Jaguar Land Rover's subsidiary, InMotion invests in a anew mobility Services company.

• InMotion invests in Lyft to collaborate on mobility services
• Jaguar Land Rover to supply Lyft drivers with a fleet of vehicles
• Technology collaboration will allow innovation and wide scale testing of new services
• Lyft is the fastest-growing rideshare company in the US
• InMotion Ventures is Jaguar Land Rover’s new mobility services business

InMotion, Jaguar Land Rover’s mobility services business, today announced a $25m (£19m) investment in Lyft, the fastest-growing rideshare company in the U.S.

This investment will support Lyft’s expansion and technology plans. It will also provide Jaguar Land Rover’s InMotion Ventures with the opportunity to develop and test its mobility services, including autonomous vehicles, and to supply Lyft drivers with a fleet of Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles.

Sebastian Peck, InMotion Managing Director, said, “We are excited to collaborate with a leading platform like Lyft not only on developing premium mobility solutions but also devising innovative solutions to the transport problems Jaguar Land Rover’s customers face.”

“Personal mobility and smart transportation is evolving and this new collaborative venture will provide a real-world platform helping us develop our connected and autonomous services.”

“We’re excited to join forces with Jaguar Land Rover and InMotion,” said John Zimmer, Lyft President and Co-founder. “Lyft envisions a future where shared mobility will transform cities and improve people’s lives.  This partnership will help us achieve that ambitious goal.” 

Hanno Kirner, Executive Director of Corporate and  Strategy, Jaguar Land Rover, said, “This is a strategic investment for both parties as we focus on innovating new mobility solutions for our customers. Collaborating with an expanding technology business like Lyft is going to help us both accelerate our ambitions.”

InMotion’s latest investment follows its recent seed investment in SPLT, the Detroit-based digital carpool business, which works with Lyft to provide non-emergency medical transport.

The Lyft investment was included as part of the company's most recent round of fundraising, which closed in April.

Jaguar makes the most powerful car in its history with the XE SV Project 8 - 5.0 litre V8.

• New Jaguar XE SV Project 8 is next Collector’s Edition sports car designed, engineered and assembled by SVO
• Production strictly limited to 300 units worldwide
• Project 8 will offer supercar performance and dynamics in a sedan
• 600PS 5.0-litre V8 will make Project 8 the most powerful road legal Jaguar in history
• Project 8 prototype featuring unique camouflage by SVO Design now on test at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. 

Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) today announces the most powerful, agile and extreme performance Jaguar: the new XE SV Project 8. A prototype version of the 600PS Jaguar sports sedan offering supercar performance has now undertaken its debut test at the gruelling Nürburgring Nordschleife, adorned with an exclusive camouflage created by SVO Design. 

With the most highly tuned version of Jaguar Land Rover’s five-litre supercharged V8, Project 8 will become the second Collectors’ Edition vehicle from SVO, following the successful launch of Jaguar F-TYPE Project 7 in 2014. No more than 300 cars, all hand-assembled at SVO’s Technical Centre in Coventry, will be created for sale worldwide.

John Edwards, Managing Director of Jaguar Land Rover Special Operations said: “The time is right for SVO to produce the most extreme performance road car in the history of Jaguar. The SVO team is possessed by the spirit of performance and committed to creating the most thrilling driving experience imaginable.

“Our clients worldwide were thrilled by the F-TYPE Project 7. The new XE SV Project 8 takes aerodynamics and performance engineering to another level – it is conceived for enthusiasts and the most discerning collectors. The price for such an extreme performance sports car available in strictly limited numbers will reflect that.”

Full specification details for Jaguar XE SV Project 8 will be revealed at www.Jaguar.com on 28 June 2017, ahead of its world dynamic debut at Goodwood Festival of Speed in West Sussex in the UK on 30 June.

CANADA SALES JULY - Jaguar Land Rover follows the UK and USA in posting significant sales increases.

• Jaguar Land Rover Canada reports 48 percent increase year over year
• Jaguar reports 218 percent increase year over year
• Land Rover reports 16 percent increase year over year

Jaguar Land Rover Canada today reported July 2016 sales totalled 995 units, for a 48 per cent year-over-year increase and the best combined July ever.

