https://www.scmp.com/rss/43845/feed Jaguar Land Rover makes and sells Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of India-based Tata Motors. Ford bought Jaguar in 1989 and Land Rover in 2000 and brought them together to build up its premium car business in 2002, but sold them to Tata in 2008.<br /> en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com When Katja Vogt considers a Jaguar, she pictures a British-made car purring confidently along the Italian coastline – a vision of familiarity that conveys “that dreaming, longing feeling we all love.” She’s not sure what to think about Jaguar now after the 89-year-old company announced a radical rebranding this week that featured loud colours and androgynous people – but no cars. Jaguar, the company says, will now be JaGUar. It will produce only electric vehicles beginning in 2026. And say... https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3288217/jaguar-just-announced-rebrand-what-does-mean-heritage-brands-and-consumer-identity?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/postmag/culture/article/3288217/jaguar-just-announced-rebrand-what-does-mean-heritage-brands-and-consumer-identity?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Nov 2024 18:00:11 +0000 Ratan Tata, the former Tata Group chairman who put a staid and sprawling Indian conglomerate on the global stage with a string of high-profile acquisitions, has died, the Tata Group said in a statement late on Wednesday. He was 86. Tata, who ran the conglomerate for more than 20 years as chairman, had been undergoing intensive care in a Mumbai hospital, two sources with direct knowledge of his medical situation said earlier on Wednesday. “It is with a profound sense of loss that we bid farewell... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3281759/ratan-tata-former-chairman-indias-tata-group-dies-age-86?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3281759/ratan-tata-former-chairman-indias-tata-group-dies-age-86?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Oct 2024 19:44:09 +0000 Car owners will have the freedom to choose where to service their vehicles without fear of losing their warranties under a proposal by major distributors who were forced into a U-turn after an investigation by Hong Kong’s competition watchdog. The Competition Commission on Monday said it was inclined to accept the offer made by seven dealers of 17 car brands to amend the warranty terms and conditions, but noted that it would hear more views from interested parties by August 15. The proposal won... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3187344/car-dealers-propose-easing-warranty-restrictions-maintenance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3187344/car-dealers-propose-easing-warranty-restrictions-maintenance?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Aug 2022 13:22:47 +0000 Almost a decade after playing home to Europe’s first mass-produced electric car, the UK is at risk of becoming a footnote in the global auto industry’s shift to battery-powered vehicles. The UK lacks the cell and pack factories automakers will need to support their transition away from the internal combustion engine. In what could be a fresh blow to British carmaking, the country’s top auto manufacturer, Jaguar Land Rover, is in talks with Northvolt and SVolt Energy Technology about supplying... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3179230/uks-automotive-industry-out-worlds-top-15-takes-another-hit?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3179230/uks-automotive-industry-out-worlds-top-15-takes-another-hit?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 May 2022 05:30:18 +0000 Sitting around a Sunday afternoon lunch table with a few cans of beer under the belt is a natural forum for entrepreneurs to air ideas of what we are likely to do next. Such was the case about a year ago when I sat with two new friends who hail from Switzerland and found themselves in South Lantau: Töni Sigg and Urs Stemmler. One thing we have in common, like many guys of our age, is a love of fancy cars – Ferrari, Maserati, Aston Martin, etc – and Urs has even taken the plunge with a 1980s’ era... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3168947/classic-cars-hong-kong-could-be-untapped-treasure-trove-investors?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3168947/classic-cars-hong-kong-could-be-untapped-treasure-trove-investors?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 02 Mar 2022 23:00:36 +0000 Allu Arjun’s hit movie Pushpa: The Rise is already bringing home the big bucks; it crossed the US$10 million (75 crore rupees) mark at the box office in India after only three weeks, reports India Today. Directed by Sukumar Bandreddi, the film is originally in Telugu but was dubbed into Hindi and three other regional languages, with all versions hitting theatres on December 17. Arjun, who plays the lead in the action film, has an estimated net worth of around US$47 million, according to... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3163432/inside-pushpa-star-allu-arjuns-crazy-rich-life-rolex?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3163432/inside-pushpa-star-allu-arjuns-crazy-rich-life-rolex?