Land Rover

Land Rover Celebrates 60 Year Anniversary Today - LRX Concept and 'Huey,' the First Production Land Rover From 1948, at Solihull Facility in England. 60 years ago today, a motoring icon made its public debut, when the original Land Rover was shown at a motor show in Amsterdam, on April 30, 1948. The current Defender ...

Geoff Polites, chief executive officer of Jaguar Land Rover, has died peacefully in his home country of Australia. He was 60. Mr. Polites, who is credited with leading the team that returned the Jaguar Land Rover business back to profitability and successfully steering it through its ongoing sale process to ...

Ford Motor Company [NYSE: F] announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Jaguar Land Rover operations to Tata Motors.  The transaction is the culmination of Ford’s decision last August to explore strategic options for the Jaguar Land Rover business, as the company accelerates its focus on ...

  Land Rover Black and Silver LRX Hybrid Concept NEW YORK, March 19, 2008 – A striking black and silver version of Land Rover's acclaimed LRX cross-coupe concept makes ...

New England Motor Press Association Presents 2008 Winter Vehicle Award to Range Rover Sport Members of the New England Motor Press Association (NEMPA) last night presented Land Rover North America with a Winter Vehicle Award in the Ultra Luxury SUV segment for the 2008 Land Rover Range Rover Sport. NEMPA voted in early ...

Land Rover LR3 competition ready for the 2006 Land Rover G4 Challenge: Land Rover North America announces the United States intent to field a team for the 2008/2009 competition. ...

Tata Motors, which is engaged in focused and detailed negotiations with Ford on the Jaguar Land Rover business, clarifies that the company has had no discussions with Fiat on deployment of technologies developed by Jaguar and Land Rover. Tata Motors is pleased by the progress in the discussions with Ford to date ...

Ford Motor Co. has picked India's Tata Motors Ltd. as the top bidder to buy Ford's Jaguar and Land Rover units, the U.S. automaker said Thursday. Ford said it has entered into ``focused negotiations at a more detailed level'' with Tata, which means Tata has been picked as a preferred bidder for the storied British ...

Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F) could name Indian automaker Tata Motors Ltd. a ``preferred bidder'' for its Jaguar and Land Rover units as early as Friday, two people briefed on the negotiations said Wednesday. Talks continue at present with all three potential suitors, and a final deal is not expected to be announced until early next ...

Ford Motor Co. is still evaluating bids from three suitors for its Jaguar and Land Rover units, and a sale is not likely until early in 2008, according to a person who has been briefed on the negotiations. Indian automakers Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. and Tata Motors Ltd., as well as U.S. private equity firm ...

NEW DELHI (AP) _ For India, a former British colony, a takeover of Jaguar and Land Rover would be a boost to local pride and a sign of India's economic rise. But many investors and automotive industry analysts question whether a bid by India's Tata Motors _ maker of workhorse trucks and low-end mass market ...

DETROIT (AP) _ Ford Motor Co. is trying to sell its Jaguar and Land Rover units to raise needed cash and it's too soon to say if it would keep a stake in either luxury vehicle unit, the head of Ford's European operations said Wednesday. ``We're selling the business because we need the money ...

NEW DELHI(AP) _ The chairman of India's Tata Group has confirmed his company's interest in acquiring the Jaguar and Land Rover units of Ford Motor Co. ``We certainly have an interest in that,'' Chairman Ratan Tata told the CNN-IBN television channel in an interview, excerpts of which were telecast Friday. The company had previously refused comment ...

DETROIT (AP) _ Another former Ford Motor Co. executive has joined the bidding for Ford's Jaguar and Land Rover brands, a person familiar with the negotiations said Friday. Sir Nick Scheele has joined New York-based Ripplewood Holdings LLC in its bid for the luxury brands that cash-strapped Ford is trying to sell, according to the ...

DETROIT (AP) _ Ford Motor Co. has received several bids for its Jaguar and Land Rover units, but a spokesman said they were preliminary and no sale of either British automaking business is imminent. Thursday was a deadline to submit early bids on the two units, but a decision is likely several months away. ``We've had ...

LONDON (AP) _ Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday it was reviewing its position on Jaguar and Land Rover, fuelling speculation that the Dearborn, Michigan-based company is getting closer to selling them. John Gardiner, a spokesman for Ford's Premier Automotive Group, which includes the two brands plus Volvo, said Ford has been reviewing all of its ...

LONDON (AP) _ Ford Motor Co. said Tuesday it was reviewing its position on Jaguar and Land Rover, and union officials pressed for more information amid reports that the two brands were up for sale. John Gardiner, a spokesman for Ford's Premier Automotive Group which includes the two brands, said Ford had been reviewing ...