“The Jaguar and Land Rover brands continue to produce strong results in 2016,” said Sam Pirillo, Director of Sales, Jaguar Land Rover Canada ULC. “The new Jaguar F-PACE has had a very strong start in Canada in an all-new segment and is already our top selling Jaguar vehicle. The Land Rover and Jaguar brands have combined to increase our year to date sales by 42 per cent over 2015.”

CANADIAN BRAND HIGHLIGHTS

Land Rover

This month was the best July ever for Land Rover in Canada, with the previous best being July 2015. Retail sales totalled 664 units for a 16 per cent increase compared with the same period last year.  Sales leaders for the month were the Range Rover Sport with 222 units sold and a 19 per cent year-over-year increase, and the Land Rover Discovery Sport with 153 units sold and a 173 per cent year-over-year increase.

The 2016 model year Land Rover line-up features five models: The Discovery Sport luxury compact SUV, the LR4 luxury all-terrain SUV, the Range Rover Evoque luxury SUV, the Range Rover luxury SUV and Range Rover Sport luxury SUV.

Arriving Fall, 2016 for the 2017 model year is the Range Rover Evoque Convertible, an exclusive luxury compact SUV joining the Evoque line-up. 

Jaguar

For the month of July, Jaguar reports the second best overall month ever with 331 sales and an increase year over year of 218 per cent. In its first full month in dealerships, the all-new F-PACE hit 179 units sold in Canada making it the top-selling model in the Jaguar lineup.

The 2016 model year Jaguar line-up features five models: The new Jaguar F-PACE compact luxury SUV, the new Jaguar XE compact luxury sedan, the Jaguar XJ luxury sedan, the Jaguar XF sports sedan, and the high performance Jaguar F-TYPE which is available as both a coupe and a convertible.

USA RECALL - Jaguar Land Rover recalls a number of models for Takata Airbag replacement issues.

• Owners of 2009-2011 Jaguar XF and 2007-2011 Land Rover Range Rover vehicles are encouraged to visit www.SaferCar.gov to check if their vehicle is included in this initial round of the Takata related recall

In accordance with the requirements of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, Jaguar Land Rover North America today announced it has begun notifying owners of certain 2009-2011 Jaguar XF and 2007-2011 Land Rover Range Rover vehicles of a recall affecting the safety of passenger side airbags fitted to these vehicles.

For the first phase of this recall, owners of the identified vehicles that are currently, or have ever been, registered in the following areas are encouraged to visit www.SaferCar.gov and enter their Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) to find out if their vehicle is included in this recall at this time:

• US States: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas
• US Territories: Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan), and the U.S. Virgin Islands

As parts become available, later this year, affected owners will be notified by a second mailing and instructed to schedule an appointment to take their vehicle to a Jaguar or Land Rover retailer who will replace the front passenger airbag module free of charge. 

In the interim, owners of potentially affected vehicles can contact the Jaguar Land Rover North America Customer Relationship Center for further information by calling 1-800-637-6837 (Option 9 for Land Rover) or 1-800-4JAGUAR; visiting www.LandRoverUSA.com or www.JaguarUSA.com; or writing to:

Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC

ATTN: Customer Relationship Center

555 MacArthur Boulevard, Mahwah, NJ 07430

Given the size and complexity of the recall, replacement parts are not immediately available for the affected vehicles. Jaguar Land Rover is working closely with its suppliers to produce components for this repair as quickly as possible. Affected vehicles are being prioritized for repair -- split into four separate phases -- based on geographic zone and vehicle age.

Additional phases of this recall will be added through 2019 based on risk-assessed priority. As the recall is expanded to other geographic zones or vehicle age groups, owners of Jaguar Land Rover vehicles which are affected will be notified as well.

This recall is part of the May 4, 2016 expansion of what was already the largest and most complex safety recall in US history, affecting approximately 68 million cars and trucks on the road today fitted with Takata non-desiccated ammonium nitrate airbag inflators.

Approximately 54,000 Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles of a total affected population of 108,000 are included in the first wave of this recall. Additional remaining affected vehicles will be addressed at a later date, as per the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) specific priority scheme. However, it is important to note no current model year Jaguar or Land Rover vehicles are affected.

Prolonged exposure to combined high heat and humidity can cause the affected inflators to degrade – at varying rates in different conditions – increasing the risk that the front passenger airbag module inflator housing may rupture and deploy abnormally in the event of a crash; potentially resulting in metal fragments striking the passenger or other occupants, resulting in serious injury or death.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

• Jaguar Land Rover North America is not aware of any case of an airbag module rupture on any of the 108,000 vehicles included in this recall. Owners can continue to use their vehicle until the recall repair has been performed.