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Jan 2022 00:00:12 +0000 Being born royal doesn’t necessarily mean a life spent wafting around palaces and banqueting with dignitaries; many of the world’s royals in fact have regular jobs, or have had periods in their lives where they have worked full-time. In fact many of Queen Elizabeth’s grandchildren have or are still working nine to five. 5 reasons why Princess Eugenie is different than other British royals Peter Phillips Queen Elizabeth’s eldest grandchild, Peter Phillips – yes, the one who walked between his... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3130831/british-royals-normal-jobs-princess-beatrice-sales?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3130831/british-royals-normal-jobs-princess-beatrice-sales?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 23 Apr 2021 22:00:18 +0000 For many petrolheads across the globe, the Jaguar E-Type presented at the Geneva Motor Show in 1961 represents the most beautiful car ever made. The public reaction to the lone coupé available for test drives was so strong that Jaguar rushed a second E-type, a roadster, from Coventry to Geneva overnight. Sixty years later, Jaguar Classic has unveiled its first matched pair of E-Type 60 Collection cars and revealed full specification details for the 12 expertly restored and sympathetically... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/article/3127654/jaguar-e-type-worlds-most-iconic-car-60-years-007s-favourite?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/article/3127654/jaguar-e-type-worlds-most-iconic-car-60-years-007s-favourite?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 31 Mar 2021 00:00:11 +0000 Although it’s been a difficult year for the motoring industry with the pandemic-era world doing a lot less driving, luxurious car brands have still managed to excite petrolheads with a few new model launches in 2020, albeit mostly through digital rather than physical events. Jaguar presented the new F-Type sports car with award-winning enhanced design and technology, plus this model is eco-friendlier with filters to reduce emissions. And when we talk about sports car-making mastery, we can’t... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/article/3115070/jaguar-f-type-vs-ferrari-sf90-stradale-2020s-hottest-new?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/article/3115070/jaguar-f-type-vs-ferrari-sf90-stradale-2020s-hottest-new?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Dec 2020 05:10:20 +0000 Not all cars are created equally. Some have intrinsic historic value while others have value thrust upon them by virtue of who drove it or what the car “achieved”. Either way, when coveted cars go up for auction, there is a flurry of activity and a gaggle of buyers lined up to pay extraordinary amounts for them. We spoke to RM Sotheby's, one of the world’s foremost classic car auctioneers, about the top 10 most expensive cars they have ever sold at auction – with prices beginning just shy of... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3080436/ferrari-jaguar-aston-martin-and-alfa-romeo-are-among?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3080436/ferrari-jaguar-aston-martin-and-alfa-romeo-are-among?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Apr 2020 08:00:21 +0000 My terrible summer continues and, at the rate I’m going, 2019 might just be my annus horribilis. After losing my drone over the Indian Ocean, I had what can only be described as my own Suez Crisis at Kowloon City’s Speedway Diner a few weekends ago. No, scratch that, it was the humiliation of Suez plus the debacle of Brexit, with the added calamity of Black Monday. Long-time readers will know I can’t drive, so, unsurprisingly, I was pretty wretched at go-karting, finishing dead last against the... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/fashion/article/3020751/three-racing-inspired-watches-ideal-motorheads-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/fashion/article/3020751/three-racing-inspired-watches-ideal-motorheads-and?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 31 Jul 2019 14:00:14 +0000 In the 1960s and 1970s, few sedans oozed ultra-cool style as the Jaguar XJ does. Long and slender, with liquid lines yawning from the limpid headlamps back to an elegantly tapered tail, they seemed to slither down the road like something from a naughty dream. Jerry Hall, Tom Petty, and Frank Sinatra owned them. So did the UK’s royal family. But owning one now can also be a nightmare. Complications from rust damage, overheating issues, and cracked cables can result in hours stranded on the side... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/tech-design/article/2169102/why-jaguar-xj-loved-jerry-hall-and-frank-sinatra-coolest?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/tech-design/article/2169102/why-jaguar-xj-loved-jerry-hall-and-frank-sinatra-coolest?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Oct 2018 02:04:50 +0000 Porsche fans were thrilled that the marque’s 919 Hybrid won Le Mans last month – and then triumphed at July 16’s Six Hours on the Nurburgring. However, the marque’s endurance-winning technology is also on Gloucester Road, according to Porsche Centre Hong Kong and Macau spokeswoman Jess Lam. “The 919 Hybrid racing technology and electrifying performance were derived from the track and brought to the road,” she says. “Both the flagship Panamera E Hybrid [from about HK$1.8 million, US$230,000] and... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2104533/porsche-panamera-hybrid-brings-le-mans-winning-technology-hong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2104533/porsche-panamera-hybrid-brings-le-mans-winning-technology-hong?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Jul 2017 11:20:38 +0000 The new Audi A8 “should be here next year”, Audi Hong Kong spokeswoman Katty Chu says this week, but the actual dates and prices are unknown. The marque unveiled its new, even comfier “flagship” luxury saloon in Barcelona on July 11, and its first deliveries are expected in Europe “in late 2017”, Audi says. The A8 range is topped by a six-litre W12, and with an eight-cylinder, four-litre diesel version due later. However, Hongkongers might be happy with the three-litre V6 turbo TFSI with 340ps –... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2103609/five-innovative-arrivals-audi-offers-luxury-comfort-vw-extends?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2103609/five-innovative-arrivals-audi-offers-luxury-comfort-vw-extends?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Jul 2017 08:29:06 +0000 When is an SUV not an SUV? When it’s the “ultimate practical sports car”, that’s when. When it’s a sports car that miraculously enjoys the countryside so much it likes to venture off-road; and when it’s a sports car that can comfortably seat five adults of regular dimensions. Jaguar might tell you all this – that “ultimate practical sports car” legend is part of its marketing thrust – but if the company thinks its F-Pace filly can steal sales from its rivals through the back door, by pretending... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/motoring/article/2013185/just-be-yourself-lesson-jaguars-f-pace?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/motoring/article/2013185/just-be-yourself-lesson-jaguars-f-pace?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 02 Sep 2016 15:07:48 +0000 A video of a woman in China repeatedly ramming her Range Rover into a parked Jaguar, with whose owner her family has a financial dispute, has gone viral this week. The woman was arrested in Xiamen for intentional damage to property, the People’s Daily reported yesterday, after the incident on May 23. To cheers from onlookers in the southeastern city’s Siming district, the woman can be seen repeatedly driving her white Range Rover into a black Jaguar which had blocked her exit from a parking... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/motoring/article/1953878/video-woman-china-ramming-suv-car-blocking-her-way-goes-viral?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/motoring/article/1953878/video-woman-china-ramming-suv-car-blocking-her-way-goes-viral?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 May 2016 05:37:40 +0000 At the Geneva International Motor Show this month, big luxury had its day. Maserati showed its US$72,000 Levante SUV; Bentley debuted a stretch-limo version of its US$304,000 Mulsanne; Rolls-Royce gave us a blacked-out version of its US$296,000 Ghost. And that’s not to mention the unveiling of the US$2.6 million Bugatti Chiron. Next week in New York, luxury car makers are catching their breath. Which means many of them – McLaren, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bentley, Bugatti, Tesla, Fisker, and... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/motoring/article/1929414/what-drivers-can-look-forward-years-new-york-auto-show?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/motoring/article/1929414/what-drivers-can-look-forward-years-new-york-auto-show?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 23 Mar 2016 09:00:00 +0000 Tata Motors' Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) opened its first plant in China in Changshu - 110km northwest of Shanghai - yesterday, allowing the carmaker to cut prices and boost sales in the world's largest car market. It would probably choose the best-selling Range Rover Evoque as its first local production model at the 130,000-unit-a-year factory, with the potential to increase sales significantly, says consultancy IHS Automotive. Foreign carmakers have been setting up factories on the mainland to... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1621734/tata-motors-jaguar-land-rover-opens-first-plant-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1621734/tata-motors-jaguar-land-rover-opens-first-plant-china?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Oct 2014 21:15:00 +0000 Retro car is probably a misnomer: they may have links to the original in terms of either its manufacturer, or because it resembles a long-lost cousin; however, it is usually based on a model already within the carmaker's line-up. Nevertheless, the attraction is indisputable. A small number of so-called retro cars have appeared on the roads in recent years in large numbers. The first leaning towards a retro model was probably the Volkswagen Beetle, introduced at the Detroit motor show in 1998.... https://www.scmp.com/article/1008361/reverse-gear?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/1008361/reverse-gear?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:00:00 +0000 What are James Bond, Mission: Impossible and even Transformers movies without the adrenaline-inducing muscle cars? One of the latest films to hit local screens, which profiles one of Britain's most powerful women, highlights not only 'the lady' but also 'the car'. Luxury car manufacturer Jaguar hosted a charity premiere of The Iron Lady on Tuesday at the AMC cinema in Pacific Place. The film stars three-time Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep as former British prime minister Margaret... https://www.scmp.com/article/994937/heavyweights-race-charity-premiere-streeps-iron-lady?