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Set in the grounds of America’s famed Biltmore Estate in Asheville

LAND ROVER EXPERIENCE NORTH CAROLINA: SET IN THE GROUNDS OF AMERICA’S FAMED BILTMORE ESTATE IN ASHEVILLE

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Explore the wooded trails, log piles, and lush meadows on the on the grounds of George Vanderbilt's stunning 250 room chateau. The Land Rover Experience Driving Center is located on the grounds of America’s famed Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. Completed in 1895, George Vanderbilt’s 250-room chateau is as impressive today as it was more than a century ago. Closed course. Do not attempt under any circumstances. Drivers operating vehicles under expert supervision at a Land Rover Experience Center. Vehicle shown has been modified to perform seen off road driving exercises.

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Develop your driving skills with expert coaching including navigating steep inclines and descents at Biltmore.

Price per vehicle: $295

** Ticket prices are for the activity only and do not include admission to Biltmore House and Gardens and Antler Hill Village

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Learn essential skills with our expert instructors with stunning views of the Blue Ridge mountain at Biltmore. Learn several driving techniques while navigating ascents, declines, water crossings, side tilts, and much more!

Price per vehicle: $475

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HALF DAY EXPERIENCE

Explore more challenging terrain, obstacles and refine your driving techniques under the guidance of an expert instructor during your Half Day Experience at Biltmore.

Price per vehicle: $850

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HALF DAY EXPERIENCE - BRING YOUR OWN VEHICLE

Experience the capabilities of your vehicle with an expert instructor on various terrain, while refining your driving techniques.

Price per vehicle: $650

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FULL DAY EXPERIENCE

Tackle longer more varied trails on a full day expedition. Explore more challenging terrain, obstacles, water crossings mud and ruts, and refine your driving techniques with an expert instructor. Enjoy lunch at Biltmore with the Blue Ridge Mountain as your backdrop.

Price per vehicle: $1,350

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  • HERITAGE HALF DAY EXPERIENCE

Explore, drive off-road, and have photographic memories with the Land Rover family including the iconic Defender, Range Rover, and Discovery. Experience the heritage and evolution of Land Rover with stunning views of the Blue Ridge mountain at Biltmore.

Price per vehicle: $1,325

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  • HERITAGE FULL DAY EXPERIENCE

Experience the evolution of Land Rover. Drive and explore all the Land Rover families including the iconic Land Rover Defender 90, modern Range Rover and Discovery vehicle on an off-road trail with an expert instructor while navigating obstacles and varying terrain with stunning views of the Blue Ridge mountain. Lunch is also included.

Price per vehicle: $1,650

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Currently Unavailable Put your teen in the driver’s seat. No prior experience required. Learn some of the basics of driving and off-roading including steering, parking, braking, all while having a little fun with our ascents and descents.

Price from $275

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Currently Unavailable Have a family fun day with Land Rover. Drive off road with all members of the family, create family memories, have fun, learn new driving techniques. These experiences are perfect for family outings, birthdays, vacations, and/or to celebrate special occasions.

Price from $450

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ADVANCED PROGRAMS

We offer several Advanced Programs including Winching and Recovery, Bespoke, multi-day programs and much more. We are also able to tailor programs to fit your needs. Call us for additional information.

Price per vehicle: Starts at $1,350

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Throughout the year, we're proud to feature exclusive Owner's Day events at Biltmore Land Rover Experience. Unique from typical Experience Center experiences, at these events owners bring and drive their own vehicle, and spend the day with other Land Rover owners.

Price per owner's vehicle: $495

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Create unforgettable experiences to fit your group needs. Our experiences are ideal for corporate outings, team building, special occasions, friends, families, and everything in between. Since our experiences are custom, pricing may vary.

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For booking and availability call 1 (828) 225-1541 or email [email protected]

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As a minimum you will need to bring a valid drivers license, comfortable outdoor clothing and sturdy footwear.

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ULTIMATE ARCTIC ADVENTURES ON ICE WITH JAGUAR AND LAND ROVER

ULTIMATE ARCTIC ADVENTURES ON ICE WITH JAGUAR AND LAND ROVER

6 september 2021.

Drive world-class vehicles to the limit on the edge of the Arctic Circle

  • Jaguar Land Rover Ice Academy experiences mix unforgettable thrills and winter driving skills
  • Drive the Land Rover Defender, Range Rover Velar, Jaguar F-TYPE, Jaguar F-PACE and Jaguar I-PACE to the limit on the edge of the Arctic Circle
  • Choice of itinerary offers winter driving for all levels of experience
  • Optional lifestyle activities including Arctic Circle Drive, husky sled tours and snowmobile safaris

Jaguar and Land Rover are delivering pure exhilaration at the Jaguar Land Rover Ice Academy on the edge of the Arctic Circle, combining invaluable winter driving skills with unforgettable thrills.

