JLR's Halewood plant enters 24hr production

Good News

I agree I didn't think I would like it till someone who lives near me took delivery of a new one and grew quite fond of it.  It's not as tacky or as hideous as the range rover.  How long that will last is a different matter.

Broughster.

Broughster.

You are too cynical. Is it good news? No, adding 1000 jobs is bad.

What a stupid comment.

Broughster, One thing rarely

Broughster, One thing rarely mentioned in reliability surveys is that the data used is for cars that are 3 years old. The company could have made massive improvements since then (see Jaguars latest results for instance) but they willl not show for another 3 years. So don't always read too deep into the surveys a better indication is by the magazine's long term vehicles.

DC061...fair points...but

DC061, I get your point about the reliability surveys but I have to say that I think that magazine long term tests are worth even less than other surveys. Lets face it, if a modern car can't be reliable for 12 months or less then that is appalling. Most modern cars won't have got to their first service before the car is handed back.

3 years is a good point to look at cars, it is when they begin to go wrong, as they come off company car duty with a big mileage.

With regard to Land Rover, the Freelander was introduced in 2006 (minor facelift since), the Discovery in 2004 (facelift 3 years ago) and the Range Rover 10 years ago (with one or two facelifts). So, the survey data is reasonably accurate.

You are right, Jaguar's turnaround in reliability has been stunning. Since the launch of the XK8 in 1996 they have steadily got better and better....let us hope that Land Rover does the same.

Pychris

No, once again you have missed my point. I know that many industries work 24 hours, including many car manufacturers. My point was that the reliability of these particular products is already known to be poor and this was unlikely to make things better. If they can't produce reliable cars in 8 hours or 16 hours how is this going to make them better? Cars are getting more and more complex and are difficult to make reliably, unlike glass or steel.

Your point about hospitals is interesting. I don't know the statistics on nights, but there has been some recent evidence that deaths reach higher rates at weekends in hospitals. This may be due to a number of factors, but less experienced more tired staff has been mooted as a reason.

Finally, yes, it is good to see jobs going to an area of high unemployment, fingers crossed that the Evoque remains a strong seller and that it isn't just a flash in the pan.