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Land Rover Defender to star in 2012's new Bond film

Rated 4 out of 54

Phil McNamara, 24 February 2012 13:48

Land Rover’s Defender will be one of the star vehicles of the new James Bond film Skyfall, due in cinemas this winter. The venerable 4x4 will be driven in a chase sequence by Naomi Harris’s character, Eve. And the assignment is shaping up to be one of the toughest in the Defender’s 64-year history, says Skyfall co-producer Andrew Noakes. ‘We ...

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Land Rover Defender to star in 2012's new Bond film

Land Rover Defender to star in 2012's new Bond film

Rated 4 out of 54

Phil McNamara, 24 February 2012 13:48

Land Rover’s Defender will be one of the star vehicles of the new James Bond film Skyfall, due in cinemas this winter. The venerable 4x4 will be driven in a chase sequence by Naomi Harris’s character, Eve. And the assignment is shaping up to be one of the toughest in the Defender’s 64-year history, says Skyfall co-producer Andrew Noakes. ‘We ...

CAR interviews Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa (2011)

CAR interviews Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa (2011)

Rated 4 out of 54

Phil McNamara, 11 October 2011 10:28

This week CAR is publishing a string of interviews with Ferrari management. Today we speak to Ferrari CEO Amedeo Felisa, a trained engineer who now runs Ferrari day-to-day. CAR’s October 2011 issue – on sale now – contains a VIP tour of Ferrari and interviews with the company’s top brass: president di Montezemolo, Ferrari CEO and engineer Amedeo Felisa and ...

CAR interviews Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo (2011)

CAR interviews Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo (2011)

Rated 4 out of 54

Phil McNamara, 10 October 2011 12:14

Fiat will not sell a stake in Ferrari, Formula 1’s governing body should stop knee-jerk rule changes and Lewis Hamilton is a top driver – those are the views of Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo, expressed in conversation with CAR Magazine. CAR’s October 2011 issue – on sale now – contains a VIP tour of Ferrari and interviews with the ...

Saab's latest factory shutdowns 'just a blip'

Saab's latest factory shutdowns 'just a blip'

Rated 4 out of 54

Phil McNamara, 11 April 2011 11:22

Saab’s liquidity crisis is a short-term ‘blip’, according to sources close to the company. Production at its Trolhattan plant in Sweden has been halted several times in the past fortnight, by suppliers refusing to deliver parts because of unpaid invoices. However, the company is confident that the impasse will be resolved soon. According to The Economist, Saab has more than ...

CAR interviews Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo (2010)

CAR interviews Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo (2010)

Rated 4.5 out of 54.5

Phil McNamara, 03 December 2010 10:17

CAR recently interviewed Luca di Montezemolo, chairman of Ferrari. He's one of the most established names in the supercar arena, having started with Ferrari in 1973 as founder Enzo’s assistant and grand prix team manager. After winning two world championships with Nikki Lauda in 1975 and 1977, he left to head the organisation responsible for staging the 1990 football World Cup in Italy. Three years ...

Vauxhall-Opel Junior: a Mini rival for 2013

Vauxhall-Opel Junior: a Mini rival for 2013

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Phil McNamara, 15 October 2010 12:07

Vauxhall-Opel has frozen the design of an upmarket small car, to rival BMW’s Mini and the Fiat 500. Codenamed Junior, the 3.7m-long three-door is two years from production. Based on a shortened Corsa platform, Junior will supplement the utilitarian Agila and conventional Corsa supermini in Vauxhall-Opel’s small car range. Nick Reilly, GM Europe president, said one of his first decisions upon taking ...

Tata Nano: the CEO’s plans to sell it in Europe

Tata Nano: the CEO’s plans to sell it in Europe

Rated 2.5 out of 52.5

Phil McNamara, 21 June 2010 10:15

Carl-Peter Forster, CEO of Tata Motors, has told CAR of his hopes for Tata’s expansion in Europe – with plans to launch the Nano here with a diesel and possibly an electric version. You can read the full interview with Forster in the new July 2010 issue of CAR Magazine out this week. Tata is already the world’s fourth largest ...

Ferrari's 599 roadster (2010): first details

Ferrari's 599 roadster (2010): first details

Rated 3 out of 53

Phil McNamara, 09 June 2010 09:00

Ferrari’s next new model will be a 599 roadster, Ferrari chairman Luca de Montezemolo told journalists in London last night.  ‘A lot of our clients are saying they want an open, 12-cylinder car with very sporty performance. At Pebble Beach, we will present this car,’ said de Montezemolo. Ferrari is working on a drop-top 599? Yes. Ferrari is currently presenting ...

Baby Range Rover confirmed in Land Rover shake-up

Baby Range Rover confirmed in Land Rover shake-up

Rated 3 out of 53

Phil McNamara, 24 September 2009 11:08

The shake up at Jaguar/Land Rover continues, with a consolidation of the brands’ Midlands manufacturing facilities announced alongside plans for more vehicles. The headline news is that Land Rover’s Solihull factory and Jaguar’s Castle Bromwich plant will be amalgamated over the next 10 years. JLR promises there will be no compulsory redundancies, and the industrial logic is compelling: consolidating production of ...

Mini: the 50th anniversary and new models galore

Mini: the 50th anniversary and new models galore

Rated 2 out of 52

Phil McNamara, 27 May 2009 13:14

Mini’s renaissance is entering a new phase of electric power, 4x4 crossovers and yet more bodystyles, said BMW marketing chief Ian Robertson at the British brand’s 50th birthday party. Over the last May bank holiday weekend, some 15,000 Mini fans converged on Silverstone, for a three-day festival of cars, racing and music. The company revealed three special editions: high-spec Camden ...

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