With a quickly growing popularity in China and close to 100 dealers, Jaguar Land Rover has been seeking out a company to manufacture and sell the brand’s vehicles there. Currently a deal is in the works, and it looks like JLR will soon be partnered with Chery Automobile for the manufacturing vehicles to be sold [...]
The North American Car and Truck of the Year organization has released the list of nominees for 2012. The list consists of 24 vehicles including 17 cars and seven light trucks. A juror of 50 U.S. and Canadian journalists will pick the winner that will be announced at the 2012 Detroit AUto Show in January. [...]
Range Rover’s upcoming Mk4 flagship is getting a lot of attention just before its 2012 release. A recent rendering has been released that provides some insight as to what all the buzz is about. The brand has taken a step away from the readily-identifiable body style it has been maintaining with sleeker lighting in the [...]
The new Ranger Rover Evoque is more about efficiency than it is about power. Of course it may have some strong off-roading capabilities but the SUV/crossover is offered with a 4-cylinder lineup making 240-hp. Apparently, the folks at Land Rover have figured out that 240-hp is not enough and are working on a 300-hp version [...]
The European Car of the Year organization has revealed their nominees for the Car of the Year 2012 award. A total of 35 candidates will be competing for the award with the winner to be announced at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show on March 5, 2012. “All of the contenders are new vehicles available now [...]
Certified pre-owned Land Rovers come with a little extra security for buyers. The brand has added more points to its inspection of the vehicles, and an extra year of coverage, as of October 1. The total of the warranty on the Land Rover went from five years or 62,000 miles, up to six-years or 100,000 [...]
Jaguar/Land Rover (JLR) engines are currently supplied by Ford, which sold the brands to India’s Tata Motors in 2008. Well, time has come to change all that. JLR confirmed today that the two will invest £355 million ($483 million USD) in a new facility to produce -new, advanced technology, low-emission 4-cylinder gasoline and diesel engines in the [...]
Within in the next five years, Land Rover will get rid of its naming practice so that each model has just one name worldwide. That means no more of LR2 or LR4 names. We’re not sure if Land Rover will carry on using the Freelander and Discovery names since the name badging hasn’t really caught [...]
Land Rover today took the covers off of its new DC100 Concept alongside the DC100 Sport Concept. Both concept models preview the future direction of the next-generation Land Rover Defender model. “The new concept marks the move of the iconic Defender into the 21st century market,” Land Rover said. “The concept car builds upon the [...]
Land Rover’s brand ambassador Zara Phillips has become the first person to take delivery of the new Range Rover EVoque. She drove away the 5-door Stornaway Grey Evoque from the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials, where she was competing this weekend. “I’ve grown up around Land Rovers and have been an ambassador for the brand [...]