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/994937/heavyweights-race-charity-premiere-streeps-iron-lady?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:00:00 +0000 As carmakers geared up for tighter European emissions standards being introduced in the coming year, a big focus of 2011 remained the development of hybrid and battery technology, and also cleaner, more efficient petrol engines. Not content to let bureaucracy take all the fun out of motoring, however, a fair number of cars with shamelessly sporty specifications still found their way onto our roads. We take a look at some of the favourites that were launched in Hong Kong this year. The... https://www.scmp.com/article/988782/reinventing-wheels?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/988782/reinventing-wheels?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:00:00 +0000 The new Jaguar XKR-S is the marque's fastest and most powerful production car, and the coupe version has just arrived in Hong Kong. The model seems ideal for cross-border highway runs, comfortable inside, and should impress the city's rich at bonus time. Selling for HK$2.368 million and powered by a five-litre supercharged V8 engine, the XKR-S was launched in March at the Geneva Motor Show. Built on a lightweight aluminium platform, the 550-horsepowered coupe can deliver 680Nm of torque via a... https://www.scmp.com/article/988452/hefty-price-big-cat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/988452/hefty-price-big-cat?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:00:00 +0000 The XJ Supersport is the ultimate power statement from Jaguar. Sleek, luxurious and breathtakingly fast, the British marque's flagship saloon combines limousine comfort with supercar speed on a lightweight, aluminium body. Crafted with aerospace construction techniques to offer greater strength, acceleration and fuel economy, the Big Cat is 5.247 metres long, 2.110m wide and 1.448m high. Its design is dynamic with a low, wide stance on 20-inch wheels under muscular arches, and distinctive with... https://www.scmp.com/article/981128/big-cat-roars-phenomenal-power?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/981128/big-cat-roars-phenomenal-power?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:00:00 +0000 Champion jockey Douglas Whyte might pay a high price for his hit-and-run tour to Tokyo yesterday for the Tenno-Sho after his mount was relegated for causing interference in the final stages. Whyte missed the Happy Valley fixture to ride Jaguar Mail in the rich Group One race and spent much of the event tracking Christophe Soumillon on the favourite, champion mare Buena Vista. As the race changed complexion in the last 300m and faced with a wall of contenders ahead of him, Whyte turned back... https://www.scmp.com/article/729155/whyte-may-have-pay-price-tokyo-foray?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/729155/whyte-may-have-pay-price-tokyo-foray?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 31 Oct 2010 16:00:00 +0000 BOYS WILL BE BOYS I've been drawing cars all my life. From an early age I'd go to vintage hill climbs and old motor racing events with my father. He was a vintage-car enthusiast and had an Alvis Speed 20. It was the smell of the cars and the speed that I loved. I was seven when I started building my own go-karts out of wood. By the time I was around 13, all I wanted to do in life was design cars. So I went on to study transport design at Coventry University [in Britain], then to the ... https://www.scmp.com/article/705661/giles-taylor?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/705661/giles-taylor?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:00:00 +0000 To the launch of the Jaguar XJ - and what a let down. It is sleek and beautiful and a far cry from the Mondeos-in-cat's-clothing churned out when Ford owned the company. The marque now belongs to India's Tata and is getting its purr back. But where is the leaping cat? As the sheet was pulled off the vehicle I was struck by the jaguar's absence from its customary spot atop the bonnet. The cat is now stuck on the boot, like a butterfly flattened against a windscreen. I stalked Jaguar's head... https://www.scmp.com/article/703886/puss-boots?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/703886/puss-boots?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:00:00 +0000 Think of a luxury car and Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Maybach come to mind. Apart from their price, luxury cars are defined by perception of the brand, excellence of design, quality of materials and craftsmanship. But do you really have to spend millions to experience a luxury car? Not if the car is a Jaguar XF 3.0 V6 Luxury. The base-model XF defines entry-level opulence for the moderately well off. Coco Chanel once defined luxury as the absence of vulgarity. She would like the cabin of the... https://www.scmp.com/article/701582/jaguar-xf-offers-opulence-affordable-price?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/701582/jaguar-xf-offers-opulence-affordable-price?