Jaguar to pull out all the stops at this years silverstone classic, from New F-Types to C-Types and XJ14 Len Mans cars.

• Jaw-dropping Art of Performance Tour comes to Silverstone   
• Go drifting in an F-TYPE and take home film of your experience
• Jaguar XJ14 holds the Silverstone Classic circuit lap record
• C-types, D-types and E-types all in racing action

Jaguar’s racing heritage has always been massively to the fore at the Silverstone Classic but, for the first time, later this month the legendary British manufacturer will be the Official Experiential Partner to the world’s biggest historic motor racing festival.

Visitors to this year’s Silverstone Classic (29-31 July) will not only be able to see racing Jaguar C-types, D-types, E-types and Group C prototypes in all their nostalgic glory roaring around the famous Grand Prix circuit but they will also be given the chance to experience a state-of-the-art F-TYPE being pushed to the limit within the event’s thrill-laden Adrenaline Zone. 

The tyre-smoking Art of Performance Tour will take show-going passengers out of their comfort zones with the heart-pumping thrills of drifting in an F-TYPE… with a professional driver at the wheel. What’s more, this totally free mind-boggling experience will be recorded on video for exhilarated participants to take home.

Jaguar will similarly be entertaining those not seeking quite such an adrenaline rush, allowing them to test their skills with remote control scale replica Jaguar F-TYPEs on a mini drifting circuit.

Away from the Adrenaline Zone, as always a wonderful array of pedigree Jaguars will feature strongly throughout all areas of the ultimate Classic. Between them, the XK and Jaguar Enthusiasts’ Clubs will be celebrating 50 years of the E-Type 2+2, 30 years of the XJ40, 20 years of the XK8 and several other notable milestones in the marque’s rich history with special displays and track parades, while racing Jaguars will be rolling back the years in many of the Classic’s most prestigious showdowns.

Indeed, Jaguars have savoured notable successes in recent years including victories in the Royal Automobile Club Woodcote Trophy for Pre-’56 Sportscars, Sir Stirling Moss Trophy and International Trophy for Pre-’66 GT Cars. The outright lap record around the Silverstone Classic circuit is held by a 1991 Jaguar XJR14 sports-prototype, set by Nic Minassian in 2013’s spectacular Group C retro races. The French ace averaged close to 123mph around the 3.64-mile layout in the remarkable Ross Brawn-designed record-breaker – a sensational marker that’s yet to be topped.  

Fans wanting to see all these thoroughbred Jaguars in track action or to have their eyes opened by drifting in an F-TYPE, must buy their tickets in advance. Adult admission prices for the Classic start at £42, with £6 admission for accompanied children aged between 6 and 16-years-old. A wide range of weekend, camping, VIP hospitality and Family Tickets are also available. Adding to the festival’s immense appeal, tickets include free entrance to both racing paddocks, trackside grandstands and live music concerts on Friday and Saturday evenings which this year include The Boomtown Rats, Reef and The Stranglers.

GOODWOOD - Jaguar to give the storming F-Type SVR it's UK Dynamic Debut next weekend.

Visitors to Goodwood’s Festival of Speed (June 23-26) will be the first to witness the new Jaguar F-TYPE SVR as it makes its UK dynamic debut next weekend.

The 200mph Jaguar will be demonstrating its supercar prowess as it makes its very first UK appearance at Goodwood’s iconic hillclimb event.

Engineered by Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations, the supercharged 5-litre V8 powered sportscar is the first to wear the prestigious ‘SVR’ badge and takes performance to the next level.

Capable of sprinting to 60mph from standing in just 3.5 seconds and with an exhaust note synonymous with its racing pedigree, the newest Jaguar represents the best of heritage and engineering expertise.

For visitors to the Press & Preview Day on Thursday, June 23, there is opportunity to get up close and personal with the newest “Big Cat” on the Jaguar Land Rover stand where it will take pride of place throughout the weekend.

Read what Erin Baker thought of the Jaguar F-TYPE SVR after she took it for an exclusive drive around Spain’s Motorland Aragon circuit and onto the beautiful Catalonian roads

USA SALES FEBRUARY - Jaguar Land Rover has seen growth in both brands for the month.

