Posts Tagged ‘jaguar’
Jaguar and Land Rover China sales up 48 pct
Published on July 28, 2011 by Tycho de Feyter
Tata Motors’ Jaguar and Land Rover said on Wednesday it sold 48 percent more vehicles in China in the first half compared to the same period a year earlier.
From January to June, sales came to 18,598 units, up from 12,472 a year ago, the company said in a statement. Land Rover deliveries rose 50 percent to 16,322 units during the period, with sales of Jaguar up 44 percent to 2,186 units, it added. Via: Reuters.
Janguar XJ Panorama Business Edition for China
Published on March 1, 2011 by W.E. Ning
Jaguar is jagging out a special edition of the XJ for the Chinese market. It is called the XJ Panorama Business Edition and comes with a special white paint and loads of goodies. Only one hundred will be made for 968.000 yuan. Jag is making the market hot by requesting a 50.000 yuan deposit from prospective buyers. The XP Panorama Business Edition is powered by the 3.0 V6, no V8 available in this one.
Jaguar, Land Rover in talks with Great Wall Motor for Production in China
Published on February 24, 2011 by Tycho de Feyter
An executive from Great Wall Motor Co Ltd said his company is engaged in discussion with Tata Motor’s Jaguar and Land Rover unit. The two companies may cooperate on business in the future, the China Business News reported.
“Senior executives of Jaguar and Land Rover came and visited the Great Wall Motor plant on Feb 14, but the final decision of a potential tie-up has not been reached yet,” a Great Wall Motor senior executive told the reporter. Great Wall Motor Co is China’s largest manufacturer of sport utility vehicles.
Jaguar and Land Rover 2010 China Sales Rise High
Published on February 1, 2011 by Tycho de Feyter
British luxury icons Jaguar and Land Rover registered blistering growth in 2010 as both brands set new sales records in China. Deliveries of Jaguar increased 50 percent to 2,655 units last year while sales of Land Rover more than doubled to 23,459 units.
Bob Grace, president of Jaguar Land Rover China, said the company knows the importance of the Chinese market and promised continued expansion of dealer networks to bring the best products and services to local customers.
Guangzhou Auto Show: Jaguar XJS debuts in China
Published on December 21, 2010 by Tycho de Feyter
TATA brings the new XJS to China and it does not come cheap: 2.498.000 yuan. TATA decided not to bother about 6-cilinders, the only available engines are the 510hp supercharged V8 and the naturally aspirated V8 with 385hp. Jaguar is relatively new in China and faces an uphill fight against Audi, Benz and BMW, which all do have cheaper V6′s on offer.
Jaguar expands dealer network in China
Published on November 22, 2010 by Tycho de Feyter
Jaguar China recently announced it will open two more dealerships in Shanghai and Beijing, in an effort to create a comprehensive dealership network in China, the National business daily reported Tuesday.
In addition, the British luxury-car brand plans to establish collaborative service networks in all major cities in the East China region, and will continue talks with various premium-car brands in the country on possible cooperation. Read more »
Jaguar working on long wheelbase XF for China
Published on July 14, 2010 by Tycho de Feyter
Jaguar is working on a long wheelbase XF for the Chinese chauffeur-driven market, said Tata Motor’s chief executive, Carl-Peter Forster, in an interview with German magazine Automobilwoche. The XFL(?) will compete with many similair stretched machinery for the Chinese market: the Audi A6L, BMW 530L, Benz E300L and Volvo S80L.
Jaguar so, is very late. All mentioned cars are furthermore made in China, the XF is not and the XFL will not. Jaguar is trying to find a partner for building cars in China but it will take years before the first ‘Jag’ rolls of the Chinese line. The XFL will therefore be more expensive compared to competition.
Mr Forster didn’t call a time for the XFL’s debut so it won’t be soon, good guess is the Shanghai Autoshow in April next year.
(crappy Photoshop by me, I added 15cm behind the B-pillar)
Jaguar Land Rover to assemble cars in China; but how soon?
Published on May 30, 2010 by Tycho de Feyter
BBC reports that Jaguar wants to start assembling cars in China within two years. Sound like a good plan, Chinese people buy expensive cars faster than anyone can make them. But there is a small problem, chief executive Carl Foster for BBC:
“We’ll take one to two years to set it up, but first we will need a partner.”
Mr. Foster is right, Jag can’t start making vehicles in China without a local partner, except when the vehicles are for export only. Understanding the man correctly Jaguar has no partner yet. Finding one can be a painful and slow process involving multiple permissions by China’s local and central governments. Second step is building a factory. Third step to get the cars out on the market. One year seems a very short time to do all that, two too.
Partner needs to be one with at least some know how about making luxury vehicles. That leaves SAIC, FAW and Chang’an. Last one might be interesting. Chang’an makes the Volvo S80 and S40 under a joint venture with Ford. Ford sold Volvo to Geely so production of the Volvo’s by Chang’an will likely end. Volvo is Geely’s now and the lucky new owner wants to build a new factory for making Volvo’s in China. That leaves Chang’an with a lot of empty space…
Read on for BBC’s article:
Spotted in China: Jaguar XJS
Published on March 11, 2010 by Tycho de Feyter
A for China very rare machine was seen in a shopping street in Nanchang in Jiangxi Province. It is a beautifull example of one of England finest, the Jaguar XJS convertible. Jaguar never officially sold the XJS in China and the import of second had cars from abroad is forbidden. There are only two ways how the happy owner got his dream in land. He might have bought it from a diplomat but that was forbidden as well until this very year 2010. Unlikely indeed.