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The new 2022 Jaguar Land Rover Ice Academy has five itineraries, all based at Arjeplog, Sweden. Each one features the Jaguar F-TYPE sports car, Jaguar F-PACE performance SUV, iconic Land Rover Defender and Range Rover Velar. Advanced drivers can also get to grips with the all-electric Jaguar I-PACE.

The Jaguar Land Rover Ice Academy is an opportunity to drive these world-class vehicles to their fullest capability and truly immerse yourself in your surroundings with a range of extraordinary lifestyle activities.

Five experiences cater for every level of expertise, from first timers to those wanting to polish their ice-driving skills. Customers can choose two, three or four-night trips, all with support from highly trained experts. The Ice Academy is popular with sports stars and celebrities. World heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua, actor Luke Evans have all experienced the thrills. Hollywood star Evans said when he visited as a guest last year: “Testing the cars on the lakes and tracks was extraordinary. Learning how to drift around the corners was really fun.”

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The four experiences cater for every level of expertise from first-timers to those wanting to polish their ice-driving skills. Customers can choose three or four-night trips.

Everything about the Jaguar Land Rover Ice Academy will take your breath away – from the power of the Jaguar F-TYPE and the all-terrain capability of the Land Rover Defender to the spectacular Arctic landscape. Whichever ice drive you choose, you'll be honing your winter driving skills in the most exciting way imaginable.

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The new, customisable Ice Drive Lite itinerary offers a full day of driving on a two-night trip with your choice of Jaguar F-PACE or Land Rover Defender. There’s a chance to upgrade your vehicles during your three afternoon sessions on our tracks; The Circle, Handling Circuit 1 and the Slalom.

Available as either a three-day weekend or four-day midweek experience, the Ice Drive itinerary includes two days driving on the ice, plus a ‘hot lap’ passenger ride with an instructor in an F-TYPE.

There’s also a visit to the Jaguar Land Rover Cold Climate Test Centre – the secret zone where new models are put through their paces ahead of release.

The five-day Ice Drive Plus itinerary includes four nights with a minimum three days of driving, plus optional lifestyle activities including a trip to the Arctic Circle, husky sled tours and snowmobile safaris.

For more experienced drivers the four-day Ice Drive Advanced and five-day Advanced Plus itinerary are a marked progression from the standard programmes. You begin with a refresher course and there’s some one-on-one tuition. You will also have the opportunity to drive the Jaguar I-PACE on the ice.

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All five ice drives offer authentic Swedish accommodation at the Hotel Silverhatten, with stunning views of lakes and mountains to enjoy when customers aren’t sliding around the frozen tracks.

There’s also a plus-one itinerary that gives your non-driving companion the chance to enjoy a choice of daily Arctic activities while you’re honing your skills at the Jaguar Land Rover Ice Academy.

Each Jaguar Land Rover Ice Academy itinerary incorporates coronavirus precautions, aligned with the local Government Guidelines to keep guests safe.

Prices from £2,500 per person (excluding flights, visa fees and travel insurance)

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Land Rover Adventure Travel, extraordinary journeys reimaged. Book a driving holiday of a lifetime going deep into the heart of some of the world’s most beautiful and diverse destinations.

On our Namibia holidays, take the world’s most capable vehicle across Africa’s most stunning landscapes, including the chance to see the ‘big five’ wandering the wilderness of this untamed land. Alternatively, take the ultimate off-road challenge through the stunning red rock landscapes of Moab, Utah. The Jaguar Land Rover Ice Academy steps you into the frozen wilds of the Arctic Circle. From exhilarating ice driving, to exploring Lapland’s fairy tale forests, experience the very best Sweden has to offer.

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A REAL INSIGHT BEHIND THE SCENES AT LIVERPOOL

Factory Tours

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Join us for the fascinating story showing how Land Rover transform a roll of steel into a complex premium vehicle ready to tackle even the most challenging terrain. The trip will culminate in seeing our dedicated quality team scrutinising each vehicle ensuring it meets Land Rover's exacting standards before being dispatched for customers all over the world.

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After a welcome drink you'll have an introduction and be transported to the factory facility to start your tour.

Get an in depth insight into each area and get up close and personal with huge industrial presses stamping out rolls of steel into perfect 3D panels.

You will be guided by an expert tour host who will bring the history of Land Rover to life.

