SubscribeElsewhere on Autolust: BMW 5 Series | BMW M5 | Land Rover | Ford Motor Company | Corvette | BMW Z4 | Rover Company | Aston Martin | Porsche Boxster | BMW M6 |
# 2 News Source
AutoblogGreen
AutoblogGreen (www.autobloggreen.com) has great Jaguar Cars news, photos, videos and more
Thursday, Aug 6
Fisker nabs ex-Maserati North America chief for sales and marketing duties
Fisker has appointed Marti Eulberg to the position of vice president of global sales and marketing after being head of Maserati North America for less than one year. Eulberg's position means she will "develop global sales and marketing strategies and manage Fisker's worldwide retail n...
Friday, Jul 31
Ratan Tata: All future Jaguars and Land Rovers to feature aluminum construction
To go along with the newfound reduction in weight, Jaguar Land Rover is known to be experimenting with hybrid powertrains. A kinetic energy recovery system may be in the cards for the XJ line in 2011 while Land Rover has been working on an Electric Rear Axle Drive that could debut in the upcom...
Monday, Jul 20
Williams will likely never race flywheel KERS, may have commercial application
In spite of it not being used on the race cars, team principal Sir Frank Williams believes it has commercial applications. To date, the only automakers that have indicated an interest in a flywheel base system are Jaguar-Land Rover who are testing the completely mechanical Torotrak syst...
Sunday, Jun 28
VIDEO: Jaguar extols the glory of aluminum
Jaguar has long been a proponent of aluminum construction for automobiles. In fact, the current-generation XJ uses an aluminum-intensive chassis that's held together by loads of epoxy and over 3,000 rivets, which allows the big Jag's underpinnings to achieve a 40 percent weight savin...
Wednesday, Jun 17
Fisker Chic showroom coming to Miami fall 2009
Warren Henry Zinn's Warren Henry Automobiles also sells Land Rover, Jaguar, Volvo and Infiniti vehicles. For a look at the difference in Fisker and Tesla's approaches to setting up dealerships, read this.
Saturday, Jun 13
Rendered Speculation: Jaguar working on extended-range electric XE roadster?
We've been hearing rumors for at least the last few months that Jaguar was working on a new extended-range electric vehicle. Up until now, we had expected the eco-friendly hardware to show up in the British brand's upcoming XJ revision, but a new report from Motor Trend indicates that Rata...
Tuesday, Jun 2
Tesla delivers 500th Roadster to New Jersey man
From the first to the 100th and now to the 500th, the story of Tesla Motors and their initial offering - the Roadster - has been pretty heavily documented. The trend is unlikely to stop any time soon and, in that vein, Tesla is making sure to note the latest milestone, the delivery of the 500th R...
Wednesday, May 27
Hyundai reports 4,000 scrap car trades in UK, reveals some surprises
So, just what kinds of cars are being traded in? The Korean automaker reports that both a Jaguar XJ-S and XJ6 have both been scrapped, as have 34 BMWs, 22 Audis and 32 vehicles from Mercedes-Benz. Six Mazda MX-5's, seven MGFs, a 1966 Austin 1100 and a 1968 Morris Minor were also sent to the grea...
Sunday, May 3
Study: UK grid able handle a lot of new plug-in vehicles
If you're a UK resident who is losing sleep, fretting that a sudden increase in the adoption of plug-in hybrid and electric cars might create the sudden need for additional power generation plants to support the load, we have news that should help you enjoy a good night's rest. According to...
Friday, Apr 24
SAE 2009: Torotrak mechanical flywheel KERS, likely coming to next Jaguar XJ
It does have limitations as well. The system has to be mounted in physical proximity of the drive hardware because of the mechanical connections needed. Also clearly it cannot be adapted to plug-in capability. However, Torotrak Technology Director Chris Greenwood told ABG at the SAE Worl...
