Land Rover Corporate News

1100 new jobs created to build new Jaguar models – including the new XF      Sportbrake – at its Castle Bromwich manufacturing plant in the West Midlands Coventry, UK. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), the UK’s largest automotive design, engineering and manufacturing employer, will expand its workforce at its advanced manufacturing facility in Castle Bromwich to […]

Global success of Range Rover Evoque and Freelander 2 creates new logistics jobs £1bn additional supplier contracts support growing demand for Range Rover Evoque Halewood, 11th May 2012. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is to spend an additional £1 billion with UK suppliers over the next four years amid continued global demand for the Range Rover […]

27TH May 2011: Jaguar Land Rover today officially opens its first assembly plant in India. The facility at Pune in the Maharashtra region of India, will assemble Land Rover Freelander 2 vehicles supplied in Complete Knock Down (CKD) form from Jaguar Land Rover’s Halewood manufacturing plant in Liverpool, UK.

PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA – Jaguar Land Rover South Africa is pleased to announce the appointment of Kevin Flynn as the new Managing Director for Jaguar Land Rover South Africa and Sub-Sahara Africa. He will report to Mr Dmitry Kolchanov, Overseas Director, Jaguar and Land Rover.

Gaydon, Warwickshire, UK 16th August 2010 Frank Klaas has joined Jaguar Land Rover as Global Head of Communications. Klaas, who takes up his position with immediate effect, assumes global responsibility for communications and public affairs activities. He reports directly to Jaguar Land Rover’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr Ralf Speth.

Gaydon, Warwickshire, 6 May 2010 – Land Rover, the leading manufacturer of prestigious SUV vehicles in the UK, is to create 275 new jobs at the company’s manufacturing plant in Solihull, West Midlands.

Six decades – and still going strong Six decades ago this year, a motoring icon made its public debut. The occasion was the Amsterdam Motor Show, and it was here that the original Land Rover was first shown, on April 30, 1948.

GAYDON, Warwickshire, 8 September 2008 – Jaguar Land Rover today welcomed a Government initiative aimed at encouraging and supporting UK manufacturing as being central to Britain’s future prosperity and urged its full implementation.

Although customers will be unaffected by Tata Holdings’ acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford, there are significant behind-the-scenes developments at Jaguar Land Rover South Africa.

Phil Popham is the Managing Director of Land Rover. He was appointed to the position in April 2006. Formerly Director of Land Rover European Operations, he has a background in sales and marketing, including assignments in South Africa and the United States.