Rumorpile: Jaguar Land Rover May Slash 5,000 Jobs

Makes sense, I question how long they can last with their limited sales, They need to change faster than they are.

12 minutes ago, dfelt said:

Makes sense, I question how long they can last with their limited sales, They need to change faster than they are.

Market is changing also.

I thought 2 years ago Brexit was a terrible idea.  I don’t understand how separating yourself from the EU is better for business than being in the EU. This is like the tariff war we are in, that doesn’t help businesses.  

I think the next recession could knock out another 5-10 auto brands globally and these guys along with a couple of FCA’s are at the top of the list.

10 minutes ago, smk4565 said:

I thought 2 years ago Brexit was a terrible idea.  I don’t understand how separating yourself from the EU is better for business than being in the EU. This is like the tariff war we are in, that doesn’t help businesses.  

I think the next recession could knock out another 5-10 auto brands globally and these guys along with a couple of FCA’s are at the top of the list.

Agree completely.

Tata will have a lot of decisions to make in the next year or so.  Will either Jaguar or Land Rover be shut down, and if so, how soon?

1 hour ago, riviera74 said:

Tata will have a lot of decisions to make in the next year or so.  Will either Jaguar or Land Rover be shut down, and if so, how soon?

Probably neither shut down....but neither of them will be healthy either.

Jaguar can have 2 sporty models in the F Type and XE, but all the rest gotta be high tech and luxo first. And reliable.

Jaguar has a loss in one quarter...worst auto company ever.... basically

Tesla has a loss...oh they're still winning and continuing to make themselves great again, OMG model Y, Model Truck, Model Roadster, such billions in losses to develop those, such greatness.

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First off, nations need to be able to govern themselves.  They need to guard their sovereignty.  Secondly, if they die before they go electric, they can still salvage some fond memories of enthusiasts.

So...is it jag-YOU-ah or jagwar? 

If they could finally solve that mystery, maybe they could start selling some cars!

Just now, oldshurst442 said:

So...is it jag-YOU-ah or jagwar? 

If they could finally solve that mystery, maybe they could start selling some cars!

 

Or is it jag-WIRE?   That's how I've heard it pronounced sometimes in regards to the Jacksonville Jaguars NFL team..

Well, people mispronounce the name of my town (the oldest inland city in the US) often if they don't live here.  I've always said "JAGWAHR", but the Brits (and it is their car) say it differently.  I think the Brits say it properly because it is their car.

I’ve heard my county (and the river) pronounced a couple ways... Cuyahoga... Q-uh-hoga or Kai-ah-Hoga.  

So Lan-Caster or Lank-aster?  I’d go with the 2nd..  Ohio has a Lancaster, not sure how it’s pronounced.  Ohio has a Louisville—pronounced Lewis-vil, but my cousins in Kentucky pronounce their city Luh-a-Vul.  

Louisville...

I sometimes pronounce it louie-vil or, because I speak French, I will  sometimes read it in French.  Something like louie-vil, but the louie part is louieee and the vil part is more pronounced, more Frenchie.  Ville is city in French, so I will read ville as I would like Im speaking...French. 

And yes..."JAGWAHR"  is the way I say it too.  What do the Brits know about how to speak the English language anyhow...?

I hear Lang-caster from time to time. 

I think I pronounce it as Lank-aster myself.

LANK-uhstir, yup.

OH NOZ! AND RITE BEFUR X-MAS! HOW HEARTLESS!! HOW GREEDY!! THEY SHOULD KEEP THE FACTORIES RUNNING AND BUILDING, AND JUST STORE THE UNWANTED VEHICLES IN STADIUM PARKING LOTS, OFFERING THEM UP AS SLEEPING BERTHS FOR THE HOMELESS!! BECAUSE; CORPORATE MONSTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8 hours ago, balthazar said:

OH NOZ! AND RITE BEFUR X-MAS! HOW HEARTLESS!! HOW GREEDY!! THEY SHOULD KEEP THE FACTORIES RUNNING AND BUILDING, AND JUST STORE THE UNWANTED VEHICLES IN STADIUM PARKING LOTS, OFFERING THEM UP AS SLEEPING BERTHS FOR THE HOMELESS!! BECAUSE; CORPORATE MONSTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On the other hand without money nothing happens. Cutting slower selling vehicles ensures health of company which is the greater good.

The real question is how do you create economic diversity? Columbus Ohio here will be devastated if anything ever happens to the insurance industry.

Don't know about sleeping berths for the homeless but Kia does build a small hatchback called the Soul thst seems uniqely fit for rodents.