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Индийская Tata Motors проведет делистинг американских депозитарных акций в январе 2023 года. Автомобильный концерн покинет Нью-Йоркскую фондовую биржу почти через 18 лет после получения листинга

Автомобильный концерн Tata Motors, которому принадлежат бренды Jaguar и Land Rover, заявил, что планирует провести
делистинг 
своих американских депозитарных акций (ADS) с января 2023 года, сообщил Reuters. Компания покинет Нью-Йоркскую фондовую биржу примерно через 18 лет после получения листинга на торговой площадке.

Крупнейший индийский производитель автомобилей Tata Motors заявил, что из-за значительного увеличения
ликвидности 
и участия иностранных акционеров на фондовых рынках Индии, а также постоянного снижения доли ADS в общем объеме находящихся в обращении обыкновенных акций необходимость листинга на биржах в США для компании значительно снизилась.

Уход с американских биржевых площадок поможет упростить требования к финансовой отчетности и сократить административные расходы Tata Motors, сообщили в компании. Акции Tata Motors по-прежнему будут торговаться на Бомбейской фондовой бирже (BSE) и Национальной фондовой бирже Индии (NSE).

Американские депозитарные акции (ADS) — акции неамериканской компании, номинированные в долларах США и торгующиеся на фондовых биржах этой страны. ADS компании Tata Motors были выпущены в 2004 году. Компания разместила свои бумаги на Нью-Йоркской фондовой бирже (NYSE). В 2008 году Tata Motors купила у Ford Motor британские бренды Jaguar и Land Rover за $2,3 млрд.

Термин, обозначающий вероятность быстрой продажи активов по рыночной или близкой к рыночной цене.
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Исключение ценных бумаг из списка ценных бумаг, допущенных к торгам (котировального списка биржи) по инициативе компании-эмитента или в связи с дефолтом эмитента. После делистинга ценные бумаги этого эмитента могут торговаться только на внебиржевом рынке, а капитализация компании не может быть рассчитана.

Истинная картинка мировой автомобильной промышленности.

В самые первые дни автомобильной промышленности все автопроизводители  были независимы друг от друга ни в какой степени. Но рынок есть рынок, всегда кто-то из них становится успешней своего конкурента. В итоге получается, более успешные автомобильные компании становятся покупателями конкурирующих с ними автобрендов. Таким образом в автопромышленности начали создаваться крупнейшие в мире конгломераты, которые и по сей день являются смыми крупными автокомпаниями в мире по количеству производимой ими продукции и естественно по самим продажам. Уважаемые читатели, давайте вместе посмотрим на текущее состояние всего Мирового автобизнеса. Предлагаем вам познакомиться с известными и очень популярными автомобильными брендами, которые в настоящий момент находятся под контролем крупных корпораций и автоальянсов.

«Abarth» — Принадлежит компании «Fiat / Chrysler»

Компания «Abarth» была основана в 1949 году. Первоначально этот авто-бренд занимался производством гоночных автомобилей и заодно производством автокомпонентов для мощных транспортных средств. В 1971 году основатель компании Карло Абат продал свой бренд компании «Fiat». В данный момент компания «Abarth» производит очень мощные версии машин на базе автомобилей Fiat. 

«Alfa Romeo» — Принадлежит компании «Fiat / Chrysler»

История автофирмы «Alfa Romeo» берет свое начало в первые годы 20-го века. В истории компании были и взлеты и падения, которые в целом повлияли на всю мировую автопромышленность. Но несмотря даже на то, что компания «Alfa Romeo» становилась в 1950 и 1951 годах победителем гонок Формула-1, все-же к середине 1980-х годов этот автомобильный бренд оказался в очень тяжелом финансовом положении. Именно в этот момент фирма «Alfa Romeo» стала частью империи «Fiat».

«Audi» — Принадлежит компании (в данное время концерн) «Volkswagen»

Компания «Audi» была одной из четырех компаний, которая в 1932 году объединились в автомобильный бренд «Auto Union». Но в 1964 году у этого авто-бренда произошол провал, компания «Volkswagen» купила половину бизнеса у фирмы «Auto Union» и переименовала компанию в первоночальный бренд вернув тем самым ей имя «Audi».

Смотрите также: Одинаковые автомобили под разными брендами

В настоящий момент бренд «Audi» является самой крупной частью крупнейшего в мире автоконцерна «Volkswagen».

«Bentley» — Принадлежит «Volkswagen»

Компания «Bentley» за всю свою историю присутствотала на авторынке в качестве независимого производителя и продолжалось это всего 12 лет, вплоть до 1931 года. Затем данный автомобильный бренд стал частью компании «Rolls-Royce» которая в 1980 году продала фирму «Bentley» компании «Vickers». Далее «Vickers» продает бренд «Bentley» Немецкому автоконцерну «Volkswagen», который в это же самое время продал компанию «Rolls-Royce» автокомпании «BMW».

«Citroen / DS» — Принадлежит компании «Peugeot»

В 1934 году компания «Citroen» была отдана за долги компании «Michelin». А в 1976 году фирма «Citroen» была куплена компанией «Peugeot». Так на мировом рынке появился крупный автоконцерн «PSA Peugeot Citroen». В 2010 году на авторынке появился бренд «DS», который также стал принадлежать концерну «PSA Peugeot Citroen». 

«Dacia» — Принадлежит фирме «Renault»

Компания «Dacia» была создана в Румынии в начале 1960-х годов, чтобы фирма «Renault» могла производить по лицензии доступные гражданам автомобили для внутреннего рынка. В итоге в 1999 году «Renault» покупает компанию «Dacia» и в настоящее время по-прежнему продолжает использовать этот авто-бренд для выпуска бюджетных моделей автомобилей. Но несмотря на выпуск для граждан автомобилей эконом-класса большинство моделей компании «Dacia» в настоящий момент уже используют многие новые технологии фирмы «Renault».

Смотрите также: Самые красивые автомобили Alfa-Romeo

«Ferrari» — Принадлежит фирме «Fiat»

В 1969 году компания «Fiat» приобрела 50% пакет акций компании «Ferrari». Случилось это после того, как не состоялся планируемый выкуп этого Итальянского премиального бренда компанией «Ford». В конце-концов через определенное время компания «Fiat» просто увеличила свою долю акций и довела его до 90%. В 2014 году концерн «Fiat Chrysler» решил отделить авто-бренд «Ferrari» от основной группы. В конечном итоге эта сделка была завершена в 2016 году, а семья Аньелли, основавшая компанию «Fiat», стала одной из крупнейших акционеров фирмы «Ferrari». 

«Infiniti» — Принадлежит фирме «Nissan»

Бренд «Infiniti» был изначально придуман специально для выхода компании «Nissan» на рынок премиум-автомобилей США, случилось это в 1990-е годы. Точно также поступила и компания «Honda» создавшая авто-бренд «Acura» для рынка США и компания «Toyota» выведя на рынок Соединенных Штатов авто-бренд «Lexus».

В 2008 году фирма «Infiniti» расширила свою деятельность по всему миру увеличив  поставку своих автомобилей на территорию Европы. В настоящий время автомобильный бренд «Infiniti» по-прежнему принадлежит компании «Nissan».

«Jaguar» — Принадлежит компании «TATA»

Прошлые владельцы «Jaguar» продали его Индийской компании «Tata Motors». Сделка была заключена в 2008 году. «Tata Motors» на сегодняшний день является частью гигантской группы «Tata Group» в которую входят другие виды бизнеса, включая сюда гостиницы, спутниковое вещание и производство пакетированного чая. Вместе с компанией «Jaguar» была также продана и компания «Land Rover». Причина продаж двух популярных премиум-брендов одна, это тяжелое финансовое положение компании во время мирового кризиса. 

«Jeep» — Принадлежит компании «Chrysler»

Прежде чем владельцем авто-бренда «Jeep» в 1987 году стала компания «Chrysler», этот Американский автопроизводитель внедорожных автомобилей принадлежал двум Американским компаниям тесно связаным с фирмами «Renault» и «Mercedes». В настоящий момент бренд «Jeep» является частью группы «Fiat-Chrysler». 

«Kia» — Принадлежит компании «Hyundai»

Корейская компания «Kia» была независимой компанией на протяжении более 50 лет. Во время Азиатского финансового кризиса случившегося в 1997 году компания «Kia» обанкротилась. Но сам бренд «Kia» остался, и все благодаря спасению его компанией «Hyundai Motor», которая приобрела контрольный пакет акций фирмы «Kia», произошло это в 1998 году. В наши дни автокомпания «Kia» по-прежнему принадлежит фирме «Hyundai». 

«Lamborghini» — принадлежит «Volkswagen»

В конце 1980-х годов и в начале 1990-х компания «Lamborghini» принадлежала концерну «Chrysler». В настоящий момент «Lamborghini» входит в концерн «Volkswagen Group». Частью этой компании-концерна фирма «Lamborghini» стала в 1998 году, когда этот авто-бренд перешел под контроль фирмы «Audi».

