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THE WEEK THAT WAS: A little bit of niggle
17 May 2013
I wouldn't have thought that, with the current state of play in the European auto industry, there'd be too much niggle in the union ranks. But we've reported on a bit this week.
PRODUCT EYE: Porsche Cayman
17 May 2013
When Porsche GB invites you to the Scottish Highlands to drive its new Cayman, you tend to reschedule whatever else was in the diary. Glenn Brooks was just-auto's man on EasyJet to Inverness.
US: BorgWarner to engineer and make JLR turbochargers in England
15 May 2013
BorgWarner will provide British engineered and made turbochargers for Jaguar Land Rover's (JLR's) new four-cylinder petrol and diesel engines, scheduled to launch in 2015.
INDIA: Jaguar Land Rover April sales rise 15%
15 May 2013
Tata Motors said Jaguar Land Rover sales in April 2013 rose 15% year on year to 28,874 units - 5,334 Jaguar and 23,540 Land Rover.
US: Jaguar unveils F-type global marketing campaign
15 May 2013
Jaguar has announced details of the global advertising and marketing campaign - tagline 'Your Turn' - to launch the F-Type.
UK: More OEM-supply chain work needed to target GBP3bn opportunity: Ebm-papst
14 May 2013
Further collaboration is needed between OEMs and component manufacturers in order to realise economies of scale in the automotive industry, says motors and fans supplier, Ebm-papst.
UK: Western Europe's main dealer count declined in 2012 (but only by 3%)
14 May 2013
Research by the UK-based ICDP shows that the collapse to demand in Western Europe is leading to a decline in the number of main dealer sales networks across the region.
UK: Jaguar Land Rover hits new April sales peak
14 May 2013
Tata Group's UK luxury vehicle unit Jaguar Land Rover enjoyed its best-ever April selling 28,503 vehicles, up 12% year on year. Year to date sales rose 16% to 143,974.
UK: Jaguar Land Rover highlights quality recruits challenge
13 May 2013
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) says potential recruits in the UK able to deal with its enormous supply challenges are "not readily available," although the automaker was in a more favourable position than component manufacturers.
UK: JLR opens new engineering test centre in Dubai
13 May 2013
Tata Group's Jaguar Land Rover has expanded its Middle East test programme with a new engineering test centre in Dubai, UAE, to conduct extreme hot weather vehicle research, development and testing.
UK: Urgent action needed to replace 96,000 engineers: Ebm-papst
10 May 2013
Motors and fans supplier, Ebm-papst, has issued a clarion call for the UK to urgently replace its engineer stock as demographics and competing career options take their toll.
UK: Local suppliers get over half of Jaguar F-Type contracts
10 May 2013
Tata Motors' Jaguar Land Rover has awarded contracts worth GBP2.8bn (US$4.3bn) to companies worldwide to supply parts for the new F-Type, with over GBP1.5bn ($US2.3bn) placed with suppliers here in the UK.
UK: Mixed job news at Japanese carmakers' plants
7 May 2013
There's good news and bad news at two Japanese car plants here in England this week.
THE WEEK THAT WAS: Once more to the toy shop, brothers!
3 May 2013
Those three of you who peruse every bit of just-auto's home page every day will probably already know The Editorial Team had our annual Fun Day Out this week, courtesy of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) Test Day. I've been going, on and off, sice 1987 and the agenda follows a refreshingly familar, welll-proven and immensely popular programme which I believe is unique to the UK auto industry. After earlier using other venues, the SMMT nowadays books Millbrook, the former Vauxhall Proving Ground (founded 1968), almost every importer/manufacturer shows up with the allocated six cars, caterers lay out a fine breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea - and we show up and go nuts.
US APRIL SALES: Detroit grows market share
3 May 2013
US light vehicle sales continued their upward swing in April, finishing up 8.5% year on year at 1.29m for the month. Year to date (YTD) results were 6.9% ahead of the first four months of 2012.
