Sunday, 15 November 2020

Jaguar And Land Rover Set The Quality Standard For UK Automotive Manufacturing

Jaguar And Land Rover Set The Quality Standard For UK Automotive Manufacturing





By meeting the rigorous requirements of international assessors, the two Premier Automotive Group companies have set the standard for all companies in the sector from component suppliers through to car manufacturers. The achievement underlines their commitment to quality, leading edge management systems and customer satisfaction. SMMT is the appointed global partner in the UK for the certification to the quality standard, and today鈥檚 news is the first public recognition of the work that has been underway since 1996 to improve the competitiveness of the industry. Commenting on the news Christopher Macgowan, SMMT chief executive said, 鈥楯aguar and Land Rover are to be congratulated for their vision in being the first to achieve this standard. The UK motor industry must now make similar rapid progress to ensure that all companies are in a position to compete on the global stage. It is worth noting that in the UK less than ten per cent of suppliers have achieved this recognition, compared with a figure of nearly 50 per cent amongst French companies鈥?





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In 2007, while in Melbourne on a business trip, with just short of 180,000 kilometres on the clock, I decided to up grade my 2002 RR for a new 2007 Range Rover Vogue Lux. Trading the 2002 RR in was the first mistake. 2007 RR Lux was the second and bigger mistake. The 2007 Range Rover Vogue has to be worst vehicle I have ever owned and has had the worst warranty of any vehicle I have ever owned. Right from the start, this vehicle has been a boom, but even before I took charge of it it was causing problems. This is what they call good customer relations, and was an oman of worse to come. I had organised Transfer Papers for the RR so I could drive it back to Queensland before registering it. I drove straight through to the Gold Coast and got back over the weekend. On the Monday morning I go to the Motor Registry and while the inspector was writing down the engine number, she pointed at the top of the radiator and commented 鈥淚 don鈥檛 think that belongs there鈥?





From the archetypal Aston Martin DB5 of Goldfinger, to the sub-aquatic Lotus Esprit of The Spy Who Loved Me, James Bond rips through cars faster than he knocks back martinis. While everyone鈥檚 favourite gentleman thug ruined a Land Rover Defender 110 Double Cab Pickup during Skyfall, the hardy 4脳4 is back in action in this autumn鈥檚 Spectre. This time, Land Rover Special Operations aren鈥檛 taking any chances, and the vehicles have been heavily beefed up for a better chance of survival. For a chase-scene in Austria, the Big Foot Defenders were fitted huge 37-inch diameter off-road tyres, as well as bespoke suspension and enhanced body protection. The King of the Cool was the ultimate petrolhead. Among his stable of cars, McQueen once owned a 1976 Porsche 930 Turbo with a switch on the dash to kill the rear lights, just to escape the paparazzi. But, while Ferraris, Porsches and Mustangs were the machinery he was most associated with, he also rocked a Land Rover Series IIa which he would drive around the Sierra Madre Mountains, California, in the early sixties. This Landie was even fitted with a GB sign on the back, for an added bit of Brit authenticity.





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