June 6, 2008
Ford completes Jaguar, Land Rover Sale to Tata Motors
DEARBORN, Mich. – Ford Motor Company has completed the sale of its Jaguar Land Rover operations to Tata Motors.
The sale is the culmination of Ford’s decision last August to explore strategic options for the Jaguar Land Rover business, as the company accelerates its focus on its core Ford brand and “One Ford” global transformation. It also allows Jaguar Land Rover to focus on delivering what is best for its business.
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May 31, 2008
Ford Motor Credit Offers Financial Relief to Tornado Victims
DEARBORN, Mich. -- Ford Motor Credit Company is offering customers affected by the recent devastating tornados in Iowa the option to delay some car payments.
Ford Motor Credit's Disaster Relief Program allows qualified customers to delay one or two monthly payments, resuming their regular payment schedules when their situations improve.
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May 29, 2008
Video: Land Rover LRX Concept
Unveiled for the first time at the 2008 North American International Auto Show, the LRX is the second concept vehicle ever built by Land Rover.
Showcased next to the very first Land Rover created 60 years ago, the three-door LRX is a compact, light weight hybrid offering the potential of 120 g/km CO2 emissions with sustainability-focused technologies.
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May 13, 2008
Land Rover G4 Challenge Nevada Passage Sends Winners Abroad
IRVINE, Calif. -- Just twenty miles north of the bright lights and lavish casinos in Las Vegas, Lisa Lieb (Durango, Colo.) and her partner Tom Lyons (Reno, Nev.) won it big - taking top honors at the 2008 Land Rover G4 Challenge Nevada Passage which wrapped up four days and 1,000 miles of adventure competition at Nellis Dunes on Friday, May 9.
With this victory, Lyons and Lieb move on to the G4 Challenge International Selections event at Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire, UK in early 2009 along with the second place team of Peter Hanson (Minneapolis) and Sarah McMahan (Incline Village, Nev.).
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May 12, 2008
2008 Fuel Economy Guide Available for Download
The EPA has issued a comprehensive PDF guide to fuel economy of all 2008 vehicles, which you can download by right-clicking here.
In today's gas market, buyers are more sensitive than ever about buying cars that get good mileage, and more important, they want the government ratings to be as accurate as possible -- nobody wants to buy a vehicle that gets 10% worse mileage in the real world than the sticker rating.
To address this situation, the EPA has started using an updated test to assign more accurate MPG ratings to new vehicles, and you can learn about that by watching the video in this post.
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May 6, 2008
Land Rover G4 Challenge Gets Underway in Nevada on May 6
CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Twenty amateur adventure athletes will drive, run, bike, climb and kayak through the wide-open Nevada landscape as Land Rover North America and the Nevada Commission on Tourism kick off the Land Rover G4 Challenge Nevada Passage, May 6.
The four-day multistage competition, which lasts through Friday, is the United States' sole qualifying event for the prestigious international Land Rover G4 Challenge.
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April 30, 2008
Land Rover: Celebrating 60 Years and Going Strong
IRVINE, Calif. -- 60 years ago today, a motoring icon made its public debut, when the original Land Rover was shown at a motor show in Amsterdam, on April 30, 1948. The current Defender is clearly descended from that first vehicle, known as a Series 1.
Extraordinarily, they even share a couple of original parts, an oil filler plug and a cleat for tying down the canvas roof. But the rest of the vehicle technology has moved on considerably.
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April 21, 2008
Land Rover and Equinox Resort Launch Exclusive Driving School
MANCHESTER VILLAGE, Vt. -- Land Rover North America and Equinox, The Vermont Resort, today announced the opening of an all-new driving school offered exclusively at Equinox.
The Land Rover Experience Driving School will be part of the resort's unique outdoor amenity offerings and will be open year round to guests and daytime visitors of the 195-room luxury hotel property.
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April 11, 2008
LeaseTrader Releases Its Top-10 Index for March
MIAMI -- LeaseTrader.com, the company that helps consumers with car lease transfers, announces its monthly Index for March, with the BMW 3 Series again topping the list of America's most preferred leased vehicle.
The BMW 3 Series continues to top the LeaseTrader.com Index mostly because of its combination of performance, price and affordability.
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April 10, 2008
Twenty Adventure Athletes Selected to Compete in Land Rover G4 Challenge
CARSON CITY, Nev. -- Land Rover North America and the Nevada Commission on Tourism have selected 20 amateur athletes from around the country to compete in the Land Rover G4 Challenge Nevada Passage.
The adventure competition, May 5 - 9, will serve as the national selection event for Land Rover's Global G4 Challenge. The competition will travel through the southeastern part of the state, kicking-off and ending in Las Vegas.
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Italian and U.S. Teams Clash at the Land Rover America's Polo Cup
LEESBURG, Va. -- Benefiting the Journey for the Cure Foundation, the Land Rover America's Polo Cup once again celebrates the athletic ability, power and stamina that defines one of the oldest team sports in the world, as United States and Italy face off on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at historic Morven Park in Leesburg, Virginia.
VIP tickets, box seats and other specialty ticketing are on sale now at www.americaspolocup.com.
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April 1, 2008
Ford Has Some Brights Spots Amidst 14% Sales Drop
DEARBORN, Mich. -- Sales for Ford's redesigned small car and acclaimed crossover utility continued to buck economic trends during March.
Retail sales for the Ford Focus were the highest for any month since August 2005 -- with retail sales up 36 percent in March and 35 percent in the first quarter compared with the same periods a year ago.
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March 26, 2008
Ford Announces Agreement to Sell Jaguar Land Rover to Tata Motors
DEARBORN, Mich. -- Ford Motor Company announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Jaguar Land Rover operations to Tata Motors.
The transaction is the culmination of Ford's decision last August to explore strategic options for the Jaguar Land Rover business, as the company accelerates its focus on its core Ford brand and "One Ford" global transformation.
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Tata Motors Purchases Jaguar, Land Rover
MUMBAI, India -- Tata Motors today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with the Ford Motor Company for the purchase of Jaguar Land Rover, comprising brands, plants and Intellectual Property Rights.
The transfer of ownership to Tata Motors is expected to close by the end of the next quarter, subject to applicable regulatory approvals.
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March 25, 2008
Ford Sells Jaguar, Land Rover to Indian Company
Ford has agreed to sell its luxury brands Jaguar and Land Rover to India's Tata Motors for more than $2 billion, according to reports.
Tata, currently a maker of mass market vehicles, recently made headlines with its super cheap Nano subcompact that will reportedly sell for $2,500 in non-U.S. markets. The acquisition is part of the company's plans to expand globally, and go upscale.
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