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Jaguar Land Rover V8 engines soon to be built in the West Midlands

26th August 2020

JLR ENGINE PRODUCTION MOVES FROM WALES TO WOLVERHAMPTON… …by Robin Roberts. Jaguar Land Rover is moving its petrol V8 engine line from the Ford Bridgend Engine Plant to its in-house power centre at Wolverhampton. Workers at the South Wales engine plant, which will close later this year, have been building buffer stocks of the V8 engines to continue supplies to the luxury car maker until … [Read more...]

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