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:00:00 +0000 The XJ8 has been around in various incarnations for a number of years, but in 2002 Jaguar launched what was arguably the most significant development of its flagship model: an aluminium body. The powerful yet restrained design of the Jaguar saloon marks it as an elegant, luxurious car in the tradition of previous XJ models. But alongside this were the technology and advanced technical design that made the body construction possible. The XJ body was manufactured almost entirely from aluminium, a... https://www.scmp.com/article/691413/xj8-combines-technology-tradition?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/691413/xj8-combines-technology-tradition?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:00:00 +0000 Slinky Jaguar shows the joy of X Jaguar Hong Kong has every reason to be excited about the all-new XJ (below). The dealership invited us to the car's unveiling in London, but most recession-hit accountants would say the Saatchi Gallery is a long way to go for a preview. The marque's new four-door 'flagship' looks sporty, is 'exhilarating to drive' and builds on the success of the new XK and XF, Jaguar says. 'The new XJ is a thoroughly modern interpretation of the quintessential Jaguar,'... https://www.scmp.com/article/687848/footdown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/687848/footdown?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:00:00 +0000 What drives it? A 238bhp 3.0-litre V6 coupled to Jaguar's reactive six-speed ZF automatic transmission. How fast is it? The XF makes the 0-100km/h dash in 8.3 seconds with a top speed of 237km/h. How safe is it? There's an anti-lock braking system, emergency brake assist, electronic brake-force distribution, dynamic stability control, Computer Active Technology Suspension, eight airbags, a pedestrian-deployable bonnet system and more. How thirsty is it? The car's combined-cycle fuel consumption... https://www.scmp.com/article/634353/glance-jaguar-xf-30-se?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/634353/glance-jaguar-xf-30-se?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:00:00 +0000 Should the zoo's jaguar be replaced when it dies? I don't think the jaguar should be replaced after it dies. The jaguar is under threat in the wild as its habitat is disappearing. It would be expensive for the Zoological and Botanical Gardens to replace the jaguar. It would be far better to spend the money on a conservation programme aimed at protecting some of the world's endangered species. The money could also be used to educate people about the importance of such a programme. Jenny So, Sau... https://www.scmp.com/article/624712/talkback?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/624712/talkback?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:00:00 +0000 Classic European cars are lined up at the InterContinental hotel yesterday before a 10-day 2,500km rally across southern China. The old world was set to meet the new as 20 Jaguar, Austin Healey, Bugatti and Rolls-Royce cars built between 1930 and 1965 left for Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Guilin - the first time most would have been seen there. Co-ordinator Cyril Codron, 49, said organising the event, which took a year, had been surprisingly trouble-free. The idea for using the mainland for... https://www.scmp.com/article/541545/trip-back-time?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/541545/trip-back-time?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:00:00 +0000 The limited edition X-Type is sleeker and more sporty than the standard car, and demand for the 30 cars available in Hong Kong is strong There is a new cat in town - a sleek, pulse-raising feline of the rarest beauty and the finest of pedigrees. And, if you want to catch her, you will have to be almost as quick off the starting grid as she is. In what is certain to be one of the highlights of this year for the Hong Kong motoring market, the first shipment of Jaguar X-Type 2.1-litre Spirits... https://www.scmp.com/article/490217/style-meets-power-classic-new-jaguar?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/490217/style-meets-power-classic-new-jaguar?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:00:00 +0000 Jaguar have an excellent racing pedigree in other motorsports but only got involved with F1 in 2000, born of Stewart Grand Prix which was set up by Britain's most successful racing driver, former multiple world champion Sir Jackie Stewart, and his son Paul. The drivers in that first season were Rubens Barrichello and Dane Jan Magnussen. Managing director David Pitchforth and chief executive Tony Purnell have done much to transform the team into a leaner and meaner racing machine with a... https://www.scmp.com/article/471619/team-profiles-jaguar?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/471619/team-profiles-jaguar?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:00:00 +0000 While shoppers swarmed over Smarts and Mercedes-Benz at Ocean Terminal and scores of tyre-kickers infested a more interesting range of Jaguars at Times Square (below) last weekend, Volvo Cars Hong Kong blew its rivals out of the water with 'Father's Day' discounts of between $40,000 and $160,000 on 10 demonstration and five managers' cars. Volvo Cars Hong Kong's Pauline Chung says 'there are only a few cars left' from the dealership's cheeky, spontaneous price-cutting, but we reckon you might... https://www.scmp.com/article/460856/foot-down?