22 Facts About Jaguar Land Rover

1. 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.

2. Jaguar Land Rover has been a subsidiary of Tata Motors since they founded it for the acquisition of Jaguar Cars Limited and Land Rover from Ford in 2008.

3. Jaguar Land Rover is working on a new application of vehicle-to-infrastructure technology, helping drivers avoid getting stuck at red lights.

4. Jaguar Land Rover has previewed new technology that communicates with a city's infrastructure to keep traffic moving freely.

5. Jaguar Land Rover gets the green light to solve 150-year-old problem.

6. Jaguar Land Rover pays an average of $5,581 in annual employee bonuses.

7. Jaguar Land Rover announces up to 300 jobs to be created at Wellesbourne research site.

8. Jaguar Land Rover Reportedly Plans to Abandon V-8s The marque will reportedly compensate with a modular, all-aluminum platform as well as electrically turbocharged inline-six performance engines.

9. Jaguar Land Rover reports total retail sales of 44,282 vehicles in October 2018.

10. Jaguar Land Rover has invested in electric motorcycle manufacturer Arc through its InMotion Investment fund.

11. Jaguar Land Rover sees tumbling demand in China drag down its global sales figures.

12. Jaguar Land Rover has pledged its support for a new multi-million-pound research and engineering centre for driverless cars.

13. Jaguar Land Rover could put a stop to waiting at red lights.

14. In 2015, Jaguar Land Rover became the biggest car manufacturer in UK, producing 489,923 cars and overtaking Nissan, the previous leader.

15. In the year ended 31 March 2013, Jaguar Land Rover sold a total of 374,636 units, of which 316,043 were Land Rovers and 58,593 were Jaguars.

16. 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,.

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

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

19. Jaguar Land Rover planned to create 4,500 manufacturing and engineering jobs in the UK over the next five years.

20. 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.

21. 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.

22. Jaguar Land Rover is opening a brand-new engineering centre in Hungary.