Government Digby Jones passed over a Toyota for a Jaguar recently, winning the repect of motorists by showing his support for the vehicle company.
As a reward for his show of support, Lord Jones is being awarded a paid position as Corporate Ambassador for Jaguar Land Rover, although he has insisted that he will not be lobbying ministers regarding financial assistance for the company - something they have been discussing for some time.

A spokesman commented that: “Digby is a great ambassador for the car industry, for the West Midlands and for British business. We have similar arrangements with a number of sportspeople and figures from the world of showbusiness.”

Representatives for the motor industry are due to meet with the Business Secretary soon regarding securing loans to see auto companies through the economic downturn.

Land Rover have recently launched a new website offering a range of accessories and aftersales equipment for their vehicles, with official parts such as snow chains, bull bars, winches, off-road alloys and other products designed to complement the Rover models.

The website also offers the otions of booking a fitting at a nearby Land Rover showroom, for those that want custom advice and personal service.

Visit the new website here: http://www.landrover.co.uk/accessoriescatalogue

Land Rover has won the 2009 Residual Value Award as awarded by the Automotive Lease Guide, which awards vehicles based on how much of their original price they retain after a 36 month period. The Range Rover Sport won in the category of luxury SUVs and the Land Rover LR2 won in the Near Luxury category.

This meant that Land Rover placed fifth overall in the awards, and you can find a full listing of the winners and more details of what the assessment criteria were by checking out the ALG website here: http://www.alg.com

The G4 Land Rover Challenge takes place in Mongolia in 2009, with Land Rover North America entering the competition with their orange SUV’s packed to the gills with equipment and latest technology. The vehicles face a range of challenging areas to cover, and need to haul much of the teams sports gear along with them. Journalists and members of the recce team will accompanying teams in LR2 and LR3 Land Rover vehicles, assuring safety and tracking progress along the way. This recce staff were the ones that mapped the terrain and set out instructions for the challenge, using their vehicles to test the area and find the best routes for the competitors to take.
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This article was taken from: Motor Authority

Prototypes for Land Rover’s facelifted Range Rover Sport have been spotted testing at the Nurburgring less than two months after the test cars were last seen in the UK. The performance SUV already received a series of upgrades last year, including the introduction of a 3.6L twin turbo diesel V8, so for its next update the list of changes have been kept to a minimum, although there’s the chance of the addition of a new high output supercharged V8 engine.

The facelifted SUV is due to hit the streets at the end of this year and is likely to be available with both the 3.6L diesel as well as a new supercharged 5.0L V8 engine developing upwards of 500hp (373kW) and 480lb-ft. (650Nm) of torque.

Another possibility is the introduction of a V6 twin-turbo diesel, likely to be the 2.7L unit used by Jaguar. However, in the Range Rover Sport, displacement would likely be bumped up to around the 3.0L mark.

In addition to the engine upgrade, the new Sport also receives a slightly revised face including a new grille design that’s reminiscent of the Land Rover Freelander/LR2 as well as a new front bumper. The side vents also feature a slightly different design to the ports on the current model, as well as the headlight treatment.