The Latest News, Announcements And Rumours From The World Of Cars
This is the Range Rover Evoque Convertible concept and it’s coming to Geneva. According to Land Rover they’ve built “the world’s first premium convertible SUV” to gauge public reaction. If all goes well it will get the green light within 6 months and be in showrooms by 2014-15. But we suspect the decision has already [...]
Tally ho old chap. What with the new Range Rover due this summer, the current model is shortly due to shuffle off to the knacker’s yard. So to celebrate the existing model’s 10th birthday, the good people at Land Rover have developed three special editions to enrich our lives. Well, either that or screw more [...]
The finalists for the prestigious World Car Of The Year awards have been announced. Two awards are up for grabs; the World Car Of The Year 2012 and the World Performance Car Of The Year 2012. The ten finalists in each category were selected by a jury of 66 international car journalists from Europe, Asia [...]
The award-winning Jaguar C-X75 and C-X16 have made their Indian debut at the New Delhi Auto Expo. Jaguar Land Rover also used the 2012 New Delhi Auto Expo to show off the latest alterations to their Defender Concept which will morph into the replacement for the iconic Land Rover Defender in 2015. Jaguar C-X75 The [...]
Buoyed up by the success of the Range Rover Evoque, reports indicate that Land Rover is planning a larger model due in 2015. Dubbed the “Grand” Evoque it should provide more legroom than the standard Evoque, extra luggage space and possibly seven seats. The new model which will sit between the little brother and the [...]
Land Rover is actively considering a new sporty sub-brand for their performance vehicles. During an interview with Inside Line, Land Rover’s Global Brand Director, John Edwards said “there’s definitely room for performance products” within the Land Rover range. He also admitted that they were “certainly considering” the development of a sporty sub-brand. At present, both [...]
The 14th Annual Scottish Car Of The Year Awards took place in Glasgow on the 14th October. And it was the Range Rover Evoque which drove off with the prestigious Scottish Car Of The Year Award. The winner was revealed by the Association of Scottish Motoring Writers (ASMW) at a gala dinner held in Glasgow’s [...]
Jaguar Land Rover is to build a new £355m manufacturing plant in the West Midlands. And when the Wolverhampton factory opens in 2014-15 it will churn out low-emission four-cylinder engines – lots of them. In fact, given the scope of their ambitions it could reach 300,000 engines a year if things go well. This new [...]
Land Rover provided one of the biggest surprises at this year’s Frankfurt Motor Show by wheeling out not one, but two Defender concepts. We’ve already seen the silver station wagon Defender DC100. But the yellow open-top 4×4 DC100 Sport came as quite a surprise. And judging by the level of online irritation caused by the [...]
The first Range Rover Evoque has been delivered – to Land Rover ambassador Zara Phillips. She took delivery of her new 5 door Evoque last weekend. Laura Schwab, the Director of Marketing for Land Rover UK said “Zara has been excited about the new Evoque ever since we revealed the first pictures over a year [...]