«Land Rover» — Принадлежит компании «TATA»

Компанией «Land Rover» за долгую историю автопромышленности владели многие известные автомобильные бренды, начиная например от «BMW» и заканчивая Американской компанией «Ford». Но в начале 2008 года данный авто-бренд «Land Rover» вместе с фирмой «Jaguar» перешел под контроль Индийского промышленного гиганта «Tata». Сразу после их поглощения эти два независимых авто-бренда «Land Rover» и «Jaguar» были объединены в одну компанию.

«Lexus» — Принадлежит компании «Toyota»

Авто-бренд «Lexus» полностью принадлежит компании «Toyota». Он является люксовым подразделением данной Японской компании. Как и «Acura», и «Infiniti» принадлежащие фирмам «Honda» и «Nissan» соответственно, данный бренд «Lexus» был выведен на рынок США а также и Великобритании для выхода и продажи на нем премиальных автомобилей. 

«Lotus» — Принадлежит фирме «Proton»

Малазийский автопроизводитель «Proton» в 1993 году купил компанию «Lotus» у Итальянского бизнесмена Романо Артиоли, который в те годы владел фирмой «Bugatti». Сегодня авто-бренд «Lotus» по-прежнему принадлежит фирме «Proton». Самое странное здесь то, что автомобили марки Lotus до сих пор выпускаются и продаются по всему миру (преимущественно в Англии), тогда как под брендом «Proton» выпуск автомобилей был полностью прекращен. 

«Maserati» — Принадлежит автоконцерну «Fiat — Chrysler»

Фирма «Maserati» является 100% дочерней компанией «Fiat» начиная с 1993 года. Сегодня бренд «Maserati» принадлежит автоконцерну «Fiat-Chrysler». 

«Mercedes» — Принадлежит компании «Daimler»

Фирма «Mercedes-Benz» является самым крупным и наиболее известным в мире автомобильным брендом и принадлежит корпорации «Daimler». Также корпорация «Daimler» владеет подразделением «Mercedes-AMG» и несколькими коммерческими производителями различных транспортных средств. 

«MG» — Принадлежит фирме «Saic»

Фирма «MG» принадлежит сегодня Китайской компании, случилось это после того, как в 2005 году обанкротилась компания «MG Rover». Изначально этот бренд «MG» купила Китайская компания «Nanjing Automobile», ну а затем его перекупила Шанхайская компания «SAIC». 

«Mini»— Принадлежит компании «BMW»

В 2000 году компания «BMW» продала принадлежащие ей авто-бренды «MG», «Rover» и «Land Rover», которые, как известно, входили в корпорацию «Rover Group». Но при продаже компания «BMW» все-же сохранила контроль над компанией «Mini». В итоге на данный момент компания «BMW» помимо бренда «Rolls-Royce» сохраняет контроль и над брендом «Mini». 

«Mitsubishi» — Принадлежит «Nissan-Renault»

«Mitsubishi Motors» является автомобильным подразделением компании «Mitsubishi Group», которая помимо автопроизводства занимается еще и проектами в ядерной энергетике, в банковской деятельности и в других многих сферах бизнеса. В октябре 2016 года компания «Nissan» стала крупнейшим акционером компании «Mitsubishi» купив 34% акций. Таким образом компания «Mitsubishi» стала частью автоальянса «Renault-Nissan». 

«Nissan» — Принадлежит автоальянсу «Renault — Nissan»

После нескольких лет финансовых трудностей компания «Nissan» в 1993 году вступила в союз с компанией «Renault». Чисто технически эти две компании являются отдельными фирмами. Но сами технологии, методы работы при производстве автомобилей у них остаются одинаковыми. Также у этого автоальянса и единый генеральный директор господин Карлос Гон. Фирма «Nissan» имеет меньшую долю в компании «Renault», тогда как «Renault» имеет уже большую долю в компании «Nissan», которая по своей сути является младшим партнером. 

«Porsche» — Принадлежит компании (концерну) «Volkswagen»

Производитель автомобилей Porsche является дочерней компанией «Volkswagen». 

«Renault» — Принадлежит альянсу «Renault — Nissan»

Когда-то компания «Renault» принадлежала Французскому правительству. В 1996 году компания была приватизирована. Но сегодня Франция по-прежнему имеет свою долю в фирме «Renault». В наши дни «Renault» входит в крупнейший в мире автоальянс «Renault-Nissan» в который недавно также вошла и компания «Mitsubishi».

«Rolls-Royce» — Принадлежит компании «BMW»

«Rolls-Royce Motors» был куплен фирмой «Volkswagen», случилось это в 1998 году. Пять лет спустя компания полностью перешла к фирме «BMW». 

«Seat» — Принадлежит компании «Volkswagen»

Начиная с 1986 года фирма «Seat» являлась единственным и крупнейшим автопроизводителем в Испании. С этого года эта фирма является частью компании «Volkswagen».

«Skoda» — Принадлежит компании «Volkswagen»

Компания «Volkswagen» начала покупать акции «Skoda» в 1991 году, случилось это в период больших перемен в бывшей Чехословакии. С 2000 года компания «Skoda» полностью принадлежит концерну «VW Group».

«Smart» — Принадлежит фирме «Daimler»

Изначально идея радикального городского автомобиля впервые была предложена владельцем производителем часов марки «Swatch». Теперь компания «Smart» полностью принадлежит фирме «Daimler». 

«SsangYong» — Принадлежит компании «Mahindra & Mahindra»

Хотя по-прежнему компания «SsangYong» базируется в Южной Корее в настоящее время основным собственником этого Корейского авто-бренда является Индийская компания «Mahindra & Mahindra», которая в 2011 году приобрела 70% акций этой Корейской компании. 

«Subaru» — Принадлежит компании «Fuji»

Авто-бренд «Subaru» принадлежит компании «Fuji Heavy Industries» (FHI), которая в скором времени изменит и поменяет свое название на «Subaru Corporation». В компанию «FHI» входит шесть независимых автомобильных компаний. Крупными акционерами компании являются фирмы «Toyota» и «Suzuki». Большую долю в ней имеет компания «Suzuki».

«Vauxhall / Opel» — Принадлежит «PSA» (Citroen- Peugeot)

Автомобили Vauxhall и Opel несмотря на то, что позиционировались как Британские и Немецкие автомобильные бренды, на самом деле долгое время являлись частью крупнейшего в мире автопроизводителя компании «General Motors». Компания «General Motors» владела данными брендами «Vauxhall» и «Opel» начиная с 1925 года. В марте 2017 года было объявлено, что бренды «Vauxhall» и «Opel» переходят в собственность автоальянса «Citroen- Peugeot» (PSA). 

«Volvo» — Принадлежит компании «Geely»

После того, как более 70 лет подряд компания «Volvo» была полностью независимым Шведским авто-брендом, произошло следующее. А именно, в 2000 году она вошла сначала в состав компании «Ford», а спустя 9 лет этот Шведский авто-бренд был продан Китайской компании «Geely».

«Лада АвтоВАЗ» — Принадлежит альянсу «Renault — Nissan» и «Ростеху»

В 2008 году контрольный пакет акций над автозаводом «АвтоВАЗ» получила компания «Renault». 

«ГАЗ» — Принадлежит компании «Базовый элемент» Олега Дерипаски

В 2000 году контрольный пакет ОАО «ГАЗ» был приобретён компанией «Базовый элемент» под управлением Олега Дерипаски. В 2001 году Горьковский автомобильный завод вошел в состав авто холдинга «РусПромАвто».

«Land Rover Ltd.» redirects here. For the 1948–1985 Land Rover model, made by the Rover Company, see Land Rover Series.

Land Rover (marque)

Product type	Automobiles
Owner	Jaguar Land Rover (since 2013)[1]
Produced by	Jaguar Land Rover
Country	United Kingdom
Introduced	1948; 75 years ago[2]
Related brands	Jaguar
Markets	Worldwide
Previous owners	Rover Company (1948–1967) Leyland Motor Corporation (1967–1968) British Leyland (1968–1978) Land Rover Ltd. (1978–2012)
Tagline	«Above & Beyond»
Website	landrover.com

Land Rover Ltd. (company)

Industry	Automotive
Predecessor	British Leyland
Founded	1978; 45 years ago
Founder	British Leyland
Defunct	2012
Fate	Car manufacturing merged with Jaguar Cars in 2013 as Jaguar Land Rover
Headquarters	Solihull, West Midlands (1978–2012)
Parent	British Leyland (1978–1986) Rover Group (1986–1994) BMW (1994–2000) Ford Motor Company (2000–2008) Tata Motors (2008–2012)

Land Rover is a British brand of predominantly four-wheel drive, off-road capable vehicles, owned by multinational car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), since 2008 a subsidiary of India’s Tata Motors.^[3] JLR currently builds Land Rovers in Brazil, China, India, Slovakia, and the United Kingdom. The Land Rover name was created in 1948 by the Rover Company for a utilitarian 4WD off-road vehicle; currently, the Land Rover range is comprised solely of upmarket and luxury sport utility vehicles.