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/460856/foot-down?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:00:00 +0000 I refer to the letter headlined 'How to deal with smoky vehicles' (January 3). I believe that the enforcement actions taken by both the transport and environmental protection departments are quite similar. However, in the case of the EPD, the identification of a polluting vehicle is somewhat more clear-cut. When a smoky vehicle is reported, the EPD will require it to undergo an exhaust emissions test. If a vehicle repeatedly fails this test it will be subject to deregistration. A case of a... https://www.scmp.com/article/440148/checking-smoky-vehicles?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/440148/checking-smoky-vehicles?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 05 Jan 2004 16:00:00 +0000 A couple of new models are worth seeing on Gloucester Road this week. The 225-brake horsepower Audi TT coupe quattro S-line (above) is a stunner at $459,000 inclusive, even though a Premium Motors (2528 1862) representative says the first four units have already been sold and a wait for a new one is three to four months. Available in Misano Red and Avus Silver, the 240km/h TT coupe has new S-line sports suspension, Xenon headlights with titanium covers, and nine-spoke, 18-inch alloy wheels. The... https://www.scmp.com/article/382256/car-watch?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/382256/car-watch?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Jun 2002 16:00:00 +0000 Luxury car manufacturer Jaguar estimates sales in Hong Kong will fall by at least 100 units this year compared with last year's 240, the company said yesterday as it unveiled its S-type sports saloon. Despite the fall, the British company had already received orders for six of the $600,000 S-types at a private unveiling in Hong Kong last week. The car was launched a week ago at the Birmingham International Motor Show in England, and Hong Kong was its first Asian destination. Jaguar Hong... https://www.scmp.com/article/260186/jaguar-predicts-sales-brake-latest-model-hits-road-running?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/260186/jaguar-predicts-sales-brake-latest-model-hits-road-running?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Oct 1998 16:00:00 +0000 CAR sales for the first five months are down a surprisingly modest 9.5 per cent from last year, according to the Motor Traders Association of Hong Kong. There were 18,100 vehicle sales from January through May, against 20,000 last year for the same period. Not bad, when you consider how miserably the property and stock markets have fared. But the numbers - inflated by orders dating back to last year - mask deep structural problems that point to depressed sales stretching way out into next... https://www.scmp.com/article/246143/car-sales-pass-crash-test?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/246143/car-sales-pass-crash-test?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 27 Jun 1998 16:00:00 +0000 British car-maker Jaguar has launched its high-performance XK8 into one of the most depressed retail markets the territory has seen. Despite a price tag of $1.24 million for the coupe model and $1.34 million for the convertible, Jaguar officials are confident the car will sell well. Jaguar Hong Kong general manager William Lau said yesterday that nine XK8s had been pre-sold, with 10 more sales expected this year. The company expects to sell up to 25 of the sports cars next year. ... https://www.scmp.com/article/176589/jaguar-sports-car-hits-market?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/176589/jaguar-sports-car-hits-market?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Oct 1996 16:00:00 +0000 THE Government House ballroom provided a magnificent setting for the charity gala hosted by Chris and Lavender Patten in aid of the Community Chest. As the theme for the night was 'Be an Angel' it was angelic smiles all round as the guests tucked into an ambrosial repast, before contributing generously towards the $8 million that was raised. Among the goodies auctioned was a Jaguar XJR which was claimed by Junie Tong, co-chairman of the ball organising committee, with a top bid of $1.38... https://www.scmp.com/article/110980/angelic-smiles-all-round-guests-swell-community-chest-coffers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/110980/angelic-smiles-all-round-guests-swell-community-chest-coffers?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 19 Mar 1995 16:00:00 +0000 THE Tories have lost seat after seat at by-elections, Labour has only lost one Jaguar car but the embarrassment is almost as bad. To be charitable, the streets around Smith Square in Westminster do look confusingly similar. So similar in fact that when Labour's deputy leader John Prescott returned to where he thought he had parked it last Thursday night, it wasn't there. So he called the police to report the missing limousine. Fortunately for Mr Prescott traffic wardens found the... https://www.scmp.com/article/103883/lost-jaguar-savages-prescotts-image?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/103883/lost-jaguar-savages-prescotts-image?