Jaguar Land Rover to cut up to 5,000 jobs in UK

[Uncle Peter]

Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees

The fact that JLR opened a plant in Nitra, Slovakia employing approx 2.5k staff instead of expanding it's workforce in Solihull has nothing to do with the current 'situation'

Or, does it?

A distinct possibility if they're crap at putting cars together for whatever reason.

[Angua]

Not sure it would be a good idea to rely on Prince Philip's likelihood of having an accident to keep things going either.

[richard s]

Land Rover have delivered a brand new vehicle today to Sandringham... Should have asked for a tank Challenger Mk II.

[1andrew1]

Not replacing the Defender in a timely manner when the previous model was discontinued hasn't helped the company. Add China, diesel situation, poor reliability and a sprinkling of Brexit and you have the company's issues in a nutshell.

[Carth]

I don't think they've had a good reputation since TATA took them over.

I believe the once loved Jaguar simply became a body shell on a Mondeo chassis. Once you lose that 'prestige' status, people who want quality buy elsewhere.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Carth

I don't think they've had a good reputation since TATA took them over.

I believe the once loved Jaguar simply became a body shell on a Mondeo chassis. Once you lose that 'prestige' status, people who want quality buy elsewhere.

Tata turned the company around and ditched the X-type which was Mondeo-based but a great car. Quality has been an issue since BL days.

[Carth]

I stand corrected Andrew, X Type was Mondeo based when Ford owned them.