Land Rover was granted a Royal Warrant by King George VI in 1951,^[4][5] and 50 years later, in 2001, it received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for outstanding contribution to international trade.^[6] Over time, Land Rover grew into its own brand (and for a while also a company), encompassing a consistently growing range of four-wheel drive, off-road capable models. Starting with the much more upmarket 1970 Range Rover, and subsequent introductions of the mid-range Discovery and entry-level Freelander line (in 1989 and 1997), as well as the 1990 Land Rover Defender refresh, the marque today includes two models of Discovery, four distinct models of Range Rover, and after a three-year hiatus, a second generation of Defenders have gone into production for the 2020 model year—in short or long wheelbase, as before.

For half a century (from the original 1948 model, through 1997, when the Freelander was introduced), Land Rovers and Range Rovers exclusively relied on their trademark boxed-section vehicle frames. Land Rover used boxed frames in a direct product bloodline until the termination of the original Defender in 2016; and their last body-on-frame model was replaced by a monocoque with the third generation Discovery in 2017. Since then all Land Rovers and Range Rovers have a unified body and frame structure.

Since 2010, Land Rover has also introduced two-wheel drive variants, both of the Freelander, and of the Evoque, after having built exclusively 4WD cars for 62 years.^[7] The 2WD Freelander has been succeeded by a 2WD Discovery Sport, available in some markets.^[8]

History

Originally, these vehicles were simply called the ‘Land Rover’ – an off-road capable car model of the Rover Company. As ‘Land Rover’ became established as a brand, the ‘Series’ indication later became a retronym model name.^[9] The Range Rover was introduced in 1970, and the company became a British Leyland subsidiary in 1978. In 1983 and 1984, the long and the short wheelbase Land Rovers were finally given official names – the One Ten, and the Ninety respectively, and together they were badged the Defender models in 1990, after the 1989 introduction of the new Discovery model.

Rover era

The design for the original vehicle was started in 1947 by Maurice Wilks. Wilks, chief designer at the Rover Company, on his farm in Newborough, Anglesey, working in conjunction with his brother Spencer who was the managing director of Rover.^[10] The design may have been influenced by the Jeep^[11] and the prototype, later nicknamed Centre Steer, was built on a Jeep chassis and axles.^[12] The early choice of colour was dictated by military surplus supplies of aircraft cockpit paint, so early vehicles only came in various shades of light green. Starting with the series I Land Rover, all models in this era featured sturdy box-section ladder-frame chassis.^[13] Early vehicles like the Series I were field-tested at Long Bennington and designed to be field-serviced.

After the formation of Land Rover Limited in 1978 the hyphen in Land-Rover —as shown in the logo— began to be dropped.^[14]

Land Rover Ltd – subsidiary of BL

Land Rover as a company has existed since 1978. Prior to this, it was a product line of the Rover Company which was subsequently absorbed into the Rover-Triumph division of the British Leyland Motor Corporation (BL) following Leyland Motor Corporation’s takeover of Rover in 1967. The ongoing commercial success of the original Land Rover series models, and latterly the Range Rover in the 1970s in the midst of BL’s well-documented business troubles prompted the establishment of a separate Land Rover company but still under the BL umbrella, remaining part of the subsequent Rover Group in 1988, under the ownership of British Aerospace after the remains of British Leyland were broken up and privatised.

BMW era

On 31 January 1994, Rover Group plc, including Land Rover, was acquired by BMW. In 2000, Rover Group was broken up by BMW and Land Rover was sold on to Ford Motor Company, becoming part of its Premier Automotive Group. The transition to BMW ownership only just preceded the introduction of the second generation Range Rover, prior to launching Land Rover’s first unibody model, the Freelander in 1997. BMW was then responsible for much of the development of the Range Rover III—the first to have a monocoque structure and independent suspension, introduced under Ford in late 2001.^[15]

Ford era

After the introduction of the all-new Range Rover in 2001, Ford moved Land Rover further away from its traditional boxed ladder-frames, by introducing a new generation Discovery featuring «Integrated Body Frame», in 2004. From then on, only the Defender continued on Land Rover’s traditional since 1948 underpinnings. Use of the Rover V8 engine in Land Rovers also ended with the replacement of the mk. II Discovery.

In 2006 Ford also purchased the Rover brand from BMW for around £6 million. BMW had retained ownership of the brand to protect the integrity of the Land Rover brand, with which ‘Rover’ might be confused in the US 4×4 market, and allowed it to be used under licence by MG Rover until it collapsed in 2005, at which point it was offered to the Ford Motor Company, who by then owned Land Rover. On 11 June 2007, Ford announced that it planned to sell Land Rover along with Jaguar Cars. Private equity firms such as Alchemy Partners of the UK, TPG Capital, Ripplewood Holdings, Cerberus Capital Management and One Equity Partners of the US, Tata Motors of India and a consortium comprising Mahindra & Mahindra of India and Apollo Management all initially expressed interest in purchasing the marques from the Ford Motor Company.^[16][17] On 1 January 2008, Ford formally declared that Tata was the preferred bidder.^[18] On 26 March 2008, Ford announced that it had agreed to sell its Jaguar and Land Rover operations to Tata Motors, and that it expected to complete the sale by the end of the second quarter of 2008.^[19]

Tata Motors era

On 18 January 2008, Tata Motors, a part of the Tata Group, established Jaguar Land Rover Limited as a British-registered and wholly owned subsidiary. The new company was to be used as a holding company for the acquisition of the two businesses from Ford—Jaguar Cars Limited and Land Rover. That acquisition was completed on 2 June 2008 at a cost of £1.7 billion.^{[20][21][22][23]} Included in the deal to buy Land Rover and Jaguar Cars were the rights to three other British brands: the Daimler marque, as well as two dormant brands Lanchester and Rover.^[24]

On 1 January 2013, the group, which had been operating as two separate companies (Jaguar Cars Limited and Land Rover), although on an integrated basis, underwent a fundamental restructuring. The parent company was renamed to Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC, Jaguar Cars Limited was renamed to Jaguar Land Rover Limited and the assets (excluding certain Chinese interests) of Land Rover were transferred to it. The consequence was that Jaguar Land Rover Limited became responsible in the UK for the design, manufacture and marketing of both Jaguar and Land Rover branded products, and Land Rover and Jaguar Cars ceased to be separate vehicle producing entities.^[25]

Timeline

• 1947: Rover’s chief designer Maurice Wilks and his associates create a prototype using Jeep chassis and components^[26]
• 1948: The first Land Rover was officially launched on 30 April 1948, at the Amsterdam Motor Show
• 1958: Series II launched
• 1961: Series IIA began production
• 1967: Rover becomes part of Leyland Motors, later British Leyland (BL) as Rover Triumph
• 1970: Introduction of the Range Rover
• 1971: Series III launched
• 1974: Land Rover abandons US market^[27] facing competitive pressure from Japanese 4×4 brands
• 1975: BL collapses and is nationalised, publication of the Ryder Report recommends that Land Rover be split from Rover and be treated as a separate company within BL and becomes part of the new commercial vehicle division called the Land Rover Leyland Group
• 1976: One-millionth Land Rover leaves the production line
• 1978: Land Rover Limited formed as a separate subsidiary of British Leyland^[28]
• 1980: Rover car production ends at Solihull with the transfer of SD1 production to Cowley, Oxford; Solihull is now exclusively for Land Rover manufacture. 5-door Range Rover introduced
• 1983: Land Rover 90 (Ninety)/110 (One-Ten)/127 (renamed Defender in 1990) introduced
• 1986: BL plc becomes Rover Group plc; Project Llama started
• 1987: Range Rover is finally introduced to the US market, following many years of demand being filled by grey market sales^[29][30]
• 1988: Rover Group is privatised and becomes part of British Aerospace, and is now known simply as Rover
• 1989: Introduction of Discovery
• 1990: The Ninety and One-Ten range of models are given the generic name of Defender
• 1994: Rover Group is taken over by BMW. Introduction of second-generation Range Rover. (The original Range Rover was continued under the name ‘Range Rover Classic’ until 1995)
• 1997: Land Rover introduces the Special Edition Discovery XD with AA yellow paint, subdued wheels, SD type roof racks, and a few other off-road upgrades directly from the factory. Produced only for the North American market, the Special Vehicles Division of Land Rover created only 250 of these bright yellow SUVs.
• 1997: Introduction of Freelander
• 1998: Introduction of mark II Discovery
• 2000: BMW breaks up the Rover Group and sells Land Rover to Ford for £1.8 billion^[31]
• 2002: Introduction of third-generation Range Rover
• 2004: Introduction of second-generation Discovery, marketed as the Discovery 3, or LR3, depending on market
• 2005: Introduction of Range Rover Sport
• 2005: Adoption of Jaguar AJ-V8 engine to replace the BMW M62 V8 in the Range Rover
• 2006: Announcement of a new 2.4-litre diesel engine, 6-speed gearbox, dash and forward-facing rear seats for Defender. Introduction of the second generation of Freelander (Freelander 2). Ford acquires the Rover trademark from BMW, who previously licensed its use to MG Rover Group
• 8 May 2007: 4,000,000th Land Rover rolls off the production line, a Discovery 3 (LR3), donated to The Born Free Foundation
• 12 June 2007: Announcement from the Ford Motor Company that it plans to sell Land Rover and also Jaguar Cars
• August 2007: Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra as well as financial sponsors Cerberus Capital Management, TPG Capital and Apollo Global Management expressed their interest in purchasing Jaguar Cars and Land Rover from the Ford Motor Company.^[32]
• 26 March 2008: Ford agreed to sell the Jaguar and Land Rover operations to Tata Motors.^[19]
• 2 June 2008: Tata Motors finalised their purchase of Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford and put them into their new subsidiary, Jaguar Land Rover^[20]
• 2010: Introduction of Discovery 4 / LR4
• 2011: The Range Rover Evoque introduced
• 2012: Fourth-generation Range Rover was exhibited at the 2012 Paris Motor Show
• 1 January 2013: Land Rover and Jaguar Cars merged to form a single company, Jaguar Land Rover Limited, producing vehicles under both marques
• 2014: The New Discovery Range was unveiled at the 2014 New York Motor Show^[33]
• 1 March 2017: The Range Rover Velar was unveiled in London^[34]
• June 2018: representatives of the company Land Rover announced the launch of a new project called «Cortex», for the implementation of which will be spent about $5 million. The goal of this project is «to create self-propelled cars-robots that are able to independently navigate off-road in all weather conditions.»^[35]
• September 2019: Land Rover announces it is working on a remote control system for its new Defender that would allow low-speed driving from outside the car^[36][37]
• 2020: Land Rover Defender (L663) is released.

