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I thought the closures had been reversed due to demand? I was planning on getting a D4 next year.
What the hell are we going to drive then?
19th Nov 2010 8:50 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Don't know re that, my info may be out of date but haven't heard re cancellation of closure. You know what it's like, press likes the bad news but ignores the change of that.
19th Nov 2010 8:52 pm
Jads777
Member Since: 03 Sep 2005
Location: Channel Islands
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I wonder what LR have up their sleeves. They risk alienating a lot of people. FFRR is too 'posh' for what I want and Defender too basic. Both fine vehicles but the middle ground suits me and has done for the last twenty years or so of Disco ownership.
C'mon TLO; spill a few beans!
19th Nov 2010 8:59 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Agreed, these 2 D3s I run are my 6th & 7th Discos.
19th Nov 2010 9:02 pm
discocuzzy
Member Since: 02 Feb 2008
Location: surrey
Posts: 2752
£47k!!!!!!!!
What a waste of Money, LR have totally lost the plot"you cannot teach stupid people to do clever things"
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05 plate D3 HSE in Zermat- Gone
11 Plate D4 Landmark in Fuji white- Gone
08 Plate D3 Hse in Buckingham Blue- Gone
58 plate D3 HSE Silver- Gone
10 Plate D4 HSE Stornaway Grey
As I last heard castle brom and lode lane staying open but I am only a lowly contractor to jag/land roverDon’t worry it is supposed to sound like that...honest
20th Nov 2010 12:47 am
doubledoom
Member Since: 09 Jul 2010
Location: Lowestoft
Posts: 132
It was announced this week that both are staying open.
Also, the D4 replacement isn't meant to be due until around 2014 and rumour suggests it will be a 7 seat range rover.
20th Nov 2010 1:05 am
wiggs
Member Since: 03 Sep 2006
Location: Manchester
Posts: 14372
Let's NOT keep any one in suspense then G4 Gone ...but not forgotten
I am saying F k all except as far as the rumour mill goes the factories are staying open........Don’t worry it is supposed to sound like that...honest
20th Nov 2010 1:42 am
ronp
Member Since: 29 Nov 2006
Location: North Yorkshire
Posts: 15269
The Large One wrote:
Santorini Black or Fuji White
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Gloss black finish front grille and side vents
Black grill on the Fuji?
Not a white colour coded grill on the Fuji .???
The Large One wrote:
Gloss black wheel arches, mirror caps and door handles
Def not on the Fuji !...... always on the road less travelled 🚧
< ‘tis but a mere scratch …….. it’ll polish out.
20th Nov 2010 11:47 am
Lookers Park Royal
Member Since: 29 Nov 2008
Location: London
Posts: 301
bp wrote:
I am saying F k all except as far as the rumour mill goes the factories are staying open........
Thousands of new car production jobs are likely with the turn around in fortunes of Jaguar Land Rover.
Fifteen hundred new UK posts have already been announced.
But three times that number may be needed if the company's strategy goes to plan.
In the recession, JLR was set to close one of its three UK manufacturing plants. That has now been shelved. A major part of this recovery involves the new Range Rover Evoque, recently launched at the Paris Motor Show, with a five door model unveiled this week at the Los Angeles Auto Show.
The company's latest, smallest and most fuel-efficient Range Rover will be built at the Halewood plant on Merseyside.
Land Rover MD Phil Popham said: "We've got a long term ambitious plan at Land Rover to grow our business and to grow it profitably, that's expanding into new markets and expanding our product range, while focusing on efficiency and costs.
"We have a real opportunity with the products we're introducing to be a big success globally."
The company has received 13,000 applications for the 1,500 new Halewood jobs.
But expansion plans and future new models are likely to add up to good news for the company's factories at Solihull and Castle Bromwich in the Midlands.
The JLR workforce has recently signed a pay deal of 5% this year and inflation plus 0.5% in 2011.
Des Quinn, of the Unite union, said: "It is a good pay deal which brings stability and loyalty. We know the company is looking for engineers all the time to develop these marvellous cars."
"On top of that, if all the plans come to fruition they will need people to build them and we are talking about 5,000 people. They will be long term jobs here in the UK."
According to the unions, TATA Motors of India, the owning parent company, has clearly placed its trust and investment in British know-how and British engineering skills.
James
20th Nov 2010 3:55 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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That'll show me not to rely on the peeps here for the news of all things LR!!!
20th Nov 2010 4:07 pm
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Sorry chaps.. but this was confirmed on here over a month ago
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k all except as far as the rumour mill goes the factories are staying open........