• Jaguar Land Rover U.S. February sales increase 25 percent for best February sales month since 2002
• Land Rover up 31 percent for February making it the best February sales month ever
• Range Rover SUV sets new February U.S. sales record with 13 percent increase
• Jaguar up 7 percent on strong sales of all new XF sedan

Jaguar Land Rover North America today reported February 2016 U.S. sales: Land Rover sales reached 6,417 units, a 31 percent increase from 4,917 units in February 2015; Jaguar sales were 1,512 units, a 7 percent increase from 1,410 units in February 2015. Jaguar Land Rover North America February U.S. sales for both brands hit 7,929 units, a 25 percent increase from 6,327 units in February 2015.

For the full year 2015, Jaguar Land Rover U.S. sales were up 26 percent with 85,048 units sold compared to 67,238 units sold in 2014. Land Rover brand U.S. sales reached a new all-time high of 70,582 units, an increase of 37 percent and surpassing last year's sales of 51,465 units.  Due to new model changeover, Jaguar U.S, sales were down 8 percent with 14,466 in 2015 versus 15,773 units in 2014.

"2016 is seeing a continuation of Jaguar Land Rover sales momentum in the United States with both brands posting increases in the first two months of the year, including a 25 percent increase for February," said Joe Eberhardt, President and CEO, Jaguar Land Rover, North America, LLC.

U.S. BRAND HIGHLIGHTS

Land Rover

For the month of February, Land Rover sales hit 6,417 units sold, a new record for the month in the U.S. The Range Rover model also set a new February sales record with 1,538 units, an increase of 13 percent vs. 1,358 units sold in February 2015.

The LR 4 hit 1,047 units sold, up 70 percent from 615 units in 2015.  Discovery Sport and Range Rover Evoque added 1,324 units and 823 units to the record sales month respectively.

Range Rover and Range Rover Sport diesel sales hit 1,247 units, accounting for 20 percent of total Range Rover and Range Rover Sport sales for the year.

The 2016 Land Rover model line-up features five models: The Discovery Sport and Range Rover Evoque, both powered by 240-hp turbocharged 2.0-liter engines; the LR4, powered by a 340-hp supercharged V6 engine; and the Range Rover and Range Rover Sport available with five powertrain options - a 340-hp supercharged V6 petrol, a 380-hp supercharged V6 petrol, a 510-hp supercharged V8 petrol, a 550-hp supercharged V8 petrol and a new 254-hp turbocharged 3.0-liter V6 diesel.

Jaguar

For the month of February, Jaguar sales were 1,512 units, a 7 percent increase from 1,410 units in February 2015

The all new Jaguar XF increased 12 percent to 790 units vs. 703 in February, 2015. The Jaguar XJ updated for 2016 MY, increased 47 percent to 356 units vs. 243 in February, 2015.

The 2016 Jaguar line-up features three models. Receiving its mid-cycle refresh for 2016, the full-size Jaguar XJ sedan, available with three powertrain options - a 340-HP supercharged V6, a 470-hp supercharged V8 and a 550-hp supercharged V8 - is offered in both standard and long wheelbase lengths in both rear- and all-wheel drive configurations. Completely redesigned for the 2016 model year, the mid-size Jaguar XF sedan is offered with two supercharged V6 powertrains producing 340- and 380-hp and is available with rear- or all-wheel drive. The 2016 Jaguar F-TYPE is newly available with options of all-wheel drive and a manual transmission. Available powertrains include two supercharged V6 engines producing 340- and 380-hp and a 550-hp supercharged V8 all available in both in coupe and convertible body styles across four trim levels. 

Starting with 2016 model year vehicles, the Jaguar brand will have an improved competitive value position via steps such as increased standard equipment or new lower MSRP choices by model. Also starting in model year 2016, all Jaguar models will come standard with Jaguar EliteCare, an ownership package with class-leading five-years or 60,000-mile warranty, complimentary scheduled maintenance coverage, roadside assistance and Jaguar InControl^® Protect & Remote^TM2. Beginning in the spring of 2016, the Jaguar brand value story further transforms with two new entry luxury vehicles, the 2017 Jaguar XE compact luxury sedan, starting at $34,900¹, and the 2017 Jaguar F-PACE compact luxury SUV, starting at $40,990¹.