Manufacturing

Jaguar Land Rover manufactures Land Rover cars in plants in five countries.^[38] In the United Kingdom the Range Rover, Range Rover Sport and Range Rover Velar are built at their Solihull plant near Birmingham and the Discovery Sport and Evoque are built at their Halewood plant near Liverpool. In October 2018 JLR opened a new plant in Nitra, Slovakia to build the Discovery,^[38] and are now also building the 2020 Defender there.^[39] In Brazil the company builds both the Discovery Sport and Evoque in their plant in Itatiaia which was opened in June 2016.^[38] JLR has been building cars since 2011 in Pune, India and currently builds the Discovery Sport and Evoque there.^[38] Under a 50/50 joint venture with Chery at Changshu in China Discovery Sports and Evoques are also built.^[38]

Historically Land Rovers were manufactured primarily at the Solihull plant until production of the Freelander was moved to the Halewood plant. The Freelander was also assembled in CKD form at Land Rover’s facility in Pune, India.^[40] As of 2015, the company continued to expand by building locally in India as well as increasing the number of models made at JLR’s Chikhali facility near Pune to include the Discovery Sport and Evoque.^[41]

Defender models were assembled under licence in several locations worldwide, including Spain (Santana Motors), Iran (Pazhan Morattab), Brazil (Karmann), and Turkey (Otokar).^[42]

Global sales

Global and regional unit sales

Worldwide sales of Land Rover tripled from model year 2008/’09 to 2014/’15 (from almost 130,000 to some 385,000 units), to peak at a further 10% higher in ’15/’16 and ’16/’17, and have since slid by some 100,000 (to 320,000 units) in 2018/’19.^[43] In spite of the facts, that Australia and New Zealand were important Land Rover markets in the 20th century, and sales in the Asia Pacific region have quadrupled from 2008/’09 to 2014/’15, Land Rover have stopped publishing sales of that region separately – instead including them in «Rest of World» starting 2015/’16.

Overall, Europe is the firm’s primary market, consistently yielding 40% to 50% of global units sold. Generally, half of that is down to the home (UK) market. Sales in the U.K. and the U.S. have generally kept equal pace, but since 2012 China has taken the lead as Land Rover’s biggest single country market, except for 2018/’19.^[43]

Per calendar year: ^[44]

Year	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
Units sold	144,371	181,395	223,602	303,926	348,338	381,108	403,079	434,582

Per model year: ^[43]

model year	United Kingdom	Europe (continent)	North America	China*	Asia Pacific**	Rest of world	Total
’08 / ’09	25,197	33,040	23,008	7,536	5,436	34,327	128,544
’09 / ’10	39,085	39,086	29,319	14,962	6,092	28,633	157,177
’10 / ’11	42,125	42,732	36,041	26,009	7,288	34,892	189,087
’11 / ’12	46,257	58,213	44,136	44,622	10,485	47,919	251,632
’12 / ’13	57,186	70,252	49,931	67,579	14,008	57,087	316,043
’13 / ’14	60,019	71,525	56,214	83,186	17,787	65,058	353,789
’14 / ’15	68,882	78,140	61,555	95,528	21,548	59,626	385,279
’15 / ’16	79,723	103,683	83,133	79,937		80,646	427,122
’16 / ’17	85,623	100,711	81,949	95,856		67,022	431,161
’17 / ’18	58,417	78,836	68,519	89,975		56,224	351,971
’18 / ’19	60,791	60,168	83,389	57,801		57,882	320,031
* China includes data for 2015/16 onwards of Chery Jaguar Land Rover (CJLR) sales. ** Asia Pacific is merged into the rest of world heading from 2015/16 onwards.

Unit sales by model

The Discovery Sport is the most successful Land Rover model, selling 95,520 units globally in 2018. This was followed by another ‘sports’ model, the Range Rover Sport, at 77,847 units.^[43]
The Discovery Sport is the successor to the brands Freelander model, which was Europe’s best selling 4×4 for five years in a row, after its market introduction in 1997.^[45]

Models

Historic

• Series I, II, IIA and III
• Freelander (sold in some markets as LR2)

Current

• Defender
• Discovery
• Discovery Sport
• Range Rover
• Range Rover Sport
• Range Rover Velar
• Range Rover Evoque

Concepts

Range Stormer – Land Rover’s first concept vehicle, unveiled at the 2004 North American International Auto Show, later became the Range Rover Sport. (Gritzinger, 2004).

Land Rover LRX – Land Rover’s second concept vehicle, first unveiled at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show. Originally a vehicle with ERAD technology, the production version did not include this. The car was then launched in 2011 as the Range Rover Evoque, and was the first Range Rover branded product to be offered with front wheel drive, and no low ratio transfer box.

Land Rover DC100 – Land Rover’s third concept vehicle, first unveiled at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, designed to be a replacement for the Land Rover Defender, though it is unlikely that the Defender’s replacement will be exactly the same as the DC100 concept.

Land Rover Discovery Vision Concept – Land Rover’s fourth concept vehicle, first unveiled at the 2014, was designed to be a replacement for the Land Rover Discovery, This concept features Transparent Bonnet, Suicide doors, and Laser assisted lamps (there is a very little chance this will be included in any future production vehicles).

Military

Models developed for the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) include:

• 101 Forward Control – also known as the «Land Rover One Tonne FC»
• 1/2 ton Lightweight – airportable military short-wheelbase from the Series 2a
• Land Rover Wolf – an uprated Military Defender
• Snatch Land Rover – Land Rover with composite armoured body in UK Armed Forces Service
• 109 Series IIa and III ambulance (body by Marshalls of Cambridge)
• Range Rover ‘6×6’ Fire Appliance (conversion by Carmichael and Sons of Worcester) for RAF airfield use
• 130 Defender ambulance
• ‘Llama’ prototypes for 101 replacement

Models developed for the Australian Army

• Land Rover Perentie 4×4 and 6×6

Engines

During the history of the Land Rover many different engines have been fitted:

