The former Director of Audi UK, Jeremy Hicks, has been named Jaguar Land Rover’s new Managing Director of Operations in the UK, effective immediately.

Jaguar Land Rover will be expanding facilities at their largest plant in Solihull. The 88,000 square-meter site is projected to take two years to complete, and will be the factory’s largest redevelopment in years.

Add another piece of hardware to the trophy case. The Range Rover Evoque has just been named the 2012 Motor Trend SUV of the Year.

Autocar has reported that the current Land Rover Defender models are expected to continue production until 2017, and possibly until 2020.

Praise for the Range Rover Evoque continues as the “Baby Range” was recently honored as the 2011 Scottish Car of the Year in Glasgow, Scotland.

Seems only fitting that Land Rover would sponsor a mixed-terrain human obstacle course designed to push its challengers to the limits; enter the 2011 Men’s Health Survival of the Fittest obstacle course taking place this fall in the UK.

Jaguar Land Rover is considering the production of a 300 horsepower performance-minded Evoque, reports Autocar.

A new Guinness World Record has been confirmed for the longest Land Rover convoy, hosted by the Convoy for Heroes initiative. The record-breaking Rover line spanned 348 vehicles.

The notion of “Going Green” is rarely associated with the Land Rover brand of vehicles, despite the iconic, shining-green emblem which adorns their exteriors. This may all change.

Land Rover has just made vehicle ownership a little easier for its consumer by offering a new Land Rover Select Certified Pre-Owned program that significantly increases its warranty coverage.