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Please note all Factory Tours will be conducted in English with no translations available.

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You Can Learn How to Snow Drift in a Jaguar While Driving in the Arctic Circle

Oh, and then go sledding with huskies.

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You — yes, you — deserve to live out all your wildest travel fantasies. So go ahead, take a moment and dream big. Now, dream a little bigger. And bigger . Just a bit more. Need help? How about driving luxury performance cars on a frozen lake in the Arctic Circle? Yeah. That should do the trick.

As travel begins to open back up, the Jaguar Land Rover Ice Academy located in Arjeplog, Sweden wants you to know it's ready and willing to welcome you.

Surrounded by icy wilderness consisting of absolutely nothing but a vast frozen lake bordered by a hovering pine forest, the Jaguar Land Rover Ice Academy is every would-be stunt person's dream come true.

At the experience, guests can learn from the experts on how to maintain a consistent skid , the art of drifting, and even how to power slide. Those who've been before can even level up to the advanced class for a "white-knuckle ride" with instructors. In both classes, guests will get to do it all while behind the wheel of the latest Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles, including the Jaguar F-TYPE and the Land Rover Defender.

Beyond the driving, guests are also welcome to explore more of the Arctic through husky sled rides, snowmobiling, and the chance to take a few hot laps on the frozen lake. Guests can also choose to relax in their room at the Hotel Silverhatten, the largest hotel in Arjeplog. Per-driver cost sits at $5,496.80 (£3,895) for three nights and two days of driving.

Not quite ready for international travel? There are also Land Rover Experience Centers located in California, North Carolina, and Vermont for those who still want to drive without all the flying. Those experiences begin at $275 for daylong drives. See more about the experiences here .

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The Once and Future Off-Roader: Land Rover’s Heritage Experience Hypes Its Next Defender

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The idea came from Kim McCullough, Jaguar Land Rover vice president of marketing for North America, a serious enthusiast whose résumé includes participation in Italy’s Mille Miglia revival in a personal Jaguar XK120. She saw this Defender Experience program as a way to help promote Land Rover’s impending 70th anniversary in 2018.

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“Since it is the 70th anniversary, we want to help keep it alive,” said McCullough. “We thought, let’s put it out there and build some awareness.” And, of course, with a new Defender anticipated in the not-too-distant future , there’s more to the awareness aspect than touting Land Rover’s history.

Active Heritage

These Defenders are definitely not new vehicles. The Defender 90s and 110s are parceled out, one per school, for what is called the Land Rover Heritage Program. The numerical designations relate to their 90- and 110-inch wheelbases. The program is run separately from the standard Land Rover Experience, for which the entire Land Rover brand portfolio—Discovery, Discovery Sport, Evoque, Range Rover, and Range Rover Sport, and Velar—is represented.

Let us put a finer point on “not new.” Tracing its roots back to the company’s 1948 origins, the Defender (née Series I) went through a half-dozen evolutionary updates before Land Rover punched its ticket on January 29, 2016 . By that time, the Defender 90 had been absent from U.S. showrooms for almost 20 years. And the funky four-door 110, with its external roll bars, was in North America for a single model year, 1993, as a limited edition; 509 were sold in the U.S. and 23 in Canada.

Like any out-of-production vehicle, especially one as well loved as this, Defenders have become serious collectibles , commanding escalating prices at auction. “We’ve already seen some going for six figures,” said McCullough. Also commanding six figures: a Series 1 restored by the factory .

Rare as they may be here, some two million Defenders found their way into customers’ hands worldwide over the vehicle’s 67-year run, and about 75 percent of them are still in use, according to Land Rover. In the end, although sales were still reasonably strong, profitability kept losing altitude because of high labor costs. As a survivor from another era in manufacturing, the Defender’s assembly entailed too much handwork.

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We signed up with the Land Rover school headquartered at the Quail Lodge in California’s Carmel Valley. Our Defender was a hardtop 90, model year 1996, and it was a testament to the assembly standards of its time. The body panels, for example, are secured by rivets, and panel gaps seem to have been conceived for auxiliary ventilation. External door hinges enhance the Defender’s rugged persona and also allow for easy removal of the doors. Another anachronism is that the Defender requires multiple keys: one for the ignition, one for the side door locks, and a third for the gas cap. The interior is spartan by today’s standards—no touchscreen, no navi, no Wi-Fi, minimalist audio—and our example showed signs of its two decades in service.

