Friday, October 03, 2008
Jaguar and Land Rover announce more production cuts
Jaguar and Land Rover are cutting production at three of their UK plants due to falling demand.
Jaguar's Halewood plant in the north of England will cease production for a week starting October 27 because of falling demand for the X-Type and Land Rover Freelander models built there.
While Jaguar's European sales increased to 24,600 from 21,100 compared with the same period last year, reports said X-Type sales fell to 8,292 units from 9,363.
Land Rover sales were down across the board, with overall registrations falling to 54,261units from 63,669 in the first eight months and Freelander sales dropping to 21,935 from 24,999.
The brands are also cutting production at their Solihull factory, near Birmingham, from two shifts to one and the factory's scheduled shutdown at the end of October has been increased from one week to two.
Castle Bromwich, where the XJ upper-premium sedan and XK premium roadster are built, will have one non-production day per week.
DATED: 03.10.08
FEED: AW
