2008. Land Rover has suffered really badly from both the current economic meltdown and the world’s obsession with all things ‘Eco’. The big 4×4s produced by Land Rover seem to have been the main target of the eco-mentalists, [...] News from: Cars UK | UK Car News Land Rover...
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America's Right (Free subscription) | yesterday
Want a great analogy to the inevitable fate of government-run health care? Look no further than the American automakers. At the beginning of the week, analysts and ordinary Americans alike were shocked to discover that Ford Motor Company, the only American automaker which did not take federal bailout cash, reported a profit of $997 million during the third quarter. Sure, if you look at how government...
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BrandFaqs: The Brand Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
The European chief of General Motors (GM), Carl-Peter Forster, may switch to Indian car manufacturer Tata, German media reported Saturday. Forster, 55, is quitting GM after strongly criticising the Detroit-based car giant's surprise U-turn in deciding not to sell European subsidiary Opel. Tata is reportedly eyeing the GM manager to take charge of its global sales division. A decision was due shortly,...
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Stop Her She's Knitting (Free subscription) | yesterday
So, for your Saturday enjoyment. And because I have a busy day today and so the words must be few. I thought I would regale you with all the pictures that I took in Africa of the things that people carry on their heads. I am always obsessed with taking pictures of these things because I am just fascinated by it. I am always amazed by the variety of things that people transport on their craniums. So,...
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Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
A hungry lion leaps on to the bonnet of an open-topped Land Rover, snarling straight into the faces of a safari park family – and, amazingly, they just roar with laughter.
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Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Mike Swain A Hungry lion leaps on to the bonnet of an open-topped Land Rover, snarling at a safari park family and, amazingly, they just roar with laughter.
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Cars and Motorbikes - Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
It's probably just as well that the Land Rover Discovery seems to have finally come off the fence with its ambitions to be a luxury car. At the best part of three tonnes, I doubt the fence could have...
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Autocar (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Now Fiat’s plans for Chrysler have revealed, it’s worth pondering just how remarkably similar Chrysler’s history is to Rover’s. The American carmaker built its reputation on advanced engineering at an affordable price (as did Rover in the 1960s) but suffered a near-death experience in 1979 before being bailed out by the US government. It prospered for a while through the compact...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Honest John explains why Land Rover can offer 2years' zero per cent interest finance on half the value of a new Freelander reader wants.
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Indian Express (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The Tata group may have just managed to fend off major labour unrest among the Corus workforce by disbursing a much-awaited bonus, but there's another brewing on the Jaguar Land Rover front.
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A Welsh View (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
This advert in the New Yorker probably cost Land Rover a pretty penny. Can you spot the mistake? [via @Rafe]
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traimi | 27/09/2009
Planned for a 2012 launch, the replacement for the traditional 61-year-old Land Rover is underway in JLR’s Gaydon design center. Dubbed Project Icon, the plan is for a relatively simple, steel-suspended workhorse meant to attract lower-end Discovery buyers.
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traimi | 27/09/2009
Jaguar Land Rover’s revised business plan includes an idea to close one of its plants in the West Midlands by the middle of the next decade. It’s still a toss-off between the Castle Bromwich plant in Birmingham or its Solihull plant.
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traimi | 25/09/2009
Land Rover confirmed today that LRX Concept will be built and that the production version will join the Range Rover line-up in 2011. The new car will be built at the Gaydon facility and it will be the “smallest and most efficient vehicle the company has ever produced”.