JLR chief creative officer Gerry McGovern was scathing of the ‘British BMW’ experiment that brought Jaguars such as the XE
British brand on the rebuild to become £100,000-plus luxury car maker as "pleasing every type of customer leaves you with mediocre products"
Range Rover family accounts for bulk of JLR's revenues and its order backlog
JLR hails strong Range Rover sales as driver of revenues; also cuts debt and reduces backlog
Bentley Bentayga accounted for 42% of overall sales, spurred on by the launch of the popular EWB variant
Americas market leads charge as British firm makes £772 million profit; Bentayga made up 42% of all sales
The bank Jefferies has calculated a $22,000 (£18,000) loss on every EV sold by Ford
The American giant is treating its Model E electric car division as a loss-making start-up
Brexit costs Bentley between £4.4m and £6.1m per year
Rotating Audi Group staff takes as much effort as hiring someone for three to five years, complains CFO
Sales of the Enyaq increased by 53,700 units worldwide
Skoda delivered 731,300 cars in 2022 for a 16.7% year-on-year drop but earned €628 million in profit
The Audi Group's operating profit grew from €5.5bn in 2021 to €7.6bn last year
Audi, Bentley, Ducati and Lamborghini set £6.7 billion profit high as average sale values spike
The VW Group is confident it can keep the margins stable and grow volume
Easing of semiconductor shortage means firm is bullish about sales growth over margins
The McLaren Artura is the manufacturer's first mainstream hybrid model
Cash injection is the first stage of a £500 million plan, new report claims
The Renault Group is among those to have capitalised on limited supply
As shortages ease, investors want to know whether greater competition will lead to reduced margins
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