Britain’s car-making industry, stung by the loss of 800 jobs in Swindon last week, is to receive a boost from Jaguar Land Rover, which is to create jobs in Solihull.
The announcement of the decision to put £370m of investment and 800 additional roles into the West Midlands plant was timed to coincide with the annual Detroit motor show, where the Indian-owned Jaguar Land Rover boasted of record-breaking sales.
Unlike Honda, which blamed the eurozone crisis for the axing of jobs last week, Jaguar Land Rover said it was expanding on the back of demand from China, Russia and the US.
“Looking ahead to 2013, we are continuing to invest in our business to support our ambitious plans for growth and we will be introducing eight new or refreshed products throughout the year,” said Phil Popham, Jaguar Land Rover’s director of group sales operations.
“2012 has been a strong year for Jaguar Land Rover with record-breaking sales performance globally. All of our key markets saw strong progress, with demand for our premium vehicles setting new records in a very competitive environment.”
The top five markets were China, the UK, the US, Russia and Italy; they accounted for 65% of the record sales of 357,773 vehicles.
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