• The inlet-over-exhaust petrol engines («semi side-valve»), in both four- and six-cylinder variants, which were used for the very first Land Rovers in 1948, and which had their origins in pre-war Rover cars. Displacement of the first models was 1,600 cc.
• The four-cylinder overhead-valve engines, both petrol and diesel, which first appeared (in diesel form) in 1957, near the end of Series One production, and evolved over the years to the 300 TDi turbodiesel, which remains in production today for some overseas markets.
• The Buick-sourced all aluminium Rover V8 engine.
• 1,997 cc Petrol, inlet-over-exhaust: Series I engine, carried over for the first few months of Series II production.
• 2,052 cc Diesel, overhead-valve: Land Rover’s first diesel engine, and one of the first small high-speed diesels produced in the UK. It appeared in 1957, and was used in Series II production until 1961. Looks almost identical to the later 2,286 cc engine, but many internal differences. It produced 51 bhp (38 kW).
• 2,286 cc Petrol, overhead-valve, three-bearing crank:
• 2,286 cc Diesel, overhead-valve, three-bearing crank: Appeared in 1961 alongside the redesigned 2,286 cc petrol engine at the start of Series IIA production, and shared its cylinder block and some other components. It produced 62 bhp (46 kW).
• 2,625 cc Petrol, inlet-over-exhaust: Borrowed from the Rover saloon range, in response to demands from mid-1960s Land Rover users for more power and torque.
• 2,286 cc petrol/diesel, overhead-valve type 11J: five-bearing crank: In 1980, Land Rover finally did something about the crank failures which had plagued its four-cylinder engines for 22 years. These engines lasted beyond the end of Series III production and into the first couple of years of the new Ninety and One Ten ranges.^[46]
• 3,258 cc V8 Petrol: The ex-Buick all alloy V8 engine appeared in the Range Rover right from the start of production in 1970, but did not make its way into the company’s utility vehicles until 1979.
• 2,495 cc petrol, overhead valve: The final development of Land Rover’s ohv petrol ‘four’, with hardened valve seats which allow running on unleaded (or LPG).
• 2,495 cc diesel, overhead valve, type 12J: Land Rover reworked the old ‘two and a quarter’ diesel for the 1980s. The injection pump was driven off a toothed belt at the front of the engine (together with the camshaft), a change compared with the older diesels.
• 2,495 cc turbodiesel, overhead valve, type 19J
• 2,495 cc turbodiesel, overhead valve, 200TDi and 300TDi: Used in the Defender and Discovery from 1990. The cylinder block was similar to the previous engine, although strengthened but the cylinder head was all-new and a direct injection fuel system was used.
• 2,495 cc turbodiesel, five-cylinder, TD5: An all-new engine for the second generation Discovery, and the Defender featuring electronic control of the fuel injection system, ‘drive by wire’ throttle, and other refinements
• The original Freelander models were available with various Rover K-series engines.
• In beginning of 2015 they start to use the all new Ingenium engine family, to replaced Ford sourced engines.

As of August 2012, most Land Rovers in production are powered by Ford engines.^[47] Under the terms of the acquisition, Tata has the right to buy engines from Ford until 2019.^[48]

Electric vehicles

Integrated Electric Rear Axle Drive (ERAD) technology, dubbed e-terrain technology,^[49] will allow the vehicle to move off without starting the engine as well as supplying extra power over tough terrain.^[49] Land Rover’s Diesel ERAD Hybrid was developed as part of a multimillion-pound project supported by the UK Government’s Energy Saving Trust, under the low carbon research and development programme. ERAD programme is one of a broad range of sustainability-focused engineering programmes that Land Rover is pursuing, brought together by the company under the collective name «e TERRAIN Technologies».^[50]

Land Rover presented at the 2008 London Motor Show its new ERAD diesel-electric hybrid in a pair of Freelander 2 (LR2) prototypes. The new hybrid system is being designed as a scalable and modular system that could be applied across a variety of Land Rover models and powertrains.^[51]

Land Rover unveiled the LRX hybrid concept at the 2008 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, for it to be going into production.^[52] An ERAD will enable the car to run on electric power at speeds below 20 mph (32 km/h).^[53]

In September 2011, the Range Rover Evoque was launched, though it was based on the LRX hybrid concept presented at the 2008 North American International Auto Show, it did not include the ERAD system, included in the original concept.

In February 2013, Land Rover unveiled^[54][55] at the 83rd Geneva Motor Show an All-Terrain Electric Defender that produces zero emissions. The electric vehicle was developed for research purposes following successful trials of the Defender-based electric vehicle, Leopard 1. The vehicle is capable of producing 70 kW and 330 Nm of torque and has a range of 80 kilometres or in low speed off-road use it can last for up to eight hours before recharging.

Abilities

Power take-off (PTO) was integral to the Land Rover concept from 1948, enabling farm machinery and many other items to be run with the vehicle stationary. Maurice Wilks’ original instruction was «…to have power take-offs everywhere!» The 1949 report by British National Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Scottish Machinery Testing Station contained this description: «the power take-off is driven through a Hardy Spicer propeller shaft from the main gearbox output and two interchangeable pinions giving two ratios. The PTO gearbox casing is bolted to the rear chassis cross-member and an 8 by 8 inches (200 mm × 200 mm) belt pulley driven from the PTO shaft through two bevel gears can be bolted to the PTO gearbox casing.» PTOs remained regular options on Series I, II and III Land Rovers up to the demise of the Series Land Rover in 1985. An agricultural PTO on a Defender is possible as a special order.

Land Rovers (the Series/Defender models) are available in a variety of body styles, from a simple canvas-topped pick-up truck to a twelve-seat fully trimmed station wagon. Both Land Rover and out-of-house contractors have offered conversions and adaptations to the basic vehicle, such as fire engines, excavators, ‘cherry picker’ hydraulic platforms, ambulances, snowploughs, and six-wheel-drive versions, as well as one-off special builds including amphibious Land Rovers and vehicles fitted with tracks instead of wheels.

Military use

Various Land Rover models have been used in a military capacity, most notably by the British Army and Australian Army. Modifications may include military «blackout» lights, heavy-duty suspension, uprated brakes, 24 volt electrics, convoy lights, electronic suppression of the ignition system, blackout curtains and mounts for special equipment and small arms. Dedicated military models have been produced such as the 101 Forward Control and the air-portable 1/2 ton Lightweight. Military uses include light utility vehicle; communications platform; weapon platform for recoilless rifles, Anti-tank (e.g. TOW or M40 recoilless rifle) / Surface-to-Air Guided Weapons or machine guns; ambulances and workshops. The Discovery has also been used in small numbers, mostly as liaison vehicles.

Two models that have been designed for military use from the ground up are the 101 Forward Control from the early 1970s and the Lightweight or Airportable from the late 1960s. The latter was intended to be transported under a helicopter. The Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service (RAFMRS) teams were early users in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and their convoys of Land Rovers and larger military trucks are a sight often seen in the mountain areas of the United Kingdom. Originally RAFMRS Land Rovers had blue bodies and bright yellow tops, to be better seen from above. In 1981, the colour scheme was changed to green with yellow stripes. More recently, vehicles have been painted white, and are issued with fittings similar to civilian UK Mountain Rescue teams.

An adaptation of Land Rovers to military purposes is the «Pink Panther» models. Approximately 100 Series IIA models were adapted to reconnaissance use by British special operations forces the SAS. For desert use they were often painted pink, hence the name. The vehicles were fitted with among other gear a sun compass, machine guns, larger fuel tanks and smoke dischargers. Similar adaptations were later made to Series IIIs and 90/110/Defenders.^[56]

The Australian Army adapted the Land Rover Series 2 into the Long Range Patrol Vehicle for use by the Special Air Service Regiment and as an anti-tank «gunbuggy» fitted with an M40 recoilless rifle.

The 75th Ranger Regiment of the United States Army also adapted twelve versions of the Land Rover that were officially designated the Ranger Special Operations Vehicle.

Series and Defender models have also been armoured. The most widespread of these is the Shorts Shorland, built by Shorts Brothers of Belfast. The first of these were delivered in 1965 to the Royal Ulster Constabulary, the Northern Ireland police force. They were originally 109-inch (2,800 mm) wheelbase models with an armoured body and a turret from the Ferret armoured car. By 1990, there had been more than 1,000 produced.^[57]
In the 1970s, a more conventional armoured Land Rover was built for the Royal Ulster Constabulary in Wales called the Hotspur. The Land Rover Tangi was built by the Royal Ulster Constabulary’s own vehicle engineering team during the 1990s. The British Army has used various armoured Land Rovers, first in Northern Ireland but also in more recent campaigns. They first added protective panels to Series General Service vehicles (the Vehicle Protection Kit (VPK)). Later they procured the Glover Webb APV and finally the Courtaulds (later NP Aerospace) Composite Armoured Vehicle, commonly known as Snatch. These were originally based on heavy-duty V8 110 chassis but some have recently been re-mounted on new chassis from Otokar of Turkey and fitted with diesel engines and air-conditioning for Iraq. Although these now have more in common with the ‘Wolf’ (Defender XD) Land Rovers that many mistakenly confuse them with, the Snatch and the Wolf are different vehicles.

The most radical conversion of a Land Rover for military purposes was the Centaur half-track. It was based on a Series III with a V8 engine and a shortened belt drive from the Alvis Scorpion light tank. A small number was manufactured, and they were used by Ghana, among others.

The Land Rover is used by military forces throughout the world. The current generation of Land Rover used by British Army, the Snatch 2, have upgraded and strengthened chassis and suspension compared to civilian-specification vehicles. There is also the Land Rover WMIK (weapon mounted installation kit) used by British Army. The WMIK consists of a driver, a raised gun, usually a Browning heavy machine gun or a grenade machine gun, this used for ground support, and a GPMG (general-purpose machine gunner) located next to the driver, this used for vehicle protection.