While this is clearly a blast from the past, we are not talking Fred Flintstone here. There’s a 3.9-liter pushrod V-8 under the hood making 182 horsepower and 232 lb-ft of torque, mated to a five-speed manual transmission. The four-wheel-drive system employs a manually locking center differential and open differentials at both ends. The Defender rides a coil-spring suspension with control arms and anti-roll bars front and rear. Minimum ground clearance is 9.0 inches, maximum fording depth 20.0 inches, maximum forward approach angle is 51 degrees, and maximum departure is 36 degrees—figures that would be impressive on any current Land Rover or Range Rover product you can buy new today. There are disc brakes at all four corners, squeezed by four-piston calipers front and two-pistons rear.

While these specs aren’t particularly impressive today, particularly in contrast to a Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, in the context of their times the Defenders were as rough and ready as any. And if the ’96 Defender seems a little dated, consider its distant ancestor. The design for the original Series I Land Rover was derived from that of a World War II Jeep, and it was primordial by today’s standards. The 1.6-liter pushrod four was rated for 50 horsepower, the suspension employed elliptical leaf springs, and concessions to comfort were few.

On the other hand, the Series I box section frame was as solid as a bridge, the electrical system was 12 volts—a rarity at the time—and the four-wheel-drive system was similar to that of our ’96 Defender: open diffs, with a manual two-speed transfer case, a manually locking center differential, and a four-speed manual transmission.

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The Carmel Labyrinth

Land Rover’s Carmel Valley school involves a labyrinth of trails in the heavily wooded heights above the valley. During the dry summer months, the trails aren’t particularly difficult; occasional patches of deep dust pose the most significant traction challenges, and those are brief.

It becomes more interesting in the winter, when rain makes the trails slurpy, but wet weather had not yet arrived when we made our visit in the late fall. Nevertheless, we emerged with a solid respect for this iconic Land Rover. It had a no-nonsense persona, but its off-road fun-to-drive factor was high.

“When you’re driving the Defender,” McCullough observed, “you’re involved. When you’re in a manual Defender, you’re more involved.”

Accompanied by Justin Demayo, a Monterey-area native who runs Land Rover’s Carmel Valley school and knows every twist and turn of its trails, we buckled up and rolled out of the parking lot and onto dirt.

Two decades equate to old age for most vehicles, but our veteran Defender exhibited no geriatric symptoms as we motored up and down the dusty heights above Quail Lodge. The D90 trudged up even the steepest hills with only occasional brief episodes of wheelspin, motored down equally steep downhills at a comfortable crawl, and generally inspired confidence.

Suspension compliance was surprisingly benign, on par with a new Discovery we tried for contrast, at least in the dirt (we didn’t exercise the Defender on pavement). And nothing scraped underneath in the deep ruts we encountered from time to time.

Demerits? Very minor. The worm-and-roller hydraulic power steering, though surprisingly tactile, was slow by contemporary standards—3.8 turns lock-to-lock. And for a vehicle with a 92.9-inch wheelbase, the 38.4-foot turning circle seemed more appropriate for a World War II landing craft. More than once we had to execute three-point maneuvers to make it around tight turns without scraping timber, turns we made in one pass with the Disco. But that in no way diminished the day.

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The Price of Play

Viewed simply as an automotive novelty, the Defender Experience is an entertaining retro trip, albeit an expensive one—$1200 for half a day or $1500 to play all day.

But as already suggested, there’s more to this program than lending an historic element to the 70th anniversary season. Land Rover CEO Ralf Speth has already acknowledged that an all-new Defender is on the near horizon. The question is what will it be and when. Speth has been quoted as saying that the new Defender will utilize elements from the current Land Rover hardware inventory and that he has driven the prototype, pronouncing it “even more capable” than its predecessor.

Land Rover has also let it be known that the resurrection will entail a trio of Defender models, including a high-performance SVR edition heated up by the Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations hot-rod shop. Beyond that, it’s all speculation.

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However, it does seem clear that the revivalist Defender will bear little, if any, resemblance to t he DC100 concept vehicle that Land Rover displayed at the 2011 Frankfurt auto show. The Defender faithful dismissed that one as wimpy. As McCullough observed, “That’s why we put things out there, to get consumer feedback.”

And the Land Rover Heritage Program? “It’s a fun thing to do—keeps the conversation going. And even though it has been 20 years since there’s been a Defender in the U.S., there’s still a core of enthusiast interest.”

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On the 10th of November, the DT Department set off to the Jaguar Land Rover Factory in Solihull. Here we had an insightful day into Jaguar Land Rover and the opportunities available to us. We spent the morning in smaller groups where we had a really interesting tour around the different parts of the factory. We were shown almost every stage in the process and it was amazing to see the journey from a piece of aluminium all the way to the final product. We learnt all about the different manufacturing processes and quality controls used in the process. This was really rewarding and allowed us to further understand topics we had learnt about in our DT lessons.

