Jaguar Land Rover Plans New Manufacturing Facility in Brazil
- Agreement signed with the State of Rio de Janeiro to build a Jaguar Land Rover manufacturing facility
- Jaguar Land Rover will invest R$750m (£240m) in the programme
- Plant will have an annual production capacity of 24,000 vehicles
- Plant will initially employ 400 people, generating additional jobs in the supply chain
- First vehicles to come off the assembly line in 2016
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Jaguar Land Rover is to become the first British carmaker to open a manufacturing facility in Brazil following a landmark agreement between the company and state authorities to build a plant in the State of Rio de Janeiro.
14MY Family Picture Time, starting with the 2014 Land Rover Discovery
As previously discussed this a nice refresh for the aging Discovery. This is the latest set of images, adding 20 more than we had before!
Click on through:
And now a little of my wonderful editorial, ha!
The Wade Sensing feature we’ve seen on the new Range Rover and Range Rover Sport – interesting note – both of the Range Rovers have better wading depths than the Land Rover!
This is the one that just bothered me:
Why don’t they center the Terrain Response icons?
I’m sure this is from a big professional photo shoot but maybe use a can of compressed air next time to get rid of some of that white dust settled into the controls.
And in the bottom right corner, maybe some blue wiring insulation?
Someone in China has taken credit for my site! I feel truly legitimate now, it’s like those knock-off iPhones!
This is separate of Ovalnews, but I still think it’s amusing. This site is an off-shoot of my original site ROVERHAUL.com. On that site I documented my year long frame-off restoration of a 1971 Land Rover Series IIA. It’s still very popular, I get questions & comments constantly. I was going through the stats on the site; always checking out the largest and most interesting referring sites. Tonight I found a Chinese language webboard with a 26-page long thread in which the author “documented” the restoration of “his” 1971 Land Rover – funny thing was, all of his pictures were mine. He cropped all of our faces, used filters and watermarked each one. He really went to some trouble to make it like it was all his. On one hand I almost feel bad because it’s pretty pathetic and on the other hand I’m just mad.
But, it is what it is – still made me laugh out loud. Best post was the one where someone else pointed out that he was a fraud using this image he posted – this is dedication:
My original:
And another amusing post in which someone said he should use a better camera, he had a response but in actuality it was state of the art digital camera for 2003!
Go check it out and you can decide if he’s really the one who did the restore, haha. This thread has been viewed 109,000 times.
http://bbs.fblife.com/thread_2475609_1.html
Hey that’s me! (or is it????)
John Edwards to lead new Land Rover Individual Products Division
Whitley, Coventry: Jaguar Land Rover has appointed John Edwards into the role of Managing Director of the newly created Individual Products Division with immediate effect. The new division will be responsible for designing and creating a portfolio of brand extending products, ranging from high value halo vehicles to lifestyle merchandise products.
In his new role, John will be responsible for the company’s ‘Engineered To Order’ division, accessories, licensing & merchandise activities, vehicle operations and heritage vehicles across both brands.
On the new appointment, Jaguar Land Rover’s Chief Executive, Dr Ralf Speth commented:"The introduction of the Individual Products Division is an exciting new opportunity for Jaguar Land Rover and is designed to sharpen our relentless focus on delivering outstanding products for our customers – past, present and future. John brings a wealth of experience to the role which will be integral to supporting our future growth strategy."
John Edwards joined Jaguar Land Rover as a graduate and has held a number of senior management positions, most recently Land Rover Global Brand Director during which time he oversaw a period of significant volume and profit growth for the Land Rover business.
Commenting on his new role, John said,"This is a great opportunity to establish a new business within a business. Both Jaguar and Land Rover are world renowned brands that evoke strong emotional connections with customers the world over. We intend to ensure that our product offering constantly evolves to further enhance the experience of owning one of our products. This new division aims to develop that additional dimension."
John continues to sit on Jaguar Land Rover’s Executive Committee.