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2010 Jaguar XJL Supercharged Neiman Marcus Edition sells out in just 4 hours
Last Friday, Jaguar and Neiman Marcus started taking orders for the special 2010 Jaguar XJL Supercharged Neiman Marcus Edition, of which just 50 units will be built. The two announced today that it took them just four hours and four minutes to sell all of units that were offered exclusively through the retailer’s Christmas Book.
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Tata raises $750 million to pay down Jaguar, Land Rover debt
Tata Motors, owner of Jaguar and Land Rover, said that it has raised $750 million by issuing global depositary receipts and convertible bonds to pay down debt. The debt was taken on for its acquisition of loss-making Jaguar and Land Rover, which it bought from FoMoCo last year.
Tata had a consolidated debt of around 240 billion [...]
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2010 Jaguar XJL Supercharged Neiman Marcus Edition carries $105,000 price tag
Jaguar announced today that it will offer the 2010 Jaguar XJL Supercharged Neiman Marcus Edition, exclusively through the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book later this month.
Power for the 2010 Jaguar XJL Supercharged Neiman Marcus Edition comes from a 5.0L V8 engine with an Eaton supercharger making 470-hp. It is mated to Jaguar’s Sequential Shift 6-speed ZF automatic [...]
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Report: Jaguar working on a 5-door coupe based on the XF
Sources have told Inside Line that Jaguar is hard at work on a 5-door coupe that would compete with the Audi A5 Sportback and the BMW 5-Series Gran Turismo. Internally known as the RD7, the model will be based on the XF platform and architecture and will have suicide-type rear doors and a side hinged [...]
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Tata says it will close a Land Rover or Jaguar factory next year
Tata Motors said today that it will close one of the three Jaguar/Land Rover assembly plants in England by 2014 in an effort to move the two brands to profitability. Tata said that it will close either a factory in Castle Bromwich, which makes Jaguars, or its plant in Solihull, which makes Land Rovers.
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Speaking to AutoCar at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, Jaguar’s engineering boss Mick Mohan said that the company is planning a rival to the Audi A5 and the BMW 3-Series. He said that the much talked about XE sportscar is one of the several options being considered to replace the X-Type.
“The X-Type won’t be around [...]
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2009 Frankfurt: 2010 Jaguar XJ is one classy pussycat
- Key Competitors: Audi A8, Lexus LS, BMW 7-Series, Mercedes-Benz S-Class, Infiniti M.
- Engines: 385-hp 5.0L naturally aspirated V8; 470-hp 5.0L supercharged V8; 510-hp 5.0L supercharged V8. Europe also gets a 275-hp 3.0L AJ-V6D Gen III.
- Transmission: 6-speed automatic with a fully-adaptive shift system.
- Performance: 510-hp 5.0L supercharged V8 goes from 0-60mph time of 4.7 seconds.
- Pricing: [...]
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Tata secures private loan for Jaguar/Land Rover, doesn’t need Britain’s help
A UK government spokesperson said today that Tata Motors has secured a 175 million pound ($289 million) private sector loan for Jaguar Land Rover and no longer needs financial support from Britain. The Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform has been holding talks with Tata and Jaguar Land Rover on guaranteeing both short and long-term [...]
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Tata Motors net profits jump 58%, Jaguar/Land Rover worries remain
Tata Motors, creator of the world’s cheapest car and owner of luxury brands Jaguar and Land Rover, reported a 58 percent rise in net profit, defying analyst forecasts for a halving of profit. The Indian automaker reported a net profit of 5.14 billion rupees ($107 million) in the quarter to June, from 3.26 billion rupees a year [...]
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The very first Jaguar C-Type to set foot on U.S. soil will be auctioned off at the upcoming Sports & Classics at Monterey auction on August 15. The 1952 C-Type bearing chassis number XKC-007 is the same unit driven by Phil Hill during the 1952 season. Hill won the Torrey Pines Road Races with the car.
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