¹ All prices shown are Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price. Excludes $995 destination/handling charge, tax, title, license, and retailer fees, all due at signing, and optional equipment. Retailer price, terms and vehicle availability may vary. See your local authorized Jaguar Retailer for details.

Land Rover is applying its design, technology and innovation expertise to the America’s Cup Class boat.

• Land Rover reveals key technical areas where expertise is being applied to the Land Rover BAR boat development
• Jaguar Land Rover’s highly skilled engineers and Land Rover BAR marry knowledge to gain performance advantage over competitors
• Land Rover BAR CEO Martin Whitmarsh confident ‘F1 on water’ will be won with the help of Land Rover’s vast engineering capabilities
• The British Challenger for the 35th America’s Cup will launch their America’s Cup Class Race Boat ‘R1’ in December 2016
• Land Rover BAR head to Oman on 26 – 28 February for next leg of the America’s Cup World Series

Land Rover reveals the technical areas of collaboration currently in development to help create the fastest America’s Cup boat with Land Rover BAR. Typically shrouded in secrecy by the teams racing to win the America’s Cup, this release of information ahead of the first 2016 event of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in Oman, Muscat (26-28 February), is a rarity in what is labelled as the most challenging design race in sport.

Land Rover is applying its design, technology and innovation expertise to the America’s Cup Class boat, a multihull catamaran code-named ‘R1’. The boat, weighing over two tonnes, will be capable of speeds in excess of 50knots thanks to a technique known as foiling where the boat lifts clear out of the water to fly on hydrofoils, reducing drag and increasing boat speed and efficiency.

With less than 11 months until the launch, the Land Rover Advanced Engineering team has been working in collaboration with Land Rover BAR’s designers and engineers, developing a series of prototype test boats. The results of the development process will be applied to designing the world’s fastest America’s Cup Class boat.

Tony Harper, Head of Research at Jaguar Land Rover said: “Since the birth of foiling, one of the biggest challenges is understanding how to control these massively powerful machines whilst balancing on a comparatively small surface area. We have delved into our talent base at Jaguar Land Rover to identify the most skilled engineers within the fields of aerodynamics, machine learning and advanced data processing which are an integral part of the workstreams with Land Rover BAR. The ocean is new terrain for us and we plan to apply our findings into the final boat design across the next 11-months and ultimately back into our own research and development units.”

The first key area of collaboration and development sees Land Rover focused on the development of the wing, a 78.6ft carbon fibre ‘hard’ sail the size of a Boeing 737 aeroplane wing. It provides the boat’s only source of thrust. By linking computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and finite element analysis (FEA) technology – programs integral to Land Rover product development – the team is able to analyse complex aerodynamics to increase boat speed.  

Land Rover is also making their enormous data processing ability and their advanced Machine Learning expertise available to the team, to help optimise the performance of the boat through identifying trends in the sailing data.

Martin Whitmarsh, Land Rover BAR Chief Executive Officer said: “I think people will be surprised at the rate of improvement spanning the four years between each America’s Cup.

This is Formula 1 on water and, just like F1, traditional methods of engineering and design don’t cut it anymore. The boats are getting quicker, not just in terms of their top speed but also in terms of their acceleration and ability to change direction. We need to not just keep up with, but beat the competition and this is why we need Land Rover to tap into their vast engineering expertise and available testing tools. We are only at the starting line and there is a long way to go but we are making great strides and I can’t wait to see the results over the next year.” 

Under the current America’s Cup ruling, the boat cannot hold any stored power so all power generated must come from a combination of the the wing and sailing team, commanding peak levels of fitness during the racing period. Land Rover’s expertise in the field of human/machine interface technologies (HMI) will be used to develop displays and controls to ensure optimum use of the available power.

Sir Ben Ainslie, Land Rover BAR Team Principal and Skipper said: "Ultimately this race needs to be won on both land and water. The America’s Cup is the pinnacle of sailing. It requires the finest sailors in the world and the best team, but importantly, every team is searching for marginal gains from design and technology expertise to create the fastest boat. The biggest challenges for us are the aerodynamics, given most of the boat is out of the water, optimising the boat’s power supply and understanding the control systems through data analysis. The competition is intense and races have regularly been won by a matter of seconds and that’s why having Land Rover involved in this project will help give us an advantage.”

The Land Rover BAR team head to the Oman leg of Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series in third position on 26-28 February.