Competitive use

Highly modified Land Rovers have competed in the Dakar Rally and won the Macmillan 4×4 UK Challenge almost every year, as well as having been the vehicle used for the Camel Trophy. Now, Land Rover has its own G4 challenge.^[58]

Driver training

Land Rover Experience was established in 1990, and consists of a network of centres throughout the world, set up to help customers get the most out of their vehicles’ on and off-road capability. The flagship centres are Land Rover’s bases at Solihull, Eastnor, Gaydon and Halewood. Courses offered include off-road driving, winching and trailer handling, along with a variety of corporate and individual ‘Adventure Days’. The factory centres at Solihull and Halewood have manufacturing tours, while Gaydon has an engineering tour.

Safety

Model-by-model road accident statistics from the UK Department for Transport show that the Land Rover Defender is one of the safest cars on British roads as measured by chance of death in two-car injury accidents.^[59]
The figures, which were based on data collected by police forces following accidents between 2000 and 2004 in Great Britain, showed that Defender drivers had a 1% chance of being killed or seriously injured and a 33% chance of sustaining any kind of injury. Other four-wheel-drive vehicles scored equally highly, and collectively these vehicles were much safer for their passengers than those in other classes such as passenger cars and MPVs. These figures reflect the fact that drivers of large mass vehicles are likely to be safer, often at the expense of other drivers if they collide with smaller cars.

Clubs

The original Land Rover Owners Club was set up by the Rover Company in 1954. The company published the Land Rover Owners Club Review magazine for members from 1957 to 1968 when the club became the Rover Owners Association. This original association fell away when the company merged with British Leyland.

There are many Land Rover clubs throughout the UK and internationally. Land Rover clubs break down into a number of groups of varying interests.

Single Marque Clubs – Bring together owners of a specific model or series of vehicle such as the Land Rover Series One Club,^[60] or the Discovery Owners Club.^[61] Single marque clubs have a global membership.

Special Vehicle Clubs – At various times Land Rover have produced vehicles for specific events or on a specific theme, most notable are the Camel Trophy and G4 Challenge vehicles which have been sold on to the general public, and a range of Defenders that were loosely based on the custom vehicles produced for the Tomb Raider motion picture.

Regional Clubs in the UK break down into two groups, competitive and non-competitive. The non-competitive clubs activities generally relate to social events, off-road driving or green laning on un-surfaced public highways or ‘pay and play’ days at off-road centres. Competitive clubs are a phenomenon almost exclusively found within the UK, who as well as the non-competitive activities detailed above run competitive events such as Tyro, Road Taxed Vehicle (RTV) and Cross Country Vehicle (CCV) trials, winch and recovery challenges or speed events such as Competitive Safaries. All UK competitive events are run within the framework of rules created by the Motor Sports Association (MSA) with further vehicle specific rules applied by the host club or association. Outside of the UK regional clubs are independent and mostly non-competitive.

A number of clubs are affiliated to the Association of Land Rover Clubs (ALRC);^[62] formerly known as the Association of Rover Clubs (ARC) the association applies its own vehicle regulations to all of its member clubs who have the opportunity to compete together at regional events and an annual national event with vehicles approved to the same standard. In recent years some non-competitive clubs have dropped their affiliation fifth ALRC. Few clubs outside of the UK are affiliated with ALRC.^[63] Other than ALRC and the short lived Association of North American Rover Clubs (ANARC), which was created 1998 to celebrate Land Rover’s 50th anniversary and disbanded in 2001, other groups of Land Rover clubs have affiliated with each other.

Land Rover owners were also early adopters of virtual clubs that are entirely based online. Bill Caloccia^[64] created the original Land Rover Owner^[65] email list (LRO) as single marque offshoot of the British Cars email list in May 1990.^[66] Bill later created email lists in the mid-1990s for Range Rovers (RRO) and various regions (e.g., UK-LRO, AU-LRO, ZA-LRO, EU-LRO, IT-LRO, NL-LRO). In California members of the LRO list created mendo_recce in 1995.^[67]

In 2005, under Ford ownership, Land Rover became more interested in the club environment. An internal club was formed, The Land Rover Club,^[68] exclusive to employees of Ford’s Premier Automotive Group (Now exclusive to the new ‘Jaguar – Land Rover’ group since the brand moved away from the Ford stable). Also, an agreement was generated to allow other clubs to use the Land Rover green oval logo under licence. In 2006, the Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire club were the pilot licensees for the new agreement, who now benefit from a reciprocal arrangement where their own logo is trade marked^[69] and owned by Land Rover and they can refer to themselves as a ‘Land Rover Approved Club’.

Brand extensions

Bicycles

In 1995, Land Rover endorsed the production of a hand-made bicycle using its logo. The bicycle, called the Land Rover APB and manufactured by Pashley Cycles of Stratford-upon-Avon,^[70] was the collapsible version of Pashley Cycles’ Moulton APB (All Purpose Bicycle) model, with leading link front suspension and adjustable damping and stroke. Two more models immediately followed: the Land Rover XCB V-20, aimed primarily at younger riders (children); and the Land Rover XCB D-26, also available as the M26 with hydraulic rim brakes, front suspension and suspension seat pillar.

In June 2004, Land Rover released a comprehensive 25 model range of bicycles. The three main ranges are the «Defender», the «Discovery», and the «Freelander», each with different attributes. The «Discovery» is an all-rounder bicycle suited to a variety of terrains, «Defender» is most suited to rugged terrain and off-road pursuits, whereas the «Freelander» is designed for an urban lifestyle. All bikes are made from lightweight aluminium.

In 2010 the range was relaunched in conjunction with British manufacturer 2×2.^[71]

Coffee

Land Rover has had its name associated with coffee since 2005, when the Land Rover Coffee company was established.^[72]

Pushchairs

Land Rover gave UK pram company Pegasus a licence to produce a three-wheeler range of Land Rover ATP pushchairs. The design reflected the heritage of the marque, with a light metal frame with canvas seating, held together with push-studs and tough simple parts like brakes and hinges. They could be collapsed completely flat, with wheels removed in seconds. The basic frame could be adapted with modules to allow a baby to lie flat or a bubble windscreen to completely enclose the child. The frame also came in long or short-handled versions, and could be repaired with home tools. The design was simple, light, and rugged and able to travel in all terrains (hence the ATP for all-terrain pushchair.) It came in three military looking colours: a light blue, a sand colour and olive drab. Production was discontinued in 2002.^[73]

References

External links

• Official website for Jaguar Land Rover’s Land Rover marque

Land Rover

Компания основана как дочернее предприятие концерна «Rover Group». В 1994г. Rover была приобретена немецким концерном BMW. Фирма производит знаменитые внедорожники Land Rover. Штаб-квартира компании находится в Англии неподалеку от Бирмингема. Сейчас компания принадлежит американскому концерну Ford.

Начав выпуск полноприводных внедорожников после второй мировой войны, компания сразу вышла в бесспорные лидеры и остается на вершине полноприводного братства до сих пор Подробнее

Компания основана как дочернее предприятие концерна «Rover Group». В 1994г. Rover была приобретена немецким концерном BMW. Фирма производит знаменитые внедорожники Land Rover. Штаб-квартира компании находится в Англии неподалеку от Бирмингема.

До начала 2008 года компания принадлежала американскому концерну Ford, а недавно американцы продали Land Rover индийской фирме Tata.

Начав выпуск полноприводных внедорожников после второй мировой войны, компания сразу вышла в бесспорные лидеры и остается на вершине полноприводного братства до сих пор. Совершенно заслуженно Land Rover считается лучшим внедорожником.

Первый Land Rover появился в послевоенной Англии в 1948 г., во времена серьезного дефицита стали. Это была гениально простая, изобретательно сделанная «рабочая лошадка» из алюминия. Братья Спенсер и Морис Уилкс, работавшие на британскую автомобилестроительную компанию «Rover», создали новый автомобиль-символ, сочетавший простоту и надежность. Авто сопутствовал мгновенный успех, в результате чего к середине пятидесятых годов прошлого века марка «Land Rover» уже стала четко ассоциироваться с понятием стойкости, долговечности и феноменальных внедорожных качеств. Военные и работники сельского хозяйства, а также работники спасательных и восстановительных служб нашли в Land Rover как раз те качества, которые им и требовались в автомобиле. К 1959 г. с линий завода в г. Солихалл ходил уже 250 000-й Land Rover, а фундамент для будущего доминирования на рынке был полностью заложен.
Основной сайт: www.landrover.com

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Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC

Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Automotive
Founded	18 January 2008; 15 years ago (as Jaguar Land Rover)
Headquarters	Whitley, Coventry , United Kingdom[1]
Key people	Adrian Mardell, (Interm CEO) Gerry McGovern, (Chief creative officer)
Products	Luxury vehicles Sport utility vehicles
Production output	439,749 (Land Rover) 174,560 (Jaguar)[2] (2017–18)
Brands	Jaguar Land Rover Rover (dormant) Daimler (dormant) Lanchester (dormant)
Revenue	£22.984 billion[3] (2019–20)
Operating income	-£0.422 billion[3] (2019–20)
Net income	-£0.469 billion[3] (2019–20)
Total assets	£24.104 billion[3] (2019–20)
Total equity	£6.556 billion[3] (2019–20)
Number of employees	39,787[3] (2020)
Parent	Tata Motors
Subsidiaries	Jaguar Land Rover Holdings Limited Jaguar Land Rover Limited Chery Jaguar Land Rover (50%) Jaguar Land Rover India Bowler Motors
Website	jaguarlandrover.com

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC is the holding company of Jaguar Land Rover Limited, also known as JLR, and is a British multinational automobile manufacturer owned by Tata Motors which produces luxury vehicles and sport utility vehicles. Jaguar Land Rover is a subsidiary of Tata Motors and has its head office in Whitley, Coventry, UK. The principal activity of Jaguar Land Rover Limited is the design, development, manufacture and sale of vehicles bearing the Jaguar and Land Rover marques.