GERMANY [updated 3/5/13]: BMW revenues and profit slip in Q1
2 May 2013
Tough trading conditions in Europe have put a dent in BMW's first quarter revenues and profit.
UK: 500kg weight loss claimed for I4 Range Rover Sport
1 May 2013
Stuart Frith, the chief programme engineer for the new Range Rover Sport, has revealed details of more derivatives to come, including "over 500kg of weight reduction compared to the outgoing model" for the still-secret four-cylinder versions.
COLOMBIA: Sales fell 23% YTD in Q1 but recovery is expected
24 April 2013
The government announcement about reducing credit interest rates came as Colombian new car sales fell 23% YTD though month on month sales in March rose 2.9% to 22,888 units, the best month in 2013 so far.
CHINA: Johnson Controls supplies start-stop battery technology
22 April 2013
Johnson Controls is to supply its Absorbent Glass Mat (AGM) battery technology to power the Chery Jaguar Land Rover start-stop and other vehicles made in China.
UK: Jaguar Land Rover’s global sales up 16% in March
12 April 2013
With sales of 53,772 units in March and 115,504 units for the first quarter of 2013, Jaguar Land Rover has recorded its best ever monthly and quarterly global sales performance up 16% and 17% respectively versus the prior year.
US: General Motors announces $332m powertrain spend
4 April 2013
General Motors said on Thursday (4 April, 2013) it would spend around US$332m at four factories to produce more fuel-efficient engines and transmissions.
US: Car sales continue to rise
3 April 2013
US light vehicle sales continue to grow last month. Automakers delivered better than 1.4m cars and trucks, a 3.5% improvement over March 2012. This translated into a seasonally adjusted annualised rate (SAAR) of 15.27m sales, slightly below analysts’ expectation of 15.4m, but more than 1m sales higher than the mark from last March. March 2013 was the fifth consecutive month the SAAR was above 15m.
US: New York show round-up
3 April 2013
So, what are we to make of the New York show? Is it a purely parochial affair, staged to provide a fillip to the Greater New York dealers who organise it, or an event worthy of the word 'international' in its title?
NEW YORK SHOW: Global debuts list [Final version]
2 April 2013
Multiple concepts and new models are making their global debuts at the New York auto show. Public days are 29 March to 7 April.
BANGKOK SHOW: Domestic economy rebound boosts sales to record
27 March 2013
The 34th Bangkok International Motor Show got under way with a press preview on 26 March against a backdrop of record domestic sales in the country - driven by a domestic economy rebounding strongly from the devastating floods at the end of 2011.
US: Ancient rule bans Audi headlight innovation
25 March 2013
Headlights optional on Audi A8 sedans that see around corners and illuminate more space without blinding oncoming motorists can't be offered in the US because a 45-year-old regulation prohibits them.
UK: Jaguar Land Rover’s February sales up 3% to 26,855 vehicles
18 March 2013
Jaguar Land Rover says it sold 26,855 vehicles during February, an increase of 3% compared to the same period last year, while for the first two months of the year, the automaker sold 61,732 vehicles, up 18%.
Q&A with Alcoa Wheel and Transportation Products
14 March 2013
Alcoa Wheel & Transportation Products, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, serves the commercial vehicle, automotive, and defense markets with products used in a range of applications including forged aluminium wheels. In this interview, Matthew Beecham talked with Brian Thomas, Marketing Communications, Alcoa Wheel and Transportation Products.
UK: Ovenden to take Ford of Britain chair from Greenwell
13 March 2013
Ford has announced that Ford of Britain chairman Joe Greenwell CBE has elected to retire effective end of April 2013. Mark Ovenden, currently managing director, will add the chairman’s role to his responsibilities.
UK: Drive System Design joins The Proving Factory supplier initiative
12 March 2013
Specialist engineering consultancy, Drive System Design (DSD), has joined new, government-backed initiative, The Proving Factory, giving access to shared quality processes, as well as equipment and facilities capable of providing manufacturing capacity of up to 20,000 units per year.
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