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Another round of cuts and the CEO is departing. Jaguar Land Rover's Ralf Speth to quit as £1.1bn cuts announced A new CEO has not been named.

I'm pretty sure the aftermarket is listening when the chief design lead says: McGovern’s hope is that customers looking to personalize their Land Rovers will be drawn to the quality of Land Rover’s own customizations, rather than turn to third-party tuning companies. “We’re going to put them...

Thanks for the great overview DieselRanger. Agree that workload profile is important as is the quality of the oil. I would add that JLR engineering was not too happy with management, highlighting that this was a design issue. The real failure was with management. Declining financials create...

"..........Land Rover design chief Gerry McGovern has spoken out against the practice, telling the aftermarket companies that JLR’s Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) will put them all out of business........." Argh. I had read that perspective somewhere else on Gerry. Arrogance always ends...

Yup, then consider the pre-owned market where the next owner is looking at documented factory maintenance intervals but the needed interval is significantly less even as dilution eats the internals.

FYI - premature internal engine wear. INGENIUM 2.0 DIESEL OIL ANALYSIS RESULTS

Agreed 100%. It was a significant point made in other threads that Land Rover completely ignores, by design. I think it is one aspect why Jeep is so successful and that is coming from someone who only has Land Rovers, although LR4 and older. Hoping the Ineos Grenadier addresses that shortcoming.

@Jack - what powertrain are you going with? As a minimum I would need the 3.0L MHEV with the large cost adder. The long term cost with that engine are a concern.

What are you willing to pay for 'electrification', 'safety' and 'autonomy'? All that new technology? Well, not much it appears. I'm actually not surprised as I personally don't see the value of all this techno-wizardry that every manufacturer is stumbling over themselves to offer. What are you...

I'm on the other end of the thinking. The Evoque was a fashion statement and highlighted the direction of JLR. It is a significant contributor to stabilizing JLR sales even though overall they are down in 2019, another year of declining overall sales. The Discovery Sport is a smaller Discovery...

Today JLR began to layoff 10% of their Discovery Sport / Evoque workforce, blaming Brexit and diesel sales. Now we know another factor as to why diesel sales are in decline. Informative that JLR attempted to blame 'driving styles'.

Appears there are several discussions on pistonheads and discosportforum for oil dilution, early service and engine failure of diesels. Argh. The current Luxury Defender engine choices are problematic so was hoping for a diesel option. JLR blaming Brexit for poor volumes may be a smokescreen...

Don't be surprised when software updates are monetized under a subscription model. With or without advertising. Own the vehicle? Really? Your subsystems are so complex you won't be able to fix them anyway so how about an attractive lease that includes all services? Oh, and that 'data' will be...

JLR's immediate challenge is to increase revenue over operating cost such that they can address the $4B loss. They need to 'change that line' but not by much. Volume is not the goal, profit is. That can be accomplished by restructuring (lower operating cost) and increasing volumes (sell more...

All these arguments are circular, changing nothing until the following divergence ends. Disagree all you want and in the end the financial math always wins. Jaguar Land Rover unveils shape-shifting 'seat of the future' that tackles the health risks of sitting down for too long by making your...

Have also noted that trend. When JLR collapsed Jaguar and Land Rover into virtually one product team the demise of the off-road segment was written. Dealers went from 4WD enthusiast to sleek 'modern' showrooms with marble floors.

SUVs will continue to dominate in Europe Surging demand for SUVs and crossovers in Europe and around the world is the industry's growth trend. High-riding models of all shapes and sizes are reliably delivering strong sales and solid profits that more attention-grabbing trends such as...

If people read the entire thread you would see that we discussed the 'safety' aspects of vehicle sales volumes and that NCAP is not the be-all-end-all of design decisions. In the end you have to sell product to make a profit to stay in business, period. EVERY vehicle design is a process of...

Shouldn't volume and profit be a engineering / design goal? That's coming from an engineer who has seen those goals not achieved for a variety of product management 'reasons'.

Why? Well ............. the objective is to sell product ..........and be profitable