In the afternoon we were split into either smaller groups. In these groups we competed against each other in an exciting series of activities which incorporated the things we had learnt about when going around the factory. Such as how a successful manufacturing process works, with set workstations that each had set tasks with time limits. All the tasks required teamwork and communication skills just like those that are needed on the production line.

We were also told a lot about the various apprenticeship opportunities available to us. This includes high level apprenticeships which they encouraged us to apply for after sixth form.

Overall the day was really interesting. Everyone really enjoyed the group tasks and found the tour really fascinating. Thank you to Mrs Kelly and Miss Tilt for organising the trip and taking us to Jaguar Land Rover.

Imogen Shiels

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2 September 2020

JAGUAR LAND ROVER HELPS SCHOOLS AS STUDENTS RETURN TO THE CLASSROOM

  • Jaguar Land Rover to donate coronavirus protective equipment to schools across the UK
  • Reusable face visors will help protect school staff as pupils return to the classroom
  • Jaguar Land Rover produced the face visors during the pandemic to support frontline NHS staff

Wednesday 2 September 2020, Whitley, UK Jaguar Land Rover is donating reusable protective face visors to primary and secondary schools across the UK to support the return to the classroom following the coronavirus pandemic lockdown.  

Schools in Halewood, Warwickshire and the West Midlands, will receive 1000 reusable face visors to provide staff with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as pupils return to classrooms for the start of a new term.

The reusable protective face visors were designed and produced by Jaguar Land Rover at the start of the coronavirus pandemic in response to the growing need for PPE for frontline NHS staff.  Since April 2020, Jaguar Land Rover has produced and distributed more than 160,000 visors. ​

Each face visor has been designed to be reusable and can be easily dismantled and cleaned before being used again, making it ideal for school staff who may be interacting with different groups of students every day.

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It’s fantastic to be able to support our communities by sharing our resources and to help protect school staff who have been working tirelessly throughout the coronavirus crisis. As pupils return to school, providing these visors will be a step towards ensuring education resumes safely for staff and pupils.

Global Corporate Responsibility Manager at Jaguar Land Rover

Teachers have had to adapt very quickly to new ways of working during the pandemic. The face visors donated by Jaguar Land Rover will help ensure a smooth transition to more classroom-based learning, in a safe environment for teachers, support staff and students.

Sally-Anne Bloom

Acting principal at whitley academy.

Jaguar Land Rover has worked with partners to provide support globally to approximately 660,000 people during the coronavirus outbreak, with 182,000 packages delivered and 360 vehicles deployed globally.

Further information

For more information about Jaguar Land Rover’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, please visit https://media.jaguarlandrover.com .

Jaguar Land Rover PR social channels:

- Twitter: @JLR_News

- LinkedIn: @JaguarLandRover

For more information visit www.media.jaguarlandrover.com or contact:

Linda Luong

Corporate Affairs Officer – Global External Communications

[email protected]

+44 7384 232691

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About Jaguar Land Rover

Jaguar Land Rover is the UK’s largest automotive manufacturer, built around two iconic British car brands. Land Rover is the world’s leading manufacturer of premium all-wheel-drive vehicles. Jaguar is one of the world’s premier luxury marques, as well as being the first ever brand to offer a premium all-electric performance SUV, the Jaguar I-PACE.

At Jaguar Land Rover we are driven by a desire to deliver class-leading vehicles, providing experiences people love, for life. Our products are in demand around the globe and in 2019 we sold 557,706 vehicles in 127 countries.

At heart we are a British company, with two major design and engineering sites, three vehicle manufacturing facilities, an Engine Manufacturing Centre and soon to be opened Battery Assembly Centre. We also have vehicle plants in China, Brazil, India, Austria and Slovakia. Three of our seven technology hubs are in the UK – Manchester, Warwick (NAIC) and London – with additional sites in Shannon, Ireland, Portland, USA, Budapest, Hungary and Changshu, China.

We have a growing portfolio of electrified products across our model range, embracing fully electric, plug-in hybrid and mild-hybrid vehicles, as well as continuing to offer the latest diesel and petrol engines, giving our customers even more choice.

We are confident that our comprehensive strategy, exciting pipeline of market-leading vehicles and innovative approach to technology and mobility will see us continue to progress towards Destination Zero, our mission to shape future mobility with zero emissions, zero accidents and zero congestion.

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