Ford expects its luxury Premier Automotive Group to report a profit in 2007, according to Lewis Booth, the head of Ford’s European operations. The Premier Automotive Group is made up of the Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover, and Aston Martin brands. Last year, Ford announced that it is looking to sell Aston Martin. Current reports say […]

Land Rover will offer its U.K. customers a limited edition of its Discovery 3, called the Pursuit. The Discovery 3 Pursuit will feature Java Black paint with Ebony interior, 19″ alloy wheels, body colored wheel arches, manual leather seats and chrome mirror caps.
The Pursuit is powered by Land Rover’s 190-hp TDV6 diesel engine mated to […]

Land Rover announced that it will set up a independent Board of Governance, featuring international environmental figures from government, business and education to oversee the automaker’s industry leading carbon dioxide offset program. Land Rover has cut emissions with each successive model and continues to work to make further improvements. Land Rover has cut CO2 emissions […]

Land Rover will launch a commercial version of its Discovery 3. In response to high demand, Land Rover will make a ‘commercial’ Discovery 3 available in the U.K. With the commerical-focused changes to the Disco 3, it has received approval from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to gain N1 Light Commercial 4×4 Vehicle status. Business […]

Ford’s CFO Don Leclair has announced that the automaker expects its struggling Premier Automotive Group (PAG) to turn a profit this year. Ford’s PAG consists of the Volvo, Jaguar, Land Rover, and Aston Martin brands.
Ford’s PAG lost $327 million in 2006 and $1.15 billion over the past three years. While the other brands have also […]

Land Rover is considering an affordable “off-road coupe” as part of the brand’s plan to reach out to young buyers, according sources cited by Autocar. The new Land Rover would be a three door coupe with a highly sloped roofline, and would be the “image” car in a range of sub-Freelander models.
“This would be Land […]

Ford is considering offering the new Land Rover LR2 with V8 power, according to Edmunds Inside Line. The Land Rover LR2 is based on the same platform as the S80, and the company would likely use the Yamaha-sourced 311-hp 4.4L V8 also used in the Volvo S80.
The question now facing Ford and Land Rover is […]

Kenneth H.M. Leet, the former Goldman Sachs mergers and acquisitions expert who was brought in by chairman Bill Ford to advise Ford Motor is departing the company and joining private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. Leet was brought in by Bill Ford prior to Ford’s hiring of CEO Alan Mulally in September.
Leet was […]

Land Rover today unveiled its new premium compact SUV, the 2008 Land Rover LR2, at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The LR2 is the fourth new model launched from Land Rover in just four years, joining the Range Rover (2002), Land Rover LR3 (2004) and Range Rover Sport (2005) that has led to record-breaking sales […]

Geoff Upex, design director of Land Rover, believes “the job is done” and says he will never design another vehicle after he retires at Christmas. Upex has worked with Land Rover for 23 years, and penned the Range Rover, Range Rover Sport, Discovery and new Freelander. He turned over the design responsibility to Gerry McGovern […]