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Jaguar Land Rover to create 1,300 UK jobs to build SUV

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    Jaguar Land Rover to create 1,300 UK jobs to build SUV

    Dam would you look at that, not half bad. I hope the inside is as nice in appearance and technology as the outside would suggest.

    There's hope yet for manufacturing in the UK. Go India!

    http://www.bbc.com/news/business-30772631



    Jaguar Land Rover to create 1,300 UK jobs to build SUV

    12 January 2015 Last updated at
    08:21 GMT
    Jaguar C-X17 Sports Crossover ConceptThe car will be based on Jaguar's C-X17 Sports Crossover Concept
    Jaguar Land Rover says it will create 1,300 new jobs to build Jaguar's first sports utility vehicle (SUV) at its Solihull plant in the West Midlands.

    The firm has already invested £1.5bn in the Solihull plant to enable it to increase production, and it said its workforce there had almost doubled over the past three years to 9,450.

    Jaguar Land Rover currently employs 30,500 people in the UK.

    The car, called the Jaguar F-PACE, will be based on its C-X17 concept car.

    That was first launched at the Frankfurt motor show in 2013. The new model is due to go on sale in 2016.

    Jaguar Land Rover's UK executive director, Mike Wright, told the BBC the new vehicle would not be a "gas guzzler".

    "We spend about £3.5bn on our product investment each year and one thing that we really focus on is making sure that our future cars are both economic in terms of fuel economy, in terms of CO2.

    "This car's going to be built at one of the world's biggest aluminium body shops at Solihull that we've invested a huge amount of money in over the last couple of years. So gas guzzling? No".

    'Thriving'
    The luxury car firm, owned by India's Tata Motors, said it had chosen the UK as the new model's manufacturing base because it wanted its cars to be "crafted with that special British flair".

    Jaguar Land Rover chief executive Dr Ralf Speth said the announcement demonstrated its "commitment to the UK and the advancement of a high-tech, high-skilled, manufacturing-led economy".

    Business Secretary Vince Cable hailed the decision as a "ringing endorsement" of the UK's car industry.

    Mr Cable said Jaguar Land Rover's decision showed the UK's car manufacturing sector was in good health.

    "The UK's automotive industry is thriving with a new car rolling off the production line every 20 seconds, and increasing levels of investment that's helping to secure local jobs," he said.

    Growth
    The announcement came as Jaguar Land Rover said it had sold 462,678 vehicles globally last year - a rise of 9% year-on-year - and the fifth consecutive year that sales have grown.

    China saw the strongest growth, with sales up 28%, while in the UK sales rose 7%.

    Economic growth in China has slowed in recent years, and a clampdown on government spending on luxuries is eating into many companies' sales growth in the country.

    However, Mr Wright told the BBC said there was little sign of slowing demand in China for its products.

    "In the medium to long-term we see huge demand. The retail demand is still there in China," he said.
    "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

    #2
    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
    Dam would you look at that, not half bad. I hope the inside is as nice in appearance and technology as the outside would suggest.

    There's hope yet for manufacturing in the UK. Go India!

    BBC News - Jaguar Land Rover to create 1,300 UK jobs to build SUV

    Tata are slave trading outsourcers, tax avoiders, intellectual property thief's, immigration law breakers. Don't believe the PR. That they own the Land Rover brand is a scandal.

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      #3
      Originally posted by CoolCat View Post
      Tata are slave trading outsourcers, tax avoiders, intellectual property thief's, immigration law breakers. Don't believe the PR. That they own the Land Rover brand is a scandal.
      The body reminds me of the Porsche Macan, which I'd buy in a heartbeat but it's an awful lot of cheddar for occasional use.

      "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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        #4
        Originally posted by CoolCat View Post
        Tata are slave trading outsourcers, tax avoiders, intellectual property thief's, immigration law breakers. Don't believe the PR. That they own the Land Rover brand is a scandal.
        WHS.

        They will never see a penny of my money.

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          #5
          Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
          WHS.

          They will never see a penny of my money.
          that's shown em
          Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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            #6
            Originally posted by DimPrawn View Post
            WHS.

            They will never see a penny of my money.
            Oh come on. That's how the industry works. UK Defence companies offer backhanders and kickbacks you name it when selling fast jets to the Saudis, who are now funding the terrorism we don't like so much.

            It's all swings and roundabouts.
            "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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              #7
              Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
              Dam would you look at that, not half bad. I hope the inside is as nice in appearance and technology as the outside would suggest.

              There's hope yet for manufacturing in the UK. Go India!
              Looks an awful lot like the Range Rover Evoke.



              "Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.

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                #8
                Originally posted by DaveB View Post
                Looks an awful lot like the Range Rover Evoke.



                Same design team.....
                merely at clientco for the entertainment

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                  #9
                  Looks tulipe.

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                    #10
                    Ugh. An "offroad vehicle" which can't go offroad, and has now been squashed in height as well.

                    If you must go that route it's fairly sleek but an actual car would be preferable.
                    Originally posted by MaryPoppins
                    I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
                    Originally posted by vetran
                    Urine is quite nourishing

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