Both marques have long histories prior to their merger – Jaguar going back to the 1930s and Land Rover to the 1940s – first coming together in 1968 as part of the British Leyland conglomerate, later again independent of each other, and then as subsidiaries of BMW (in the case of Land Rover), and Ford Motor Company (Jaguar). In 2000, Rover Group was broken up by BMW and Land Rover was sold on to Ford Motor Company, becoming part of its Premier Automotive Group.

Jaguar Land Rover has been a subsidiary of Tata Motors since they founded it as a holding company for the acquisition of Jaguar Cars Limited and Land Rover Limited from Ford in 2008. On January 1, 2013, the operations of Jaguar Cars Limited and Land Rover were merged as Jaguar Land Rover Limited and the original holding company of Jaguar Land Rover Limited was renamed as Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC.

History[edit]

Both businesses having been part of British Leyland for parts of their histories until 1984, Jaguar Cars and Land Rover were eventually reunited into the same group by the Ford Motor Company in 2002.^[4] Ford had acquired Jaguar Cars in 1989 and then Land Rover from BMW in 2000.^[5][6] In 2006, Ford purchased the Rover brand name from BMW for around £6 million. This reunited the Rover and Land Rover brands for the first time since the Rover group was broken up by BMW in 2000.

On 18 January 2008, Tata Motors, a part of the Tata Group, established Jaguar Land Rover Limited as a British-registered and wholly owned subsidiary. The new company was to be used as a holding company for the acquisition from Ford of the two businesses – Jaguar Cars Limited and Land Rover for US$2.23 billion. That acquisition was completed on 2 June 2008.^[7][8] Included in the deal to buy Land Rover and Jaguar Cars were the rights to three other British brands: the Daimler marque, as well as two dormant brands Lanchester and Rover.^[9]

On 1 January 2013, the group, which had been operating as two separate companies (Jaguar Cars Limited and Land Rover), although on an integrated basis, underwent a fundamental restructuring. The parent company was renamed to Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC, Jaguar Cars Limited was renamed to Jaguar Land Rover Limited and the assets (excluding certain Chinese interests) of Land Rover were transferred to it. The consequence was that Jaguar Land Rover Limited became responsible in the UK for the design, manufacture and marketing of both Jaguar and Land Rover products.^[10]

In addition to the Jaguar and Land Rover marques, JLR also owns the rights to the dormant Daimler, Lanchester and Rover marques. The latter was acquired by Land Rover, whilst still under Ford ownership, from BMW in the aftermath of the collapse of MG Rover Group; BMW had retained ownership of the marque when it broke up Rover Group in 2000, then licensed it to MG Rover.^[7][10]

Investment and expansion[edit]

In March 2011, Jaguar Land Rover announced that it would hire an additional 1,500 staff at its Halewood plant, and signed over £2 billion of supply contracts with UK-based companies, to enable production of its new Range Rover Evoque model.^[11][12] In September 2011, the company confirmed that it would be investing £355 million in the construction of a new engine plant at the i54 business park near Wolverhampton, central England, to manufacture a family of four-cylinder petrol and diesel engines.^[13][14] In November 2011 Jaguar Land Rover announced that it would be creating 1,000 new jobs at its Solihull plant, a 25 per cent increase in the size of the workforce at the site.^[15][16]

In March 2012, Jaguar Land Rover announced the creation of 1,000 new jobs at its Halewood plant, and a shift to 24-hour production at the plant.^[17][18] In the same month, Jaguar Land Rover and the China-based carmaker Chery agreed to invest an initial US$2.78 billion in a new joint venture, the activities of which would include the manufacture of Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles and engines, the establishment of a research and development facility, the creation of a new automobile marque, and sales of vehicles produced by the company.^[19][20] Jaguar Land Rover planned to create 4,500 manufacturing and engineering jobs in the UK over the next five years.^[21]

In late 2012, the company announced a joint venture for Jaguars and Land Rovers to be built in China, now the world’s biggest car-market. The agreement was with Chery, China’s sixth largest auto manufacturer, and called for a new Chinese factory in Changshu to build vehicles starting in 2014. Trial production at the facility began in April 2014, with a potential capacity of 130,000 vehicles annually.^[22] The first production model by the Chery Jaguar Land Rover venture was the Evoque, with other models planned that also include modifications, such as longer wheelbases, to satisfy Chinese market demand.^[23]

In September 2013, Jaguar Land Rover announced an additional 1,700 jobs and £1.5 billion investment at its facility in Solihull. The money was to be spent on designing systems to allow the chassis of future models to be made out of aluminium; the first of these would be a new mid-sized sports saloon car to be introduced in 2015.^[24] The same month, the company announced plans to open a £100 million research and development centre called the National Automotive Innovation Campus at the University of Warwick, Coventry to create a new generation of vehicle technologies. Jaguar Land Rover was to invest £50 million in the facility , the university and the UK government.^[25] The carmaker said around 1,000 academics and engineers would work there and that construction would start in 2014.^[26][27]

Under its chief executive, Ralf Speth, JLR has significantly increased its investment in research and development. In 2013, according to Speth, it invested £3 billion in «product creation» and claimed to be the «biggest R&D investor in the UK in the automotive business».^[28]

In 2017 a plant for Ingenium engine production was added to the Chery Jaguar Land Rover facility in China.^[29]

On 13 April 2018, Jaguar Land Rover announced that it would be cutting 1,000 temporary contract jobs in the West Midlands, citing a slump in sales due to uncertainty over changes to taxes on diesel cars and Brexit.^[30][31]

In 2019, Jaguar Land Rover purchased Bowler Motors, which became part of its SVO (Special Vehicle Operations) division.^{[32][33][34][35][36]}

Sales[edit]

In the year ended 31 March 2013, Jaguar Land Rover sold a total of 374,636 units. In 2016, Jaguar Land Rover became the biggest car manufacturer in the UK, producing 489,923 cars and overtaking Nissan, the previous leader.^[37]

In January 2014, the Wall Street Journal reported that Jaguar Land Rover sold a record 425,006 vehicles in 2013 as demand for its luxury vehicles increased in all major markets including in China, North America and Europe.^[38]

JLR was struggling by mid-2019 and Tata Motors wrote down its investment in JLR by $3.9 billion. Much of the financial problem was due to a 50% drop in sales in China during 2018, although the situation was improving by autumn 2019. This was confirmed by a third quarter profit of £156m (pre-tax) versus a £395m loss in the second quarter; JLR had also experienced a boost in sales in China of 24%. The new Range Rover Evoque was helpful in boosting profit, with a 54.6% increase in worldwide sales.^[39][40] Tata was open to considering a partnership with another company, according to a statement in mid-October, if the partnership agreement would allow Tata to maintain control of the business. The company ruled out the possibility of a sale of JLR to another entity.^[41]

Corporate affairs[edit]

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive is a public limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (Company No. 06477691). The immediate parent of Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC is TML Holdings Pte. Ltd., Singapore and the ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party is Tata Motors Limited of India.^[42] The Chairman of Tata Group, Ratan Tata, was the chairman and a director of Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC from 2008 to December 2012.

Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC’s principal active subsidiaries are:^[43]

• Jaguar Land Rover Holdings Limited
• Jaguar Land Rover Limited (designs, manufactures and sells Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles)

Senior leadership[edit]

Name[42]	Position[42]	Year appointed[42]
Natarajan Chandrasekaran	Chairman	2017
Adrian Mardell (interim)	Chief Executive Officer	2022[44]
Gerry McGovern	Chief Creative Officer	2013

List of former chairmen[edit]

1. Ratan Tata (2008–2012)
2. Cyrus Mistry (2012–2016)

List of former CEOs[edit]

1. Sir Ralf Speth (2010–2020)
2. Thierry Bolloré (2020–2022)^[44]

Financial data[edit]

Year ending	Turnover (£m)	EBITDA (£m)	Net income / (loss) before tax (£m)
31 Mar 2022[45]	18,320	1,896	(455)
31 Mar 2021[46]	19,731	2,531	(861)
31 March 2020[47]	22,984	2,000	(422)
31 March 2019[47]	24,214	1,981	(3,629)
31 March 2018[47]	25,786	2,794	1,512
31 March 2017[47]	24,339	3,000	1,600
31 March 2016[48]	22,208	3,313	1,557
31 March 2015[49]	21,866	4,132	2,614
31 March 2014[50]	19,386	3,393	2,501
31 March 2013[51]	15,785	2,402	1,674
31 March 2012[52]	13,512	2,027	1,479
31 March 2011[42]	9,870.7	1,501.7	1,115
31 March 2010[42]	6,527.2	349.1	51.4
31 March 2009[42]	4,949.5	(83.9)	(375.7)

Operations[edit]

Jaguar Land Rover has six main facilities for research and development, manufacturing and vehicle assembly, of which five are in the UK and one in India.

Jaguar Land Rover has three research and development facilities in the UK:

• Gaydon, Warwickshire – an engineering and development facility which was formerly the Land Rover headquarters. Formerly an RAF bomber base before being acquired by British Leyland and redeveloped as a vehicle design, development and testing centre.
• Whitley, Coventry – an engineering and development site and headquarters of Jaguar Land Rover which was formerly the Jaguar Cars head office. This site was acquired from Peugeot in the 1980s, and was formerly a First World War airfield, an aircraft factory and then a missile factory before being sold to the Rootes Group (later Chrysler Europe).
• JLR is a partner in the National Automotive Innovation Centre at the University of Warwick, Coventry.

Vehicle Assembly plants:^[53][54]

• Castle Bromwich Assembly, Birmingham. Jaguar Land Rover’s main Jaguar assembly plant, producing the XF, XJ and F-Type ranges. Originally an aircraft factory during World War Two – Spitfires were built here – it was later acquired by Pressed Steel Fisher and became a vehicle body assembly works. It came under the auspices of Jaguar through the merger with BMC in the 1960s.
  • Jaguar XE, Jaguar XF, Jaguar F-Type
• Halewood plant, Halewood, Liverpool City Region. Used by Jaguar Land Rover for Land Rover production. Originally a Ford assembly plant (the Ford Escort being its most prolific model) it was given to Jaguar in 2000 for production of the X-Type. Ford still owns the transmission manufacturing operation at Halewood.
  • Land Rover Discovery Sport, Range Rover Evoque
• Solihull plant, Lode Heath, Solihull, West Midlands. Jaguar Land Rover’s principal Land Rover assembly plant. This was originally an aircraft engine plant during World War Two, then became a Rover Company plant after the war. It produced Rover passenger cars until 1982, and has been the production site of the classic Land-Rover (both Series and Defender) and the full-size Range Rover for their entire production runs. In 2014 the Jaguar XE became the first Jaguar car to be assembled here, followed by the F-Pace in 2016.
  • Range Rover, Range Rover Sport, Range Rover Velar, Jaguar F-Pace
• Pune, India^[55]
  • Jaguar XF, Range Rover Evoque, Range Rover Velar
• Chery Jaguar Land Rover, Changshu, China^[56]
  • Range Rover Evoque, Land Rover Discovery Sport, Jaguar XE, Jaguar XF
• JLR Brazil, Itatiaia, Brazil^[57]
  • Range Rover Evoque, Land Rover Discovery Sport
• JLR Slovakia, Nitra, Slovakia^[58][59]
  • Land Rover Discovery, Land Rover Defender

SVO facility

• Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire – where the Special Vehicle Operations development centre was created in 2016. The site was previously used by Rootes for aircraft production plant for World War Two, and later became the Rootes/Chrysler/Peugeot car plant which was closed in 2006 and has since been demolished.

Engine Assembly plants

• Engine Manufacturing Centre, Wolverhampton. A £500 million facility located at the i54 site in Staffordshire close to Wolverhampton where the Ingenium family of modular diesel and petrol engines are built. The plant was officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday 30 October 2014.
• Chery Jaguar Land Rover, Changshu, China.^[60]

Planned facilities^[61][62]

• Software engineering facility, Shannon, Ireland
• Storage depot, Stone, Staffordshire

Co-operations

• The Magna Steyr company in Graz, Austria^[63] builds the E-Pace (from 2017) and the I-Pace (from 2018).

In 2020, Jaguar Land Rover’s UK production facilities were halted for the period from March 20 to April 20 due to coronavirus pandemic.^[64]

Products[edit]

Jaguar Land Rover currently sells vehicles under the Jaguar and Land Rover marques.

NOx emissions ratings[edit]

In March 2019, Jaguar Land Rover became the first European car producer to submit new cars from its marques to AIR Index to receive NOx emissions ratings.^[65]

AIR Index ratings for JLR cars (Euro 6 allows up to 80 mg/km NOx emission)

Model	Year	Fuel	NOx measured (mg/km)	AIR Index rating
Jaguar E-Pace HSE 2.0I 180hp	2019	Diesel	14	A
Land Rover Range Rover Evoque TD4 2.0I 180hp	2019	Diesel	17	A
Land Rover Discovery 3.0 TD6 HSE	2018	Diesel	33	A
Land Rover Discovery Sport 2.0I 180hp	2019	Diesel	34	A

Future electrification[edit]

In September 2017, Jaguar Land Rover announced that all new Jaguar and Land Rover models launched from the 2020 model year will have an all-electric or hybrid powertrain option.^[66]

In October 2017, JLR announced that its electrification programme will start with the Range Rover Sport P400e for the 2018 model year, a plug-in hybrid model due in the showrooms in late 2017.^[67] and be followed by the launch of a plug-in hybrid Range Rover due in 2018 for the 2019 model year.^[68]

Jaguar Land Rover paid $49.5 million in fines for missing its American Corporate Average Fuel Economy targets over the 2009–13 model years.^[69]

At the beginning of June 2019, JLR and BMW announced that they will collaborate «to develop next generation electric drive units».^[70]

On 5 July 2019, JLR confirmed that they intended to build an all-electric XJ luxury saloon car, at their Castle Bromwich plant.^[71] The car was expected to be launched in 2020.^[72] On 15 February 2021, CEO Thierry Bolloré announced that development on the all-electric XJ saloon has been cancelled due to poor sales of saloons in general, as people around the world are preferring crossovers, SUVs, and pickup trucks over saloons, coupes, convertibles, estates, hatchbacks, and compact cars, especially in the Americas, Oceania, Africa, and the Middle East.^{[citation needed]}

In February 2021, JLR announced that the entire Jaguar range will become all-electric for the 2025 model year. The company also stated that it will introduce its first all-electric Land Rover vehicle in 2023 as a 2024 model year. JLR also stated that it will end production and sales of diesel-powered Land Rover vehicles in 2026, with production and sales of petrol-powered Land Rover vehicles ending in 2030. This will lead to Jaguar Land Rover becoming 100% all-electric by the 2030s. CEO Thierry Bolloré clearly stated that this is to help JLR comply with the incoming more stringent emission standards and the phase-out and banning of fossil fuel vehicles by 2030 from Europe, India, China, South Korea, Japan, United States, etc. due to climate change and air pollution. This also comes after the United Kingdom passed legislation in February 2020, that will ban all fossil fuel vehicles from the UK by 2030. Bolloré also stated that all the upcoming electric vehicles being introduced by JLR and other car manufacturers should also become more mainstream and eventually overtake fossil fuel vehicles.^[73][74]

Current Jaguar products[edit]

• Jaguar XE (compact executive car)
• Jaguar XF (executive car & estate)
• Jaguar F-Type (sports car)
• Jaguar E-Pace (subcompact luxury SUV)
• Jaguar F-Pace (compact luxury SUV)
• Jaguar I-Pace (compact luxury electric SUV)

Jaguar XE	Jaguar XF	Jaguar F-Type	Jaguar E-Pace	Jaguar F-Pace	Jaguar I-Pace

Current Land Rover products[edit]

• Land Rover Defender (off-road luxury SUV)
• Land Rover Discovery (mid-size luxury SUV)
• Land Rover Discovery Sport (high end subcompact luxury SUV)
• Range Rover (full-size luxury SUV)
• Range Rover Sport (mid-size luxury SUV)
• Range Rover Velar (high end compact luxury SUV)
• Range Rover Evoque (subcompact luxury SUV)

Land Rover Discovery Sport	Land Rover Discovery	Land Rover Defender	Range Rover Evoque	Range Rover Velar	Range Rover Sport	Range Rover

Upcoming Land Rover product[edit]

• Range Rover (L460) (full-size luxury SUV)

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website
• Business data for Jaguar Land Rover:
  • Reuters