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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.

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: 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: 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: 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.

INDIA: Tata to delay investment in SE Asia

1 May 2013

Tata Motors has signaled it will delay construction of a regional plant for south-east Asia until its sales reach adequate levels.

MYANMAR: Ford opens first dealership

1 May 2013

Ford has opened its first dealership in Myanmar [once Burma - ed], in the commercial capital of Yangon, following the recent lifting of economic sanctions by the EU and the US.

INDIA: Maruti Suzuki may build plant in South Africa

10 April 2013

Maruti Suzuki is the latest Indian automaker to consider setting up a plant in South Africa. The company could use the planned facility for supplying neighbouring markets.

THAILAND: Tata targets moderate growth in Thailand

10 April 2013

India’s Tata Motors is targeting output growth of 10% in Thailand in the fiscal year ending in March 2014, helped by dealer network expansion and exports to neighbouring markets in south-east Asia.

INDIA: Honda mulls budget model

9 April 2013

Honda is considering a low-cost budget car below its Brio compact for the Indian market which could be based on one of its Japan-only 660cc Kei cars, reported the Times of India.

THE WEEK THAT WAS: Showtime in New York

28 March 2013

Award for the most cleverly orchestrated hype this week has gotta go to Tata Motors' Land Rover which unveiled its long-awaited Range Rover Sport in New York this week, a superb case study of how much the method of launching new cars has changed in the digital age.

NEW YORK SHOW: New platform & seven seats for Range Rover Sport

27 March 2013

The second generation of Land Rover's Range Rover Sport is making its world premiere at the New York International Auto Show. The main news is a 5+2 seating format, the choice of two 4x4 systems, plus a diesel hybrid and four-cylinder variants to come.

INDIA: Fiat plans yet another re-launch

27 March 2013

Fiat plans to tap into niche and specialist markets in India rather than challenge small car market leaders Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai head on.

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.

INDIA: Tata cuts some prices

8 March 2013

Tata Motors said it has cut prices of its hatchbacks and sedans by INR29,000-50,000 rupees (US$530-$910), in a bid to attract customers in a market that is on course in the current fiscal year to post the first decline in annual sales in a decade.

GENEVA 2013 PRESS PREVIEW DAYS REVIEW: Part One

7 March 2013

As our list of vehicle and concept world premieres attests, this year’s Geneva motor show media preview days saw a bumper crop of new models revealed. Glenn Brooks, our man at the Palais des Expositions, reports his observations.

GENEVA: JLR ups investment plans

5 March 2013

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has announced in Geneva that it will increase its investment plans for manufacturing and new product development.

INTERVIEW: Premium cars boost premium audiomaker

4 March 2013

With European volume OEMs and European offshoots of multi-nationals struggling en masse to achieve some sort of balance between capacity, demand, labour relations and costs, it would be fair to assume that Tier 1 suppliers are going through the same agonies.

INTERVIEW: Ivan Hodac - ACEA secretary general

4 March 2013

Ivan Hodac has been Secretary General of ACEA since 2001. Building on large experience in EU affairs, he maintains close relationships with the European Commission, the European Parliament and the representatives of the EU Member States. Representing the 15 major European automobile manufacturers at EU level, he is also counterpart for other industry associations, NGOs and consumer organisations. He talked to Simon Warburton in Brussels about FTAs, overcapacity and alternative mobility.

INDIA: Budget means SUVs, imported cars to cost more

1 March 2013

Though the Indian auto industry was hoping for excise duty reductions in the budget, the finance minister, instead, slapped a higher levy on SUVs, while increasing customs duty on imported cars and 800cc-plus motorcycles.

INDIA: SUV tax hike spooks investors

28 February 2013

Shares in Mahindra & Mahindra, India's biggest utility vehicle manufacturer, fell as much as 1.4% on Thursday (28 February) after the country's finance minister proposed increasing excise duty on sports utility vehicles (SUVs).

UK: Business Secretary stresses 'critical' nature of manufacturing

19 February 2013

Developing the UK manufacturing supply chain will remain a critical part of rebalancing the economy says a top British politician.

UK: Downsized engines could be 80% of market by 2020: Torotrak

19 February 2013

Torotrak says the downsizing engine sector could represent up to 80% of the car market by 2020 as ever-more stringent CO2 regulations and high fuel prices continue to exert pressure.

UK: Prime minister/chancellor staunch advocates of auto as Proving Factory launches: Vince Cable

18 February 2013

Support for the UK automotive sector extends to the highest echelons of British political life, insists the country's Secretary of State for Business, as he helped launch The Proving Factory supply chain initiative [today] at Tata Steel's Brinsworth plant near Rotherham in northern England.

UK: JLR sales continue to climb

13 February 2013

Jaguar Land Rover has continued its impressive sales performance following a record year in 2012 with a strong start to this year.

NETHERLANDS: Tata Steels upgrades research facility

8 February 2013

Tata Steels is starting a EUR2.3m facility at its Ijmuiden site in The Netherlands to develop crash-resistant steels.

INDIA: BorgWarner opens new exhaust facility

8 February 2013

BorgWarner has opened a new 86,000-square-foot (8,000-square-metre) facility in Manesar, India, near New Delhi to produce exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) coolers, tubes, valves and modules.

INDIA: Tata Motors expected to roll out “X0” premium small car in 2015

6 February 2013

Tata Motors is reportedly working on a premium small car likely to be built on the refurbished Indica platform. The company will launch the hatchback, dubbed "X0", in 2015 to compete with Ford and Maruti Suzuki models.