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June 2008
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Range Rover Sport at Nürburgring
From NextAutos.com and Winding Road - Car Reviews, Vehicle Road Tests, Photos, Videos, Pricing, Buyer's Guides | June 25, 2008These new photographs of the Land Rover Range Rover Sport preview and SUV that looks to be a bit more streamlined, but mostly unchanged from... more
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Car, SUV, and tire recalls
From Consumer Reports Cars Blog | June 24, 2008There have been a few significant recalls announced in the past few weeks affecting Dodge, Land Rover, Mercedes-Benz, and Volkswagen, plus... more
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Reuse and ingenuity in Nairobi's metalworking industry
From Boing Boing | June 18, 2008Afrigadget reports from Gikomba, a metalworking district in Nairobi where ingenious reuse and improvisation are the order of the day: I ran... more
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Nissan To Quadruple EV Range by 2015
From The Truth About Cars | June 13, 2008First and foremost, in terms of Nissan, four times more EV range equals 250 miles. This according to Mitsuhiko Yamashita, Nissan's executive... more
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GM Ponders Downsizing, or Selling, Hummer Brand
From Green Car Advisor | June 9, 2008Sales of once-popular Hummer have plunged 48 percent from peak in '06. General Motors long has defended its Hummer brand, which has drawn... more
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Vehicle quality improves industrywide, survey finds
June 5, 2008
From Los Angeles TimesDETROIT -- The quality of new cars improved across the industry this year, with Porsche, Honda, Toyota, General Motors and Ford among the... more
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Lincoln, Mercury, Land Rover, Volvo U.S. Sales Stink; Jag Up
From The Truth About Cars | June 3, 2008The Ford Motor Company must be engaged in some serious back patting on the Land Rover front, as May sales stats reveal just how big a bullet... more
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Tata is going after the X Prize
From Straightline | June 3, 2008When Tata makes headlines, they do it in bunches. Not content to having just completed the Land Rover-Jaguar deal, or having developed a... more
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Tata Names CEO of Jaguar and Land Rover
From Automobile Blog | June 2, 2008Employees of Jaguar and Land Rover, it's time to meet your new boss. Funny; he's the same as your old boss... more
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Jaguar/Land Rover Sale to Tata Complete, David Smith Named CEO
From Winding Road | June 2, 2008Indian manufacturer Tata Motors has announced today that its purchase of the Jaguar and Land Rover brands from Ford is officially complete... more
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Jag, Landie Sale to Tata A Done Deal; New Boss Same as the Old Boss...
From The Truth About Cars | June 2, 2008It's officially official and completely complete. Ford has finalized the sale of Land Rover and Jaguar to Tata Motors. And boy are they... more
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Jaguar/Land Rover/Tata transfer a done deal
From Straightline | June 2, 2008It's a done deal. Tata now owns Jaguar and Land Rover, as official word of the sale was just announced. The deal nets Ford, the former owner... more
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Tata Motors completes acquisition of Jag, Land Rover
From Reuters: Business News | June 2, 2008MUMBAI (Reuters) - Tata Motors Ltd , India's top vehicle maker, said on Monday it had completed the $2.3 billion acquisition of the Jaguar... more