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Jan 1995 16:00:00 +0000 POLICE want to speak to a group of youths seen loitering near the Financial Secretary's new Jaguar yesterday shortly before it was vandalised. The youngsters were spotted at about 9.40 am by construction workers labouring near the Central Government Offices in Lower Albert Road - only minutes before Sir Hamish Macleod's plush limousine was scratched. The driver left the dark green Jaguar unattended for only three minutes while getting water and a cloth to prepare it for a tour to the New... https://www.scmp.com/article/84805/police-hunt-jaguar-vandals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/84805/police-hunt-jaguar-vandals?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Aug 1994 16:00:00 +0000 IN our article on Inchcape's expansion in China, Business Post reported that the company had the distribution rights for Jaguar, Daimler and Rolls-Royce in southern China. In fact, the company has the rights to distribute these vehicles over all of China. https://www.scmp.com/article/78038/inchcape?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/78038/inchcape?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Jun 1994 16:00:00 +0000 JAGUAR Cars has reported a 17 per cent rise in sales in the first quarter of this year in the Asia-Pacific region. It sold 300 Jaguar and Daimler cars in the region, which is one of its key markets. ''The Asian market will continue to show strong growth, particularly in China and Indonesia, which are key markets for us,'' said Steven Watts, Jaguar's resident manager who oversees sales in Asia. ''Our Jaguar China office has chalked up sales of 100 cars in just five months, since... https://www.scmp.com/article/71862/jaguar-sees-sales-jump-17pc-key-market?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/71862/jaguar-sees-sales-jump-17pc-key-market?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Apr 1994 16:00:00 +0000 THE hacker who discovers some amazing secret about US nuclear missiles has passed into folklore. But Ian Hart of Hong Kong University has found something even more astonishing. He's on the Internet network, which has uncountable computers connected to it worldwide and is probably the most complicated thing ever built by the human race, apart from the subway system underneath Kowloon Tong railway station. This is what he found, in a service called Edupage produced by a worldwide... https://www.scmp.com/article/46522/great-scott-old-bills-its-way?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/46522/great-scott-old-bills-its-way?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 Oct 1993 16:00:00 +0000 ONLY 40 limited edition Jaguar XJ6 3.2 Sports are available in Hong Kong for this year, and Jaguar expects them to sell quickly. Last year, 60 XJ6 3.2 Sports were snapped up in a matter of weeks. The 30 Limited Edition Sovereign Sports, which were made exclusively for Hong Kong, also sold rapidly. Jaguar Hong Kong is enjoying: last year sales rose by 60 per cent. The new limited edition cars are distinguished by sport badges on the back and front, alloy wheels, and a spoiler on... https://www.scmp.com/article/44485/buyers-leap-jaguar-sports-exclusive-hold-perfection?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/44485/buyers-leap-jaguar-sports-exclusive-hold-perfection?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 16 Sep 1993 16:00:00 +0000 TOM Wilson, who owns Auto Dynamics car repair and maintenance specialists, has a refreshing attitude to business. In a town where many garages seem hell bent on making as much money as possible, as fast as possible, Mr Wilson is intent on building a reputation for fair and honest trading. Auto Dynamics was opened in November 1992, but Mr Wilson still seems more concerned with giving the customer a good deal than filling his bank account. ''I'm still on the wrong side of the counter,''... https://www.scmp.com/article/41968/honest-tom-builds-reliable-reputation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/41968/honest-tom-builds-reliable-reputation?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Aug 1993 16:00:00 +0000 THE recent Auto Shanghai '93 motor show was judged to be a great success by the most exhibitors, which included Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Ford, Volvo, Honda, Toyota, Subaru, Mazda, Jaguar and Land Rover. The Jaguar stand featured two of the four-litre XJ6 models, one a Daimler Sovereign, the other a Jaguar, while the latest LHD Land Rover Discovery was on display next to it. Toyota took the opportunity to launch its futuristic, three-litre Supra, which is not yet available in Hongkong. Two... https://www.scmp.com/article/36946/shanghai-show-big-success?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/36946/shanghai-show-big-success?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 15 Jul 1993 16:00:00 +0000 AT A gala cocktail reception last week, Jaguar Hongkong officially took the wraps off the new Daimler Double Six Insignia V12 luxury sedan. ''Since the recent acquisition of Jaguar by Ford, the qualities which contributed to Jaguar's unique position in the luxury car market - style, elegance, refinement and engineering innovation - have been combined with major new investment in product quality and manufacturing expertise,'' said Jaguar Hongkong chief executive Mr Patrick Maley before... https://www.scmp.com/article/30580/insignia-wears-distinction-well?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/article/30580/insignia-wears-distinction-well?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 May 1993 16:00:00 +0000