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updated 04/02/10

BP will be CLOSED the afternoon of 4/2/10
for Good Friday

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Is Tata Restructuring Land Rover?
Mar 29 2010 by Alun Thorne, Birmingham Post

Plans to close a Jaguar Land Rover factory in the West Midlands could be reversed according to industry sources. Both the Land Rover factory at Solihull and the Jaguar plant at Castle Bromwich could yet survive the axe by owners Tata following another rethink by bosses, it has been revealed.

Thousands of workers were stunned last September when Tata announced that either Lode Lane or Castle Bromwich was to close, with an announcement due by midsummer. But the new regime at JLR, led by Tata Motors supremo Carl-Peter Forster and new Jaguar Land Rover boss Ralf Speth, are understood to have ordered another strategy review which now includes the option of keeping both sites open. Unions fiercely opposed any moves to close Solihull or Castle Bromwich, claiming compulsory job losses were inevitable and shunning internal discussions on the closure plan.

But a source close to senior management at JLR said: “One of the options now is not to close either of them. “There is a new strategy now being developed – it is a completely new ball game. It has now gone back from ‘there will be a plant closure.’ They are looking at it again.” The source said new model ranges for Land Rover and Jaguar could safeguard the futures of both Lode Lane and Castle Bromwich. “That is now a very real possibility.”

It is understood that a new review of JLR is currently under way following the appointments of Mumbai-based Carl-Peter Forster as Group Chief Executive Officer of Tata Motors and Ralf Speth as new JLR Chief Executive, based at Gaydon. The closure plan was announced under the previous regime with David Smith at the helm of JLR, but Mr Smith was replaced at the top in a boardroom switch in January.

JLR has enjoyed a big sales recovery in recent months, clocking up a 60 per cent sales increase in February alone. The group also announced a £38.7 million profit for the final quarter of 2009 after years of struggling in the red. A JLR spokesman said: “We said back in September we would go through a process and make a decision in the middle of the year. “As you would expect our new CEOs are studying our business and looking at our plans closely.” He added nothing had been changed from the Business Plan announced in September.

No New Defenders

No need to speculate about an LR4 based Defender. Tata has decided not to update the venerable British classic after all. Tata has recently decided to pursue the luxury brand aspect of the company, and not spend the development money needed to make a 21st century Defender.

It's probaly just as well. Defender may remain in productin in its current form in India, where Tata has a good grasp on the truck business. Defender can fit in Tata's truck business worldwide. If it survives in its original form that's a good thing in our book, even if we never get any more here.

A simplified Defender, without computer controls or luxury features, is said to be in development for Africa and other remote regions.

In the US, sales strategies may create Range Rover specific stores, or separate sections in showrooms, and break out LR2, LRX, and LR4. Range Rovers, especially full size, are actually in short supply in the US right now. LRX (not the final name) is definitely heading to the US.

Don't expect any serious off road vehicles for the US market.

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British Pacific Now Stocking Terrafirma Off Road Products

BP has been building its inventory of the Terrafirma range of off road suspension products, and we now have a good selection in stock. Terrafirma provides good quality gear at an affordable price, and has a wide range for Defender, Discovery, and Range Rover Classic. We are also using TF springs and shocks in our air suspension conversion kits.

Click here for the full catalog: see something that you like?
If we're not stocking it we can order it for you.
Contact us for a prompt price quote and availability here:

Here's a selection of what we're stocking right now:

TF202 Medium spring/shock combo $463.00

TF509 cranked radius arms $215.00


TF516 & TF517 spring spacers $65.00/set

TF513 rear dual shock mounts $130.00

TF508 caster corrected front radius arms $399.00/pair