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We already know that the Discovery Sport will be next, but the third model line has yet to be announced. Jaguar Land Rover is getting serious about global expansion, and that means it can't only build its vehicles in the UK anymore. The British automaker is cutting the ribbon at its new plant in China tomorrow, marking the opening of its first factory outside the UK. In 2016, it will open another factory in Brazil. But the latest intel has it that JLR is looking into a US factory, as well. It's only been a couple of months since Jaguar Land Rover announced the formation of its new Special Operations division, and we've already seen a number of vehicles to come out of it. But now the British automaker has announced a new facility that will house its elite skunkworks department. 33 million on the facility that will be home to 150 specialists - 100 of them being new hires.
Last week, the Land Rover was taken to a specialty mechanic in Norcross, GA to have some rattles and vibrations tightened up. Luke Miles, owner of The Shop, rebuilt the driveshafts, did my brakes, and fixed a few of the other annoyances that come with a 13 year-old Rover. And he did it all for free! In exchange for all the hard work, I told Luke I would let people know if he did a good job. He did a GREAT job! The Defender rides like a dream. Even my mom enjoyed the ride, and that's saying a lot! I'm keeping Luke on my favorites list, and highly recommend him as your North Georgia Land Rover contact for everything from mods and suspensions to custom work and general maintenance. And, he's a great guy. I hopped into BABS yesterday afternoon and drove down to the Okefenokee Swamp in South Georgia. We'd originally intended to go to the west side of the Swamp, to Fargo, and explore around Stephen C. Foster State Park. However, due to a late start and the possibility of arriving too late to find a campground, John called ahead to a little town near Waycross to see if we could stay at his friend's place.
I started to panic, the hundred news channels I'd seen over the past 24 hours had warned about behaviour like this. It got worse. Next they had the audacity to want to sit together "We must sit together" and finally they wanted to ensure their luggage was on the flight "It's so important our bags are on this flight". Convinced I was embarking on a doomed journey I took one last look at the Crispy Kreeme donut stand in the terminal and got on the plane. Worse was to follow - I was put by an emergency exit and told that if anything were to happen, that the door by me was my responsibility to open. I was petrified. Not only was I going to die, but it was going to be partially my fault for incorrectly operating the door as the plane fell out of the sky in a million pieces.
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